A girl going through puberty hopelessly tries to hold onto childhood during a day at the beach, but meddling mothers push her to grow up.

Attempting to have fun for once, a teenage girl witnesses death at an oceanside beach party.

In a series of commentaries on the human condition — life, truth, happiness, death — a spinster sister takes in her dead sister’s children; a man is entranced by the endless waves which roll and crash in the ocean; a carpenter wrestles with the burden of being everyone’s confidante; a dying railroad crossing watchman shares a simple but complex wisdom.

A mundane married couple vacations at a tropical resort, where the husband becomes increasingly curious about a strange mother and son duo.

On the beaches of a remote British Caribbean Island, a mixed-race family enjoys a relaxing vacation. However, a simple conversation with a local white woman about the island soon evolves into one of introspection and racial discrimination.

Two sisters play at the beach. The eldest thinks back on their parent's problems and tries to protect her younger sister.

At a vacation home on the beach, a girl finds mysterious memorials after being told by an old man to venture out into the sand dunes. Years later, the people who live on the beach are plagued by voices telling them to kill themselves.

A tourist from England complains about his boring trip to California but enjoys experiences around town facilitated by his zany friends.

After an obese older man discovers his wife is having an affair, he invites the lovers on a tense trip to the beach.

A middle-aged mother describes the scenes of the beach to her blind son. After he becomes enraptured by his mother's story of a romance unfolding between a lifeguard and a young woman, he realizes he may not be satisfied with his own situation.