Yeah, I know it has been done like billions of times before but... here's my approach.
http://porcupinefloyd.deviantart.com/art/Procedural-Beach-104693150
3000 x 2000
GI 1/1 Supersampled
Q: 0.85
Render time: 4.47 H
Cool. I like the texture job. Nice lighting.
Really well done, cant see anything to criticize ;D
I'm happy with the effect as I've finally managed to set displacements to mimic the sand :)
If you could make the peaks smoother / rounder, it would be a great image. As it is, this does look good but fake. Rounder waves like a sine wave would look more realistic.
Iain