Great pics..What beach are you near?
So going off the grouse/image thread...
Here are a couple of your images with the auto features of PS. The original pic is in your post. The ones below are also reduced to under 100 kb for faster loading.
Here it is with just the "Auto Levels".

with just the "Auto Color".

and with "Levels" "Color" and "Curves"

Don't think that I am implying anything. Your originals are great. I was just tying this in with the question you asked in the other thread.