There you are enjoying your breakfast and taking in the Pacific Ocean view off Santa Barbara and then...
These amazing videos were shot at Moby Dick Restaurant and show a particularly errant wave crashing through the establishment's windows.
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Witness Forrest Buchanan said: "The dining room was filled with the sound of glass shattering and people screaming as a wave of water rush over the dining room carpet."
Time to invest in some toughened glass...