23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
A wild companion

Besides being a surf hotspot, Long Beach lies on a coast known as the Graveyard of the Pacific, infamous for shipwrecks and drownings caused by dense fog, sea vortexes and violent storms.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Tofino, Canada
Camera: X-T4
Copyright: © Alexandra Timsit