The Mysterious Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

The Māoris explained the presence of almost perfectly spherical boulders on Koekohe Beach, on the South island of New Zealand, as eel baskets washed up from an enormous, sunken canoe. But the science behind these up to three metres high perfectly rounded boulders rocks is much stranger.

Oceans Of Life Photography Competition 2013 – In Pictures

The annual Oceans of Life photography competition, run by BirdLife South Africa aims to use inspirational images of seabirds, cetaceans, fish and other coastal species to promote the conservation of marine biodiversity and ecosystems…

Artists Pay Beach Art tribute to WWII Fallen in Normandy

The art installation called The Fallen, created by Sand In Your Eye, was setup recently on Arromanches Beach, Normandy, France, to depict the bodies of the 9,000 soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during the Allied assault on Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944. The idea was to create a “visual representation of loss on an unimaginable scale…”

Rovinj: An Artists’ Colony On the Adriatic

Viewed from the sea, the crumbling pastel facades of the old town are endlessly enchanting because they are transformed by every single change of light. In the summer, the occasional white cloud does not blemish the blue sky, but merely serves as decoration.

The Promised Land

“Apart from Bali and parts of Java, much of Indonesia’s coastline is pretty difficult to access via road…” A Surfline story and photo gallery.