Chris, that thing was breaking almost in front of my hotel on a little family trip I did. That mutant was standing about 7' tall from the sand/pebbles. It was taller than me at any rate, it was unsurfable really it only broke on the shore dump...like Laguna Beach which isn't too far north of you (well the last time I was there it was skim boarding only). We have a scaled up version near me called "Ours" LOL at 10' it is truly frightening yet totally awesome.