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Wave action reading: What does this mean.

landman

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As I was hunting Ontario Lake the waves were coming in pretty good. I counted the seconds between each set as they passed me. Here is what I observed. Waves were coming in every 2-3 seconds. The larger ones were every other one. From your beach site reading experience, what does this tell you? Was the sand coming in or out? What more? Thanks.
 
Very interesting question, I would also like to know about these things.
 
landman said:
As I was hunting Ontario Lake the waves were coming in pretty good. I counted the seconds between each set as they passed me. Here is what I observed. Waves were coming in every 2-3 seconds. The larger ones were every other one. From your beach site reading experience, what does this tell you? Was the sand coming in or out? What more? Thanks.
Wave frequency alone will not give you an indication of sand movement. Size of waves, angle of approach relative to the beach, amount of sand in suspension, sandbars and other natural topography are all factors in how the sand is affected by wave action. Lake Ontario is basically a freshwater sea but it's not an ocean so the changes to the beach occur a little differently. The wave frequency is different than the ocean where every 7th wave is the largest in the pattern. Perhaps this is a combination of fetch and depth.

Cheers,

BDA:cool:
 
Mate,

try this site.

http://www.geocities.com/alanhassell.geo/index.html

If that dont get you through, google Allen Hassell the Wizard maker.

If you find his site you will be faced with a page full of titles to various articles.
The one your after is the last title.
He has some interesting stuff on his site, even though a lot of it is a bit dated.
You'll also find that he's full of himself.

Cheers.

Lou.
 
Great site Lou, I think the guy maybe just joking in being full of himself.

I will be a wizard at the beach as I try.
 
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