CONTENTS 



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I SEA BREEZE 5 



II WAVE DATA 6 



III VARIATIONS BY MONTH AND LOCALITY 6 



IV CURVE CLASSIFICATION 10 



V EXPOSURE AND ANNUAL HEIGHT 16 



VI ESTIMATED BREAKER HEIGHTS 17 



VII COASTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 18 



VIII SUMMARY '. . . . 19 



LITERATURE CITED 20 



TABLES 



1 Curve group number for D-ratio wave height curves 15 



2 Absolute diurnal variation for coastal exposure groupings. ... 16 



3 Absolute diurnal variation for breaker height groupings 17 



4 Observed and approximated wave heights for selected stations 



in July 18 



FIGURES 



1 Station locations used in diurnal study 7 



2 Monthly means of relative diurnal variation, AD, in breaker 



height by geographic region 9 



3 Absolute and relative diurnal variation in breaker height by 



latitude grouping 11 



4 Absolute and relative diurnal variation in breaker height by 



geographic grouping 12 



5 Representative curves for Dj curve groups. 



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