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  2. Breaking wave - Wikipedia

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    A plunging wave breaks with more energy than a significantly larger spilling wave. The wave can trap and compress the air under the lip, which creates the "crashing" sound associated with waves. With large waves, this crash can be felt by beachgoers on land. Offshore wind conditions can make plungers more likely.

  3. Wave pounding - Wikipedia

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    Wave pounding is the 'sledge hammer' effect of tonnes of water crashing against cliffs. It shakes and weakens the rocks leaving them open to attack from hydraulic action and abrasion. Eroded material gets carried away by the wave. Wave pounding is particularly fierce in a storm, where the waves are exceptionally large, and have a lot of energy ...

  4. Moods of the Sea - Wikipedia

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    [13] The Chicago Reader noted that the film was an example of films that "register quite differently than their makers intended: Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman's impressionistic, somewhat pompous Moods of the Sea (1942) tries to marry ocean imagery with the Mendelssohn on its sound track (crashing waves for loud sections, birds for calm ones ...

  5. What caused the huge waves that battered California’s coast?

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    And to the north, waves breached the rocks surrounding the parking lot at Morro Rock, a huge surge topped the wall in Cayucos and ran down the street and elephant seals battled waves while giving ...

  6. Huge waves crash against rocks at Portland Bill in Dorset ...

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    Gale force winds battered Portland Bill in Dorset on England’s south coast today (November 2). Video shows huge waves crashing against rocks. “Gusts reached 70 miles per hour,” the filmer said.

  7. Heavy surf causes coastal chaos across SLO County. See the ...

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    Waves crash against the cliffs in Shell Beach in a view from Shoreline Drive on Dec. 28, 2023. Storm driven high swells on the ocean combined with seasonal high tides combined to cause coastal ...

  8. Cliffed coast - Wikipedia

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    The best-known example in Germany is the Lange Anna on Heligoland, while, in England, a prominent example are Old Harry Rocks in Dorset. Ocean waves crashing against sea cliffs at Cape Pillar, Tasmania in Australia. Furthermore, on a rocky cliffed coast wave action is not the only driving force for coastline retreat.

  9. In Pictures: Giant ships and crashing waves as we headed to ...

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    Huge waves crash against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbour, County Durham, during the tail end of Storm Arwen (Owen Humphreys/PA)