some people think I am on vacation and I'm supposed to be in the water, and I paid to come here and be in the water and waves be damned - I'm going in!! I don't think people realize the power behind those waves, or the undertow. Even just standing on the beach with the water around your ankles you can feel the power of the water as it's sucked back into the ocean. People have been known to drown in a puddle - never mind a huge ocean with giant crashing waves...