I have some more shots that have better light for some of the big ones hitting those rocks I will dig through for workable images. This is actually low tide but the waves were high enough that I had to bump my ISO to keep the shutter speed at 1/50 or faster to keep the waves from turning into visual mush.
Thanks - There was a Beach Hazard warning from NOAA issued for the days I was there with mostly normal waves but then there were big ones within each interval. Roughly 5-7 minutes between sets of big ones with the swells having more distance between them so they came farther up the shore. The big reflective area is where a serious sneaker came way up the beach and I dashed in right after it went out to shoot this.
Good critique - and accurate. It started as a single wide angle shot but the top was all bare sky and the bottom was all beach sand. I cropped it down to get rid of the empty space and this image was the result. I do in fact have shots that were actually directed at each of the halves you are seeing here and they do feel stronger on their own. The pano's primary calling card was the big breaker and the cloud colors.