Photos by Kem McNair for Headline Surfer® /NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Surfer and photographer Kem McNair captured a unique photo setting with an osprey and a radar buoy near the South Jetty where surfers and sharks co-exist in the curling waves.
"Ever wonder how big those Green Ocean Buoys off of Ponce inlet are, like the one in my Osprey Picture?" McNair asks. "Well here's the answer," he says, continuing: "This is one Broke loose Friday night in the big surf we had and washed up at the NSB side of the inlet. The Coast Guard will be removing it.
"Ever wonder how big those Green Ocean Buoys off of Ponce inlet are, like the one in my Osprey Picture?" McNair asks. "Well here's the answer," he says, continuing: "This is one Broke loose Friday night in the big surf we had and washed up at the NSB side of the inlet. The Coast Guard will be removing it."
McNair described the buoy as follows: "By the way its called a 1CR can buoy and weighs 5,000 (pounds). The square plates on the top are there to reflect radar. Thus the name 1 for the size (big) C for can, R for radar."