2016 Winners
1st place: “Ocean’s Power,” north of San Simeon by Gary O’Neill
2nd place: “Ocean Sky,” Greyhound Rock Beach by Kathy Barnhart
3rd place: Sea star, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve by Jim Jones
4th place: Elegant Terns Dueling for Fish, Bolsa Chica Wetlands by Dante Vasco
Viewers’ Choice prize: Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk by Matt Pfeifer
HONORABLE MENTIONS
“Beach Girl Dancing,” Arroyo Burro Beach, Santa Barbara by Judith Barat
“Swings in Storm,” Cayucos by Danna Dykstra-Coy
“Window on the Water,” Cayucos by Danna Dykstra-Coy
Caspian Terns, Redondo Beach by Ellen Eifert
Windy Coastline near Pebble Beach by Kristen Fletcher
“The Awe in Nature,” San Francisco by John Kim
Seaweed, Monterey Bay by Troy Kingshaven
Sand Pattern, Torrey Pines State Beach by Herbert Knufken
Lone Surfer, Huntington Beach Pier by Hank Kreuzer
“Two of Us,” Ocean Beach, San Francisco by Ricky Pan
Common Tern Fishing, San Diego by Mary F. Platter-Rieger
Adult Little Blue Heron Fishing, San Diego by Mary F. Platter-Rieger
Janolus barbarensis nudibranch, Morro Bay by Gary Powell
“A Slow Threat (Entangled California Sea Lion),” Monterey by Canon Purdy
Sea Otter Pup Nursing, Monterey Bay by Kim Steinhardt
Jellyfish, Big Sur by Griffon Walker