- Anatomy of the Ocean Surface Roughness
- Article focusing on water waves, the roughness components of the ocean surface. - BBC: Freak Wave
- Radio programme investigating freak waves, huge breaking walls of oceanic water that come out of the blue. - California Swell Model
- Provides experimental Southern and Central California swell predictions for general oceanographic interest. - Catch a Wave
- Webquest for 5th graders exploring ocean wave energy generators. - Coastal Geology: Waves
- Lists other terms used to describe waves and outlines various wave theories, the basics of wave generation, and wave phenomena. - Current Marine Data
- Shows current marine wave height and wave direction data from Oceanweather Inc.'s models and observational data worldwide. - National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
- Premier source of buoy-measured environmental, meteorological, and oceanographic data. - NOAA Wavewatch III
- Provides a gateway to the National Centres for Environmental Prediction's operational wind-wave forecast products and historical archives. - Oceanography: Waves
- Guide to wave motion, waves and wind, wave groups, wave reflection, seiches and bores, and tsunamis. - Oceans Alive!: Water on the Move
- Looks at how ocean currents, wind and waves, and the ebbs and flows of the sea interact and influence one anther. - Pacific Ocean NOAA Wave Models
- Provides links to the NOAA Wavewatch III Wave Model that depicts current and forecast sea heights and wave period across the Pacific Ocean. - Savage Seas: The Power of Waves
- Explores waves, the most visible manifestation of the dynamism, chaos, and power of the seas. Addresses tsunamis, freak waves, and the trade winds. - Shoaling, Refraction, and Diffraction of Waves
- Offers a quick overview of how waves behave in shallow and varying water depths. - Wave Forecast Models
- Three-day experimental coastal wave forecasts for Southern California.
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