This is a beach about 3.6 miles from us (by car) or about 2.5 miles “as the crow flies.” This means that we can see this beach quite often from a distance, but don’t get to go to it very often. Despite its fantastic beauty, it is too cold to enjoy without a wetsuit, even for MOST of the locals. For those of you who are geography nuts… this is at Noordhoek Beach (locate it on google maps).

Mark caught on film!

This beach is so wide that it makes Santa Monica beach seem thin by comparison! But at this point, I am already most of the way across the beach to the shore.

Climbing boulders

Same view as above unimpeded by Mark

The color of the water here is unbelievable. I know it looks fake but these pictures from an iPhone fairly well represent the color as it is.

Crazy colored water!!!

My friend Darlington posing with the Atlantic Ocean behind...

Here is a cool one looking back up the mountains that hang over the beach:

Look at that sky!

Jumping between rocks...