By Michael Armstrong
Homer Independent Press
As seasoned Homerites know, high winds, high seas and a high tide add up to one of the more dramatic Kachemak Bay experiences: waves, rocks and debris crashing onto the Homer Spit.
Homer got that combo about 4:30 p.m. when 10-foot seas, 45-mph gusts and a 20.4 high tide worked together to throw towering waves onto the Spit road. The National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory and a high surf advisory for Kachemak Bay.
Winds out of the west delivered one blessing: ice that had choked the Homer Harbor got blown across the bay.
A truck drives through crashing waves on the Homer Spit Road around high tide on Tuesday, Jan. 6, in Homer. (Photo by Tim Steinberg/Homer Independent Press) 
A truck drives through crashing waves on the Homer Spit Road around high tide on Tuesday, Jan. 6, in Homer. (Photo by Scott Waterman/Homer Independent Press) 
Waves crash against the Kachemak Shellfish Growers Co-op building on the Homer Spit Road around high tide on Tuesday, Jan. 6, in Homer. (Photo by Scott Waterman/Homer Independent Press) 
Waves crash against a building on the Homer Spit Road around high tide on Tuesday, Jan. 6, in Homer. (Photo by Scott Waterman/Homer Independent Press) 
Harbor ice gets blown past the The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Aspen around high tide on Tuesday, Jan. 6, in Homer. (Photo by Scott Waterman/Homer Independent Press)
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