While most of us were sitting on the shore watching the coast get pounded from that massive south swell that brought waves up to 20 feet to Orange County’s beaches, Newport’s Tom Cozad was capturing it all from a different perspective.

Cozad - most known for his Web site Newportsurfshots.com - was working with Surfline.com to pull together this amazing slideshow. And knowing that Cozad is scared of heights, please make sure you take a few seconds to check it out.

He captured some amazing images - people looking like the size of ants sitting on the shore watching the Wedge go off, the massive rip current whirlpools making big brown circle formations, and my personal favorite - a dolphin putting on a show for surfers as it leaped from a huge wave.

From Cozad’s first person on Newportsurfshots.com: “… while I was a little bummed that I didn’t capture a lot of surfing, Bill Sharp said something that put it in perspective. ‘Who cares about surfing when nature is getting freaky’?”

Check out the photos here.

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