(3) A surging breaker is characterized by a wave crest that 

 remains unbroken while the base of the front face advances up the 

 beach to break totally at the shoreline (Fig. 10). 



Figure 10. Surging breaker. 



(4) Certain breaking waves may appear to have characteristics 

 common to both spilling and plunging breakers. Such breakers are 

 recorded as a spill-plunge type (Fig. 11). 



Figure 11. Spill-plunge breaker. 



Once the wave type has been determined, the proper code (0 to 4) is 

 recorded on the LEO form. 



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