Facts on Waves

   Facts on waves

• Local shore winds can also produce waves, but they can also destroy the quality of the breaking waves.

• In a way offshore winds are a sort of a counterbalance. Swell comes from miles away.

• On shore winds are typically known for creating choppy and bumpy waves because their effect is added to the direction of the wave.

• Waves make their way through the ocean and are affected by the differences in the ocean floor.

• In deep low pressure systems, wind speed is greater and more waves are generated by the power .

This is where I got my information:

How Waves Are Made

By Meleniate