Landscape Photography

California Seascape

This gallery contains a collection of California seascape images taken along the Southern California coastline.

Balboa pier taken as a long exposure before sunup showing the lights of the pier reflecting in the smoothed water

Balboa pier in the early morning

California seascape long exposure showing the end of San Clemente pier on a still but cloudy morning

End of the pier
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Long exposure winter sunset with the San Clemente pier in California

Winter Sunset
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Symmetrical piles beneath the Huntington Beach pier reflecting the early morning sunshine

Beneath the pier

California seascape long exposure image of a pier at dawn

Huntington Beach pier at dawn

California seascape long exposure image of arch rock

Little Corona del Mar Beach arch rock

California long exposure beach image tide showing tidal movement

Crystal Cove beach and the movement of the waves

California seascape long exposure image showing a pier at sunset

San Clemente pier at sunset

California seascape image of a pier in the early morning light

San Clemente Pier in the early morning light

California seascape image of beach rocks in the morning sunshine

Little Corona del Mar Beach and rocks in the early morning light

California seascape of a pier in the predawn light

Newport Beach pier in the pre-dawn light

California evening beach seascape image with distant power station

San Onofre State Beach and power station

Vibrant early morning sunrise over California beach

Vibrant dawn light at Crystal Cove beach 

California seascape beach with vibrant sunrise

California seascape beach with vibrant sunrise

California seascape of a beach cave at dawn

Crystal Cove sea cave at dawn

Intimate view of California beach at dawn

Balboa beach

California beach lifeguard huts at sunrise

Lifeguard huts at sunrise

California seascape of a harbour on a cloudy morning

Cloudy morning at Dana Point

California seascape of surf from sea caves

Dana Point sea caves

California seascape taken beneath California pier

Under the pier

Detailed seascape image of California beach at dawn

Newport Beach at dawn

California pier in the early morning light

Balboa pier at dawn

California seascape showing a rocky point

Camel Rock Point

California beach seascape image from sea caves

1000 Steps sea cave

California seascape on a cloudy morning

Diver's Cove

California seascape showing a marina in the predawn light

Dana Point marina

California beach long exposure seascape on a sunny morning with light clouds

1000 Steps Beach

California pier lights in the early morning

Early morning San Clemente pier

California seascape dawn through a rock arch

Laguna Beach Arch Rock dawn

California rocky headland long exposure seascape

Rocky headland

California seascape post sunset showing Laguna Beach with the coastline stretching up to Los Palos Verdes in the background

After the rain

California beach tower on a misty morning

Victoria Beach tower

California seascape pier on a misty morning

Pier on a misty morning

California rocky headland in the vibrant morning light

Shaws Cove sunrise

California pier sunset long exposure

San Clemente pier at sunset

A view of Huntington Beach taken at sunrise from the pier with the Saddleback mountains in the background

Huntington Beach at Sunrise

These California seascape images were taken along the Orange County coastline in Southern California, from Huntington Beach south to San Onofre - an area that was a frequent draw for me. The diversity of beaches, rocky coves, sea caves and a number of man-made structures such as piers, offers beautiful scenery and innumerable photographic opportunities. Just the Laguna Beach portion of coastline boasts over 30 beaches and coves in just eleven kilometers, each one unique and with its own character. This stretch of coastline also includes Crystal Cove State Park and San Onofre State Beach, which are well worth exploring.
Crystal Cove State Park
San Onofre State Beach
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