I couldn't believe it when I read those reports. I suspect these people will get posthumous Darwin Awards.

Even a calm sea, in some areas, must be watched at all times. We lost our camera when a rogue wave hit us while walking on a Mendocino beach. I was climbing on a rock and was able to hold onto it when water suddenly poured all over me from above. My husband was farther up on the beach, but he got knocked down. Neither of us saw the wave - me, because I was climbing and Rick, because he was trying to take my picture.

We were lucky. Every year, people die on those beaches because of rogue waves. There are warnings everywhere: "don't turn your back on the ocean!"

It's a serious warning.