The ocean is incredibly beautiful today. There is almost no wind, but fairly substantial swells -- there must be a storm south of us pushing energy outward. The sky is mixed sun and clouds, with some wisps of falling rain here and there that never make it down to the surface.
The surface of the sea is not smooth but calm. No whitecaps at all, and barely any waves, just ripples and shudders across the face of the swells. It makes everyone see like Monet, the colors of the day -- azure sky, white and grey clouds, tints of caramel and darkness I cannot account for -- fragmented on the surface, but, thanks to the relative lack of wind, retaining enough identity to let the onlooker recognize them before they transmute into one another.
The official definition of Beaufort 1 says "light air", with the sea showing "ripples without crests" and wind 1-3 mph. Just so you know.
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