A selection of images from a trip to Portugal in November 2023.
Turbulence
A wave breaks onto foam-covered sea at Nazaré’s North Beach, Portugal.
Arcs
Curving patterns of spray are blown off the top of a breaking wave at Nazaré’s North Beach, Portugal.
Boundaries
A breaking wave displays smooth, crashing, spraying, and turbulent water all at once at Nazaré’s North Beach, Portugal.
Sandstone Swirl
The foamy surf rushes around rocks on the beach north of Nazaré, Portugal.
Molten
The sea reflects the sunlit cliffs in Nazaré, Portugal.
Cones of Ochre
The late afternoon sun lights up sandstone cliffs north of Nazaré, Portugal.
Foam and Sand
The surf rushes towards a lone rock on the beach in Portugal.
Foamscape
The beach—and seemingly the world—are covered in a thin layer of sea foam as the sun sets in Portugal.
Lavender Coast
Salt spray is thick in the post-sunset air in Portugal.
Steaming Curl
Spray rises off a crashing wave, Nazaré, Portugal.
Old Man in the Sea
A wave looks like a surprised and struggling man in a violent sea, North Beach, Nazaré, Portugal.
Foamscape No. 2
A thin layer of water carries the surging foam in Nazaré, Portugal.
Sunset Surge
The sea rushes in over the beach at sunset on the Silver Coast, Portugal.
Dawn Light
The cliffs await the sunrise below pastel hues in Nazaré, Portugal.
Foamscape No. 3
Curving arcs of foam cover the beach in Nazaré, Portugal.
Rainbow Rock
A rainbow forms in the spray from a crashing wave on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Nazaré Rainbow
A rainbow forms in the spray from the top of a breaking wave off Nazaré’s North Beach, Portugal.
Churn
Waves swirl and crash on inclined layers of rocks on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Leaning Tower
The angled layers of rock in this sea stack make its longevity appear more tenuous than it is on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Violence
Inclined layers of rocks are pounded by the churning sea on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Silver Coast Gold
A stream washes down the beach towards the sea, Portugal.
Heterochromia
Tidepools far up the beach reflect the cliffs and the sky on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Supplication
Sandstone cliffs along the Silver Coast, Portugal.
Under the Overhang
The receding tide left various patterns in the sand against a cliff along the Silver Coast, Portugal.
Rocks in a Rift
Bluish rocks are wedged in a crack on a Silver Coast beach in Portugal.
Algae Arch
Bright green algae covers the rocks around tidepools along the Silver Coast, Portugal.
Death of a Sailsman
The Atlantic surf rolls into the cliffs and vicious rocks along Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Silver Laminations
Thin layers of rock taper into sea along the Silver Coast of Portugal.
Dumbo Rock
Unusual rock formations sit amongst the sand on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Shaggy
The inrushing surf overwhelms a rock on the beach, Portugal.
Predator
The surf sweeps around a giant toad-shaped rock on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Late for Dinner
A lone man fishes by the sea as the light fades on the Silver Coast, Portugal.
Detonation
Waves crash on the rocks in a burst of spray on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Rain of Copper
Spray from a crashing wave falls like rain on the jagged rocks of Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Fishing Hole
A man fishes off jagged rocks on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Resistance
Steeply inclined rocks stand against continual abuse from the hostile sea along Portugal’s Silver Coast.
Firespray
The setting sun backlights the spray from a crashing wave on Portugal’s Silver Coast.
