First Light/Surf At Domes Beach

 Anyone  who knows Rincón even a little has heard of “Domes Beach”. Its  name-giving smooth white dome is so famous, it’s even featured in an  issue of the Fantastic 4, where the big showdown between artificially  evolved monkeys and the Puerto Rican super hero “El Vejigante” takes  place inside the now decommissioned Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS)  Reactor Facility.

But if you  aren’t a surfer, one’s familiarity often doesn’t go beyond name  recognition.  I only knew domes beach from campfires celebrating the  full moon nights. I had never really seen it during the daytime, ...   until I did the Rincón lighthouse sketch. I walked around the park a bit  that morning. The view was just stunning. 

The  morning sun falls shallow across the palms, casting long shadows onto  the perfectly pipe-shaped waves that roll in in neat sets of three.  Little black dots bob where the waves originated. Every once in a while  one or more of them get mysteriously tickled into action. They glide  smoothly out of the water onto their colorful boards, ride towards shore  with elegant and athletic control, then fall back into the blue only to  swim out again to do it all over. It’s fascinating to observe. A  beautiful dance of ocean worshipers.

I came back several time to capture this scene.