Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach

Dillon Beach. The remains of a beautiful blonde doll wash ashore in an affluent beach town. Her frozen expression seems startled, her eyes wide open. Where did she come from? A passing ship? - a child's toy lost in the surf? Did she wash down a stream from somewhere inland? Our seas are becoming awash in plastic from many sources.

Kehoe Beach looking north

Bull kelp torn from its moorings on Kehoe Beach

Kehoe Beach. Low tide following early fall high surf with beach showing signs of erosion and littered with debris.

Kehoe Beach. A crystal clear November day looking north with kelp strewn on the beach.

Kehoe Beach. A gray day in late winter.

Kehoe Beach. Early summer with the debris of winter strewn at the limit of spring tides and winter high surf.

Kehoe Beach. A glorious winter day looking towards Tomales Point.

Kehoe Beach. Looking over the dunes towards Tomales Point.

Kehoe Beach. Looking over the dunes towards Tomales Point.

Kehoe Beach. Summer surf is smaller and the Kehoe Beach stream no longer flows to the sea forming a small lagoon.

Kehoe Beach. Even in July its cool along the Sonoma coast and most of the hardy beachgoers have T-shirts and sweatshirts.

Kehoe Beach. Looking over the dunes on a cloudy January day.

Kehoe Beach. Low tide on a beautiful February day. An offshore wind is blowing as seen by the spray coming off the breakers.

Kehoe Beach. A low tide. The high-tide line can be seen to the right along the beach.

Kehoe Beach. A gray early spring day looking over the dunes.

Kehoe Beach. A summer day with the fog lurking offshore and a lagoon formed by the Kehoe Beach stream.

Kehoe Beach. The cliffs along Tomales Point. Note the inclined sedimentary layers.

Kehoe Beach. The beginning of erosional sea caves. Perhaps formed during a higher stand of sea level or stranded high and dry because of tectonic uplift of California coast.

Kehoe Beach. The beginning of an erosional sea cave. Perhaps formed during a higher stand of sea level or stranded high and dry because of tectonic uplift of California coast.

Kehoe Beach. Looking northwest along Tomales Point at halftide.

Kehoe Beach. Coastal erosion in action. A relatively recent landslide on Tomales Point.

Kehoe Beach. The summer lagoon.

Kehoe Beach. A hardy soul appears to be leaving the water on a misty late winter day. Looking south from along Tomales Point.

Kehoe Beach. Looking south during low spring tide.

Kehoe Beach. Looking southeast on a sparkling spring day.

Kehoe Beach. Dawn on a gray day looking to the southeast.

Kehoe Beach. January sun looking south.

Kehoe Beach. Halftide looking southeast. The cliffs are the west side of Tomales Point.

Kehoe Beach. Seagulls looking for what the waves wash in and a lone hiker share the beach.

Kehoe Beach. A stormy spring day.

Kehoe Beach. A spring tide bares offshore rocks displaying mussels, gooseneck barnacles, and starfish.

Kehoe Beach. The summer beach -broader than the winter beach. Calmer surf and neap tides that aren't as high as the "spring" tides don't erode the beach.

Kehoe Beach. A "spring" tide, the lowest of low tides bares rocks for a long distance offshore from the cliffs of Tomales Point. Much sand has been removed by winter surf and longshore currents.