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The sun bursting over Avila Pier at sunrise

Sunrise Collection

Fine art sunrise photographs of Avila Beach by Jay Olson.

Sunburst over the pier
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Avila Beach faces south across San Luis Bay, so on clear mornings the sun comes up over the water and lights the pier, the rocks and the hills behind town. These are some of Jay Olson's favorite sunrises from years of early mornings on the beach.

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Pink sunrise sky over the town of Avila Beach and the pier — Pink sky over townBuy print

The sun bursting over Avila Pier at sunrise — Sunburst over the pierBuy print

Red sunrise sky reflected on wet sand below Avila Pier — Red sky over Avila PierBuy print

Fiery orange sky over breaking waves in Avila Beach — Fiery sky and wavesBuy print

Orange clouds reflected in a tide pool at Avila Beach — Tide pool glowBuy print

Rocks along the shore of Avila Beach at blue hour before sunrise — Blue hour at the rocksBuy print

The sun bursting over shoreline rocks in Avila Beach — Sunburst over the rocksBuy print

Sunrise over San Luis Bay from the Avila Beach promenade railing — Sunrise from the promenadeBuy print

Jet contrails over the surf at Avila Beach at dawn — Contrails and surfBuy print

Gulls flying past Avila Pier in golden morning light — Gulls in goldBuy print

Golden rays of morning light over rocks at Avila Beach — Golden raysBuy print

Pink clouds reflected in the tide pools at Avila Beach — Pink tide poolsBuy print

Surf rolling in at sunrise in Avila Beach — Sunrise surfBuy print

The sun bursting past a palm tree on the Avila Beach promenade beside Front Street shops — Promenade palm sunburstBuy print

A couple watching the sunrise from Avila Pier as waves wash through the pilings — Sunrise on the pierBuy print

The sun rising over the headland behind Avila Pier, with the coast fading into gold — Sunrise over the headlandBuy print

A pelican landing in the surf in front of Avila Pier at sunrise — Pelican at sunriseBuy print

Sandpipers on wet sand under Avila Pier as the sun rises behind the pilings — Sandpipers under the pierBuy print

A parent and child at the pier telescope, framed by a window at sunrise — Framed sunriseBuy print

The sun rising over the hills behind Harford Pier, seen from the rocks at Port San Luis — Harford Pier at sunriseBuy print

Sandpipers feeding on wet sand that mirrors a fiery sunrise sky below the headland — Sandpipers in fiery lightBuy print

A curlew wading through foam under Avila Pier as the sun rises behind the pilings — Curlew under the pierBuy print

The sun bursting past a pier telescope, with two people walking the beach below the headland — Pier telescope at sunriseBuy print

Morning sun through a tree on the Avila Beach promenade beside a beach cottage — Promenade morningBuy print

A great blue heron wading among the pilings under Avila Pier at sunrise, reflected in the wet sand — Heron under the pierBuy print

Two surfers carrying longboards past Avila Pier under a golden sunrise sky — Surfers at sunriseBuy print

A paddler in an outrigger canoe in front of Avila Pier under an orange sunrise sky — Outrigger at sunriseBuy print

A basketball hoop, palm trees and a flock of birds at Avila Beach Park as the sun comes up — Park at sunriseBuy print

A telescope on the Avila Pier railing looking over the beach toward the headland at sunrise — Pier telescope at sunriseBuy print

Street lamps glowing along the Front Street promenade at dusk, with the beach and headland ahead — Promenade at duskBuy print

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