Waterspouts are cool! We saw one at Long Beach, NC many years ago when I was in high school. We were sitting out on the dock to our beach house we were renting and a waterspout formed out in the Atlantic. Luckily it fell apart while still out in the water and never came ashore.
Waterspouts don't usually come ashore as they are sucking up water, if they do come ashore they usually fall apart pretty quickly since sand (or vegetation) is heavier than water.