#thankyouocean

[lachicotte]

We worked very hard to be able to make our last move to the beautiful Pawleys Island! The beauty is just one piece I discovered! The other piece is allowing our grand children to discover the same beauty we did! Here’s hoping every time our grandchildren smell the Salty Air they will always remember! . . . . . #lifeatthelahdedah #pawleysisland #pawleysislandsc #pawleys #beach #beachday #beachvibes #mood #this #instagram #picoftheday #saltymemories #neverforget #thankyouocean #saltyvibes #lowcountryliving #lowcountry #humble #morethanideserve #imissyoudad #grandson #grandchildren #thankful #bekind #berespectful #loveoneanother #grandstrand #sandcastle #seaturtle #loggerhead (at Pawley's Island N. Inlet) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSYKuNpr7dt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[coolyboardstore]

Perfect waves for longboards this week ahead 👙🌻🦋🐬🐚 borrow one from us from: $20 / soft $25 / hard 📸 Photo by: Manon Duport . . . . . #surfboardrentals #longboarding #Coolangatta #Goldcoast #freesurfer #soulsurfer #supportyourlocalsurfshop 🙏🏼 #thankyouocean https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GVtyCnSYV/?igshid=8rkktyjz27jh

[thesurfsoup]

"New York Historical Society Museum and Library" Thank you! Grateful every single day! Following my BLISS! @NYHistory http://chineseamerican.nyhistory.org/donna-kay-lau/ 💥I am never ever giving up!💥 F O L L O W me on my Journey! -------- Everyday I create and work on "Surf Soup" projects-picture book and cartoon...and everyday I create my BLISS! Surf Soup is my offering. My Art is prayer! Please join me everyday!!! Follow me I am building a community of like minded ❤️💨 "We are all in the Surf Soup together! 🦄💨The MUSES are here!!! 🐢💨❤️💨🌟💨😍💨🌺💨🐼 I am in my Cali studio and ✈️🚀 Hawai'i working on Surf Soup picture books (series and cart❤️❤️n) Surf Soup TV! Sending Love ❤️ to all friends, family and all my supporters. Surf Soup TV 📺💨 http://www.surfsoup.tv So FULL of immense Gratitude! 🐥Thank YOU for following me and supporting me! I Love all of my fans! Love❤️ Surf Soup Photo 🎨: © Donna Kay Lau Peace🌞 Love ❤️💨 Harmony Surf Soup TV 📺💨 🎨: ©Donna Kay Lau 🦄 Follow along @Surfsoup Instagram "STORIES".... IMDb http://www.imdb.me/donnakaylau Thank you Ocean ❤️ Tags for Surf Soup and Ocean Love ❤️💨 #Surfer #surfsouptv #Surfsoup #oceanlover #oceanhugger #Surfer #surfsouptv #love #❤️ #protectwhatyoulove #choosetoreuse #ohana #Bluemind #inspiration #Savingtheplanet #gratitude #familyfirst #thankyouocean #ny #thankyou #triathlete #newyork #oceanlove #fitness #chinesehistory #chineseamerican #chinesecooking #inclusion #exclusion https://www.instagram.com/p/BqskttTl5Ms/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=veh6qlvdkhrx

[gemgem32]

#moodyviews #thankyouocean #calm #reflection #beach

[thecacoast]

California Ocean and Coastal Amateur Photography Contest Announces  2016 Winners

The winners of the California Ocean & Coastal Amateur Photography Contest have been selected, and out of a pool of 700 photos, the first place Judges' Choice winner is Gary O'Neill.  He won for his close-up picture of crashing waves that he calls, "Ocean's Power."  

He captured the shot using a long camera lens to look back at the waves as he sat on a bluff near the Piedras Blancas Light Station, where he volunteers as a tour guide. Mr. O'Neill is a resident of the San Luis Obispo County community of Los Osos, where he retired with his wife after an agricultural career in the Central Valley, and he is also a member of several local camera clubs.

The first place Viewers' Choice winner, as determined by online voting, is Matt Pfeifer for his picture of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at night reflected in the mouth of the San Lorenzo River.

Matt Pfeifer has lived in Santa Cruz for 10 years and enjoys his photography hobby when he's not working as a financial broker. Urged on by a friend to enter, he captured this image with a long exposure the night before the contest entries were due. Levees were closed to allow more water to stay in the river, so he was able to photograph the reflection of the lights on the river water in the foreground. 

Another artistic image, "Ocean Sky,"was awarded second place by the judges, and the prize went to Kathy Barnhart, a retired teacher and counselor from Berkeley.

She took her picture looking straight down at Greyhound Rock in Santa Cruz County from the parking lot above it on a winter day. Looking at her pictures later, she realized that in this photo, the sea looked like a landscape of mountains and clouds. Calling photography her "retirement passion," Kathy Barnhart loves outdoor photography as she explores nature.

A close-up of an arm of a sea star earned San Francisco resident Jim Jones third place in our contest. 

He took the picture at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in San Mateo County, a tidepooling hotspot where the big difference between the high and low tides reveals a great diversity of tidepool life.

The fourth-place prize went to Dante Vasco for his dramatic close-up of two terns battling for a fish at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Orange County.

Mr. Vasco is a southern California resident who works at Boeing in Huntington Beach. This picture was one of a sequence he took last summer as he watched birds hover and dive, then tried to snap them as they surfaced from the water. These two birds both got a hold of the same fish, and they grabbed it from each other until one of them finally won.

The judges also awarded 16 honorable mentions-- be sure to check them out along with all of the winners on our contest website.

The California Coastal Commission coordinates this contest together with the Thank You Ocean Campaign and provides financial support from the Whale Tail License Plate Fund. The contest is also sponsored by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of California, which generously donate the contest prizes.

Please visit http://mycoastalphoto.com next summer to enter this contest next year!

[northeastnelly]

#end of #cliffwalk after work tonight, #2.5miles from #Wetmore to #LedgeRoad and ended on the wall @ #rejectsbeach for this #sundown #splendor. #lifeisgood #thankyouocean #Newport #rhodeisland @michee55 @julietschear_ @agschear #dailygrace time for #surfwings (at Rejects Beach)

[eduarcia18]

#kickboxing time 👊👊 like a friend would say #thankyouocean @orgsurfcommunity @joaodemacedo7 (em Peniche, Portugal)

[brookefrankly]

Climb real rock, and then rub some salt in your wounds. ✅ #Florida #climbing #bouldering #scrapes #blowingrocks #thankyouocean #weclimbwhatwegot #sealevel

[carolinenetschert]

A week ago in SB. The Pacific helps keep me sane. Thanks @caryjackson for this shot. #thankyouocean #californiasavedmysoul #pma #upness #gratitude

[marissalco]

Our popular New Haven anchor bracelet paired with our LOVE rope bracelet in solid brass. The beads actually spell out the letters L. O. V. E. in morse code! A beautiful way to show your love for our oceans (or for a special someone you hold dear ...) #nautical #anchor #bracelet #lovingseasideliving #love #thankyouocean #swedish #handmade #jewelry #jewellery #sailing #ocean #marstrand #hönö #newhaven #marissal (at www.marissalcompany.com)

[ursathepoet]

[yeyeyenahnahnah]

Today was a good day #thankyouocean 🏄 (at Sitges Beach)

[thesurfsoup]

Thank you Ocean! Mahalo Hawai'i 🌈💨 Inspiration is the act of breathing! Pure Gratitude!! Training the mind and body! Training Post on Instagram! 🚴🏽Training for 🏄🏻Team/Crew: Tonight! Monday 11-26-18 "Recovery" Training followed by Flexibility Thank you for training with me! I know you have a choice! 20 1/2 yrs! Facebook: TrainingwithDonnaKayLau 💥I am never ever giving up!💥 F O L L O W me on my Journey! -------- Everyday I create and work on "Surf Soup" projects-picture book and cartoon...and everyday I create my BLISS! Surf Soup is my offering. My Art is prayer! Please join me everyday!!! Follow me I am building a community of like minded ❤️💨 "We are all in the Surf Soup together! 🦄💨The MUSES are here!!! 🐢💨❤️💨🌟💨😍💨🌺💨🐼 I am in my Cali studio and ✈️🚀 Hawai'i working on Surf Soup picture books (series and cart❤️❤️n) Surf Soup TV! Sending Love ❤️ to all friends, family and all my supporters. Surf Soup TV 📺💨 http://www.surfsoup.tv So FULL of immense Gratitude! 🐥Thank YOU for following me and supporting me! I Love all of my fans! Love❤️ Surf Soup Photo 🎨: © Donna Kay Lau Peace🌞 Love ❤️💨 Harmony Surf Soup TV 📺💨 🎨: ©Donna Kay Lau 🦄 Follow along @Surfsoup Instagram "STORIES".... IMDb http://www.imdb.me/donnakaylau Thank you Ocean ❤️ Tags for Surf Soup and Ocean Love ❤️💨 #Surfer #surfsouptv #Surfsoup #oceanlover #oceanhugger #Surfer #surfsouptv #love #❤️ #protectwhatyoulove #choosetoreuse #ohana #hawaii #Bluemind #inspiration #Savingtheplanet #gratitude #championpose #thankyouocean #peace #thankyou #kauai #triathlete #training #oceanlove #fitness #openwater #💦 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqqbCGKl9UM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pjq49z8vg0rj

[northeastnelly]

The #swells #curls and #atmosphere was #epic tonight #thankyouocean #for always #beingthere because you #rock my #spirit #wildchild #energy #lilrhodeoisland ##ocean #coastallife #sachuestpointwildliferefuge #sachuestpoint #birthdaywalk #dailygrace #livefully (at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge)

[thecacoast]

Announcing the 2015 California Ocean & Coastal Amateur Photography Contest winners!

Congratulations to Mary Sheft (1st place Judges’ Choice winner), Iswar Biswal (2nd place Judges' Choice winner), Carissa Ranario (3rd place Judges' Choice winner) and Slater Moore (Viewers' Choice winner).

Ms. Sheft shows cormorants lined up in front of the San Francisco skyline in her home town of Tiburon, the moment she captured lasted for only a second--the birds arranged themselves just right, she snapped the photo, and a moment later a seagull approached and the birds scattered. She started photography about three years ago, taking pictures of her family, and it has grown into her passion.

Mr. Biswal won second place for his stunning picture of downtown San Francisco from Pier 14. Mr. Biswal took his family to San Francisco to show them some sights, and this was the first viewpoint they stopped at that evening. Nobody else was at the pier and he got his shot.

Ms. Ranario took this photo of Ella and Mollie during a beach outing with her husband who likes to build a fire and bring marshmallows for the family. Ms. Ranario began her photography hobby with film but after buying her first digital camera in 2005, and taking a digital photography class two years ago she says she improved by shooting pictures manually instead of using the camera's "automatic" setting.

Mr. Moore works as a deckhand and boat captain with Davey's Locker in Newport Beach. He has worked there for eight years, this gives him plenty of opportunities to take pictures of marine mammals and this one was the viewers' favorite.

http://mycoastalphoto.com/