THE ROLLING SURF

This is the way we most often see the crashing wave as it curls over creating a spectacular spectacle. Indeed, this is beautiful with the transparency of the light through the breaking wave and the frothy foam left in it's wake.

 

But just as fascinating is the peak of the wave just before it is about to roll over. It looks as if two forces were pushing against each other. The sharp ridge across the top looks as if it had been drawn with a pen, dark on one side light on the other.

The pear is a perfect place to view all aspects of the wave and seeing it from the back side is no exception. The smooth sweep behind the swell is like standing at the top of a water fall where it is about to spill over the edge.

so the next time you are watching the ROLLING SURF, go out on the dock and look look at it from a different angle.