Please, please, please don't crop off the sand and rocks. the water and sky are interesting, but they leave the viewer no frame of reference. The foreground is the foundation of this wonderful image.
The story as far as I see it......
"mmmm.....nice, rocky, sandy beach is safe and comfortable, but that ocean place is a foreboding and dangerous place. You would be crazy to leave the comfort of little pebbles and head out onto the chaotic, churning ocean."