beachcomber

noun

1. a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
2. a vagrant who lives on the seashore, especially a nonnative person living in such a way on a South Pacific island.
3. a long wave rolling in from the ocean onto the beach.

noun

1. a person who searches shore debris for anything of worth, esp a vagrant living on a beach
2. Canadian (in British Columbia) a person who is paid for salvaging loose logs and returning them to logging companies
3. a long high wave rolling onto a beach