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How To Read Water

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How To Read Water

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How To Read Water

How to Read Water

Tag: beach signs

Why The Coconut Palm Points to the Sea

February 14, 2020September 16, 2020

The coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) does something that very few trees do. It leans into wind. Most trees have trunks that will bend away…

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Beach Hut Picture Puzzle

December 10, 2019December 9, 2019

What direction are we looking in this photo of West Wittering beach in West Sussex, UK? Clues (if you want them): All dunes form with…

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The Sorting by Sea Currents

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Sea currents sort objects according to size, shape and weight. There is a documented case of left Wellington boots from a lost container washing up…

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Pacific Island Navigation

August 12, 2019September 9, 2019

There was a near perfect ripple map on a very windy West Wittering beach yesterday. The different wave patterns on each side of an island…

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What is swash?

December 22, 2018June 11, 2020

Swash is the name given to the waves that rush up the beach after a wave has broken. They are intriguing little waves that inhabit…

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Pin Holes on the Beach

October 18, 2016March 8, 2021

When a wave breaks it pushes foamy water up the beach, this is the ‘swash‘. Some of this water flows back down the beach to…

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