The Wave
Wave vs Rocks.
Setup: 6 hrs? Most of this time went into getting the whitecaps "right". (Gotta lot to learn.)
Simulation and baking time: something between 4--8 hrs.
Time to render: 38 hrs for all three cams.
Cam1: 16 hrs. (288 frames)
Cam2: 12 hrs (72 frames; lots of particle sprites).
Cam3: 10 hrs (84 frames; little less sprites).
The least I could get, without losing too much quality.
Blender's sequencer was used to create the movie file, as well as Gimp for the titles.
Note: not every rendered frame was used for the final shot.
The whole animation was setup, rendered and sequenced by myself, using SideFX Houdini Apprentice, Blender and the Gimp.