Big Wave Dave's is a sitcom that ran on CBS from August 9, 1993, until September 13, 1993.

In it, three friends decide to drop everything and run a surf shop in Oahu, Hawaii.

The pilot episode opens with three friends, Marshall Fisher (Adam Arkin), Richie Lamonica (Patrick Breen), and Dave Bell (David Morse), sitting in a bar, talking.

That same night, the three guys go over to Marshall's house to convince his wife, Karen (Jane Kaczmarek).

When Marshall still isn't happy, Karen reveals that she became pregnant the night they decided to go to Hawaii.