that must have been terrifying

Wow! WTG Hawaiian cliff divers! This piece is lookin nice already!

thanks elly and yes it was terrifying Dave, when her father tried to get help by waving his arms and yelling people just waved back. It wasn't until the cliff divers came walking up the trail that help arrived. They ran to the edge of the cliff and dove in and were able to swim out to her. By that time she had inhaled a lot of water and she was cut up quite a bit from the sharp rocks when they brought her to shore

it was a close call, it took several months for her lungs to heal. If the cliff divers hadn't come by when they did she would not have it

Jiminy crickets, that was a close one. This is a beautiful painting of the ocean nevertheless. Quite powerful and yet delicate. (In Oregon and Washington states, when people are careless at the coast, it happens every once in a while. I've also heard of it happening in San Francisco off their beaches or docks. The ocean is immensely powerful, and too complex to swim in, as far as I'm concerned. Is really dangerous.)