Hey Punky, after seeing your fine costal vacation shots, I thought I'd give you a look at our coastline in Northern Florida. It sums up with sea oats (plant that grows only in the shoreline areas), sandunes, and intercoastal waterways. The land does not give way to the ocean without a battle. There are all kinds of bays, bayous, sounds and areas of half water and half land. The actual "surf" is often on long barrier Islands off the mainland. In this picture, the strip of land farthest away is one such Island, and that is where the main beach is.