This is the dramatic moment a giant wave 'three or four times' the size of a lighthouse completely dwarves the landmark as it crashed towards the coast. Paul Cowley battled against extreme weather on the promenade at Porthcawl, Bridgend, south Wales, last week in his bid to capture some images of the rainy weather on the coast.
The 54-year-old said the dark morning, horizontal rain and 25mph winds nearly saw him pack up his kit, but he persevered and managed to snap some shots of the waves tower over the lighthouse. The professional photographer of 30 years said that at one point some of the waves were even three or four times the height of the 19-metre-high landmark.
The wildlife, travel and landscape photographer said that being able to witness the waves fly into the air and crash against the tower while feeling the power of the ocean was 'amazing'.
