We took a big part of the day today to explore and wander around the beach at Ballybunion. It was cool and windy all day so not a day for warming yourself on the beach. Instead a day to explore to rock walls, investigate tide pools, examine jellyfish and crabs that were in the sand, attempt to escape the waves, and in general chill and relax. The water and waves were beautiful.

We enjoyed the day as the tide came in and the water eventually separated what used to be the Men’s and Women’s beaches. The tide moves the waterline about 100 meters in or out, and completely swallows a large rock outcropping.

Even though the weather was cool at 55 °F with heavy winds both Mazie and Tyler did eventually get swimsuits on and attempt to bogey board. I made Tyler stop when he was incessantly shivering.

Tall layered sea cliff with rust and black rock strata meets sandy beach, a small cave at its base, waves and cloudy sky beyondTwo people in hooded Columbia rain jackets stand smiling on a wide wet sandy beach with waves breaking behind them.Two people in hooded jackets stand on a wide wet sandy beach reflecting clouds, with waves and a rocky cliff in the background.Four people in rain jackets smile for a selfie on a sandy beach below dramatic coastal cliffsRocky coastal tide pools with green algae and small pebbles, ocean visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.Red and yellow lifeguard flag on an empty sandy beach backed by dark layered cliffs with green grass on top, a rescue board lying nearby.Jellyfish washed ashore on wet sand at Ballybunion Beach, its translucent body leaving an intricate imprint in the sandRuins of Ballybunion Castle atop a grass-covered rock outcropping rising from sandy beach, with people climbing the dark layered rock face below.Wide sandy beach at Ballybunion with crashing Atlantic waves, green clifftops, lifeguard flag poles, and a small coastal village in the distance under cloudy skies.