Hermosa Beach

A couple of weeks back I was in Southern California and decided to head down to Hermosa Beach to photograph surfers (having read that that was the place to catch some action).  Unfortunately, despite the fact that to my untrained eye the waves looked great for surfing, there was absolutely no one out there on their boards.  I assume there was something about the conditions that explained this, but in any case, I went to Plan B, which was to shoot whatever else looked interesting (including said waves).  Here are some of the results (including a "self-portrait"-- can you spot it?).