One of my collections is American Cities. As part of that I have some beach culture. I grew up in Southern California and spent a lot of time at the beach, and even worked at a fishing bait store for several years. I use the American cities for World War III games, science fiction games, and role playing games.
The beach culture includes swimmers, sun bathers, scuba divers, fishermen, lifeguards, beach combers, and dune buggy drivers. Sometimes it includes others like motorcycle riders, and campers.
Here are two dune buggies and a custom surf car. You can see a lifeguard truck in the background.
Dune buggy on the beach.
Traditionally lifeguards wear red uniforms.
Some places have grass on the beach before it becomes all sand and water.
In California while it is legal to have a home or other private property near the beach, private beaches are prohibited a certain distance above the high water mark at high tide. The idea is the beaches and coastline are public property and must have public access. Other states allow private beaches.
I get cheap styrene figures, repaint them and add bases to make my figures for this group. Based on the Beach Party genre of movies I include a motorcycle gang as a counterpoint for the surfers. The movies depict them as a two groups that compete for women, bars, and other facilities.
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