Under Pier Sunset Sunset under the San Clemente Pier 

Whenever I visit San Clemente State Beach and pier, I always hangout for a while under the pier. The pier is constantly bustling with tourists and sightseers watching surfers and sunsets while the locals just fish.

Under the pier I am right down at sea level, watching the waves crash to shore yet covered overhead by the boardwalk. It's peaceful under the pier. Surfers ride the waves along both sides of the pier coming dangerously close to the pilings that are encrusted with kelp, barnacles, shells and even an occasional crab. Under the pier at low tide is where the wet sand shimmers from the sunsets that cast long dark silhouettes of the pilings over the rippling sand. It is where the seagulls come to rest. During sunsets, like this one, the sunlit waves crash to shore while holding on to every last second of glimmering color from the setting sun. On the boardwalk above, tourists crowd together pointing their cameras at the amazing sunset. While under the pier I hear people talking, walking and running above me, catching only a shadow of their movements through the cracks in the planks above.  

I love sunsets. . . especially from under the pier.