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Offshore wind

Wind blowing from land to sea. It holds up and smooths the waves: often the best conditions.

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Bathymetry · Beach break · Breaking height · Confidence · Cross-shore wind · Crossed swells · Ensemble forecast · Forecast model · Gusts · Iribarren (breaker type) · 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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