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    bubbly surface called surf. The region of breaking waves defines the surf zone, or breaker zone. After breaking in the surf zone, the waves (now reduced...
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    Saving Club and nippers Surf music Surf zone Surfer's ear List of "Surfing in ..." articles Surfing in Canada Surfing in Madeira Surfing in the United States...
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  • Look up surf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Surf or SURF may refer to: Surf (detergent), a brand of laundry detergent made by Unilever "Surfing the Web"...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Sandy Beach, Hawaii (category Surfing locations in Hawaii)
    Due to the geography of Sandy Beach, the surf zone spanning approximately 2,500 feet contains individual surf breaks. This makes Sandy Beach somewhat unique...
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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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    longshore current. This current and sediment movement occur within the surf zone. The process is also known as littoral drift. Beach sand is also moved...
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    Submergent coastline Surf break Surf zone Surge channel Swash Undertow Volcanic arc Wave-cut platform Wave shoaling Wind wave Wrack zone Management Accretion...
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    A surfski (or: "surf ski", "surf-ski") is a type of kayak in the kayaking "family" of paddling craft. It is generally the longest of all kayaks and is...
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    Carolina. Atlantic surf clams live buried in coarse or fine sand. They live offshore as well as in the low intertidal and surf zones. Surf clams can take...
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  • Acanthochitona armata is a chiton of the surf zone endemic to Hawaiʻi. Acanthochitona armata grows to about one inch in length and is colored green, gray...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    estuarine waters and coastal lakes into the sea. The fish spawn in the surf zone and mouths of estuaries, spawning takes place in the winter. The species...
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    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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    Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It is a small slow-moving fish, living in the surf zone of sandy or muddy beaches. Here it is easily caught as bycatch by shrimp...
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