CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6. 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II METHODS FOR USING THE DESIGN CURVES 9 



III EXAMPLES FOR USE 15 



IV SUMMARY 16 



FIGURES 



1 Selected nearshore wave records 8 



2 Conditions in the nearshore zone 10 



3 Nearshore significant wave height diagram for a bottom 



slope of 1 on 100 11 



4 Nearshore significant wave height diagram for a bottom 



slope of 1 on 50 12 



5 Nearshore significant wave height diagram for a bottom 



slope of 1 on 20 13 



6 Nearshore significant wave height diagram for a bottom 



slope of 1 on 10 14 



