CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 4 



Background 4 



Organization of Report 5 



Availability of Data 6 



PART II: METEOROLOGY 8 



Air Temperature 8 



Atmospheric Pressure 9 



Precipitation 11 



Wind Speed and Direction 13 



PART III: WAVES 22 



Measurement Instruments 22 



Pressure Gage 23 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization 23 



Results 25 



PART IV: CURRENTS 38 



Observations 38 



Results 38 



PART V: TIDES AND WATER LEVELS 41 



Measurement Instrument 41 



Results 42 



PART VI: WATER CHARACTERISTICS 44 



Temperature 44 



Visibility 45 



Density 46 



PART VII: SURVEYS 48 



PART VIII: PHOTOGRAPHY 50 



Aerial Photographs 50 



Beach Photographs 50 



PART IX: STORMS 57 



REFERENCES 73 



