is that when your standing on the shore looking out and the wave is breaking to your right?, or when your out on the line up and you surf to the right?

everything, like in skiing, is from the perspective of the surfer. a right hand break will be a break that the surfer takes towards the right when they are facing the shore (or reef, ledge, sandbar, etc) paddling for the wave. if your bottom turn is to the right then it is a right hand wave, though this isnt taking into account a fade takeoff since the initial turn then would be to the left, but thats getting ahead of this question.

A right is looking from the wave facing the beach. Here is the definiton in the surfers dictionary:
http://aboutthebreak.com/surf_dictionary.php#right

While u r sitting on u board, looking at the beach, a wave that breaks from ur left to u right is a RIGHT hand break. The opposite, of course, is a LEFT. Rights tend to be more fun for people who r 'regular footed''. That is, ur left foot is toward the nose of the board & ur left to the rear. That way, while u r riding, u r looking at the wave right in front of you. You can better see ''where u r going.'' For a goofy footed surfer (right foot forward), u r riding a RIGHT, ''backside'' that is, u r facing the beach, with the face of the wave behind you.

mate its when ur out in the surf its a left or right its the oppisite on the shure line