Monastery Beach

Monastery Beach south of Carmel is beautiful but also quite treacherous. The beach gets its name from the monastery seen above, just beyond the grazing cattle. Locals however call this place mortuary beach due to its long history of sucking people into its churning cauldron of foamy rip currents.

What began as the innocent act of getting our feet wet turned into the upsetting act of getting our clothes wet... soaking wet!! The waves here are powerful, unpredictable, and powerfully unpredictable. When they hit the rocks, it's like an explosion in a sea water factory.