The surf zone or breaker zone is the nearshore part of a body of open water between the line at which the waves break and the shore. As ocean surface...
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Surf break Surf film Surf forecasting Surf lifesaving, Surf Life Saving Club and nippers Surf music Surf zone Surfer's ear List of "Surfing in ..." articles...
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Surf fishing is land-based game fishing while standing on the shoreline or wading into the surf zone. A general term, surf fishing may or may not include...
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hull, exposed to the waves in the surf zone, was taking on water. Moving the craft to dry land beyond the surf zone would eliminate the possibility that...
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Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion, and lifestyle surrounding the sport of surfing. The history of surfing began with the ancient Polynesians...
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Standup paddleboarding (redirect from Paddle surf)
SUP surfing is a variation of traditional surfing. Instead of lying prone on the surfboard and paddling with arms to get out to the surf zone, SUP surfing...
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Wave setup (section In and near the coastal surf zone)
near the coastal surf zone. Besides a spatial variation in the (mean) wave setup, also a variation in time may be present – known as surf beat – causing...
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Surf kayaking has many similarities to surf board surfing, but with boats designed for use in surf zones, and with a paddle. A number of kayak designs are...
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water by the waves in the zone above the wave troughs. The undertow's flow velocities are generally strongest in the surf zone, where the water is shallow...
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Swash (redirect from Swash zone)
swash zone is the upper part of the beach between backbeach and surf zone, where intense erosion occurs during storms (Figure 2). The swash zone is alternately...
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longshore current. This current and sediment movement occurs within the surf zone. The process is also known as littoral drift. Beach sand is also moved...
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Tamarama (category Surfing locations in New South Wales)
needed] One or two rip currents are always present, making the entire surf zone virtually all rip. When the swell really rolls in, an offshore rock shelf...
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surf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Surf is the region of breaking waves on a shoaling area of water such as a shoreline or reef. Surf or SURF may...
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more pronounced in the winter hemisphere where this region is called the surf zone. This breaking is caused due to a highly non-linear interaction between...
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Fishing rod (section Surf rods)
rods are designed to cast baits or lures out over far distances into the surf zone, and tends to be quite long; ice fishing rods are designed to fish through...
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Adults are gregarious and are found over soft bottoms mainly beyond the surf zone, occasionally going inshore. Juveniles are exclusively found in shallow...
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intertidal zone and dissipate force progressively along wide surf zones. Dissipative beaches are wide and flat in profile, with a wide shoaling and surf zone, composed...
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"sprinkle over". Similarly to spits, peresyps are formed by actions of surf zone currents from sand, gravel/pebbles, and crushed shells as a result of...
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Hypomesus pretiosus (redirect from Surf smelt)
spawn at the age of two. Females lay from 1,500–30,000 sticky eggs in the surf zone per spawn, which they may do three to five or more times in a season....
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or foaming agents. As the seawater is churned by breaking waves in the surf zone adjacent to the shore, the surfactants under these turbulent conditions...
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this species is rare in estuaries and in the surf zone east of Cape Agulhas but is common in the surf zone in the cooler waters along the Atlantic coast...
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in the Gulf Coast and the Pacific Northwest. To operate in the rough surf zone the boat is self-bailing and self-righting. The boat as a range of 130...
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United States Navy SEAL selection and training (redirect from Surf torture)
boat known as an IBS, and must paddle out from the shore, through the surf zone, and back again. Candidates participate in weekly 4-mile (6.4 km) timed...
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represent distinct populations. Residing off continental coastlines from the surf zone to the outer continental shelf and adjacent oceanic waters, the dusky...
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beaches and in shallow bays. This species travels in small groups along the surf zone in a few inches of water to depths of 20 meters (66 ft). Other names include...
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confined to shallow burrows on exposed shores. Turbulent flows in the surf zone also create a transport of gametes. Hydrodynamic conditions and gamete...
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and surf conditions, and provide limited assistance in local security and beach defense. They have the capability to provide beach and surf zone salvage...
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habitats, and they are often seen swimming around the ocean floor in the surf zone; at times, they come very close to shore. They are often found in warm...
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reduce storm damage to coastal structures by dissipating energy across the surf zone, protecting upland structures and infrastructure from storm surges, tsunamis...
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original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019. Price, Brian (1998). "Surf Zone Obstacle Clearing by Use of Smart Weapons" (PDF). Defense Technical Information...
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