If you are a surfer, you probably know the places like Taco Bell Beach and Maverick. Those are located along side of Highway 1.
Highway 1 is also known as one of the most beautiful coastal drive in California. Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel are a little South of here. People tend to skip these areas, but they got one of the most unique features that you don't wanna miss.
Half Moon Bay is a little beautiful harbor town where Maverick was held every year. Maverick is one of the biggest wave surfing competition which surfers have to paddle miles away to get a wave. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of mavericks because I don't have any lens to capture that far, and I don't surf. By the way, Sam's chowder house is definitely a good stop for a good clam chowder. Get New England style chowder, for sure. There is also Pumpkin Fest around Halloween time which is kind of fun to check it out.
Pescadero is a very small town along Hwy 1 which I could not even find a downtown. However, coastal formation, pigeon point light house are definitely something to capture. Just off Hwy 1, there is a restaurant called "Duarte's Tavern." They are on Food Network show that I worked on. It is pretty expensive, but their pies are pretty good.
Año Nuevo is kind of a secret state park for me where elephant seals come every winter for bleeding. If you wanna get really close to seals and their babies, you can make a reservations at Año Nuevo state park website for tours. Tours are the only way you can get very close to seals. Without reservations, you will probably not be able to get in tours, so plan ahead for this trip.
Fortunately, there are not much to get lost, so just stop any coastal access and pick your best coastal photos!!
Pigeon Point Light house
These are shots from a coastal access right after Pigeon Point light house. Great Cliff formation. Perfect for scenery photo and portrait. The guy is one of my good friend, Ryan!! By the way, the very last picture is not fake (many people tell me it looks fake.) It is a sea weed on rock.
Elephant Seals
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