I watched a couple of guys in a Jeep drive into about 6" of water at Daytona Beach once... also watched them get out of the thing after it got stuck... then we all watched as the Jeep got swamped as the tide came in. All-in-all, better than reality TV.

If you do decide to play at the beach, be careful. I think it's easy to get over-confident in the abilities of 4WD, and you may end up paying for it.

-- John