There are (usually) no "Beaches" in that sort of country, the shore is a 125' row of pines then steeply sloping into the deep water. As I've said previously I would go for the timber every time, the water is VERY cold and any injury when ditching would increase your chances of not getting out of the smashed wreck. The aircraft must have stopped on top of that tree and slid all the way down, the pilots legs must have been roughed up with the bark!