Like a lot of other folks here, I sometimes remember to take a camera with me to the beach and snap some photos. Here's a random assortment from Half Moon Bay over the last couple months.
The first was during the thanksgiving swell and it was super crowded, more than usual; you just can't see from that photo. Also, it's all blue like that because my white balance was set wrong. As for the third pic, it's a bit of an illusion; about a half second after I snapped it, the whole wave closed out along with pretty much every other wave there on that day.