Mar de Fondo in Z Bay

For about a week now the groundswells we know as mar de fondo have caused the waves to be rather large along our coast. It's made for some dramatic sleeping background noise, which I love, but several folks, mostly tourists, have been injured for not paying attention to the waves. For locals who like to body-surf and for board surfers it's been terrific.

I couldn't help but wince as I watched a tourist wade out into the surf between wave sets to take a selfie with his cellphone camera but then realize too late that a big wave was coming. Oops!

Big waves make for a lot of bruma del mar, sea mist.