isobath

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Breaking height

Estimated size of the wave when it breaks near shore, different from the offshore swell. Isobath estimates it from the swell, its period and the beach orientation.

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Bathymetry · Beach break · Confidence · Cross-shore wind · Crossed swells · Ensemble forecast · Forecast model · Gusts · Iribarren (breaker type) · Offshore wind · Onshore wind · Peak period · Period · Persistence · Point break · Range · Reef · Rip currents · Seabed relief (EMODnet) · Set · Shorebreak · Submarine canyon · Swell · Swell direction · Tidal range · Tide · Tide coefficient · Wind sea

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