Glad you all enjoyed the shots. The waves according to the report were about 7-9ft. If you look at the 7th one down that is a cop going after one of the surfers (the pier was "closed").. you will also notice the wave under the pier.... surfer was fine... the cop on the other hand got soaked by the wave... he was not happy. Pieces of the pier fell off as well. We stayed out there quite a while just watching everything.
As for the surfers.... they couldn't be more excited. We don't get waves like this in FL so when the oppurtunity arises, its taken. If I had my board with me I would have gone out. You just have to be an extremely good swimmer and understand whats going on around you.
As for things washing ashore... wood is about the only thing I found. Though we did see two sea turtles hanging out in the waves.