Special Issue No. 56. Proceedings of the 10th International Coastal Symposium ICS 2009, Vol. I (2009), pp. 178-182 (5 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. Sediment ...
I received a question in regard to the terminology of “deep water” and “shallow water” waves in the Surf Report that appears in Thursday’s edition of the Santa Ynez Valley News. To answer this ...
Powerful waves crash over the breakwater in Morro Bay on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. It’s no surprise that so many Central Coast piers are failing. The data tells the story: The red trendline on my chart ...
The backdoor cold front has passed and now strong, post-frontal full fetch north/northeast winds have taken hold and are sweeping off Lake Michigan over Chicago’s shoreline. Little wonder the winds ...
Wave heights are limited by fetch, the distance the wind can blow across the water. Lake Michigan’s largest waves have been measured at 20-23 feet at the south end of the lake, generated by ...
Might a storm far out at sea push waves the size of a ten-story building onto the coast? Forecasters say Hurricane Erin just might. Strengthening now in the Atlantic, Erin is expected to be the first ...
Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience looks at scientific aspects of the summer season. One of summer's greatest pleasures for the lucky beachgoer is listening to the rhythmic lapping of ...
In his article on forecasting oceanic waves, Rick Lovett says that surfers don’t know why waves come in groups of different sizes (27 June, p 46). I spent eight years in the merchant navy, navigating ...
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