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Jewish tradition from the east coastal lands. I guess it has something to do with getting a fresh start, which the guilt-ridden jews did by symbolically casting away their sins.
My more modern take is to cast away pretty much anything in your life or your self that you don't want anymore, or that you'd like to change. Wade out into the ocean with some bread, and meditate on the stuff you'd like to cast away. Tear a piece of bread for each one, and throw it into the ocean as far as you can. Rinse, repeat.
It's sort of the companion to Kevy's Sequioa campfire tradition of casting that which you wish to attract into the fires. This one is casting that which you wish to reject into the waters.
Oh, but speaking of Kevy and traditions: Please keep him in the dark about it being the Autumn Equinox. We don't need to see that particular Wiccan's dark parts again!!
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