What makes this for me is not the fading surfers (really among those rocks?), but the faint skyline that registers as an afterthought when viewing the image. What I think of as a delay effect, and a neat one. bump
Fascinating concept, and the ghostly skyline in the background adds a good twist to an old cliche. You have a circle of flare in the upper middle that I'd have cleaned up. One of my highest scores in this contest.