Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

Californian is a little bit of a beach bum. Since Nadat's cave isn't right up against the shore, she's often not seen around the cave for weeks, hanging out in the surf and making couches and other things out of the sand. When she returns she always apologizes, and offers some of her catch to the other dragons to make up for it. They accept the food, even knowing that she doesn't mean her apology and that she'll be headed back out to the beach soon enough.