PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers a semiquantita- 

 tive idea of the occurrence of sea breeze-generated waves on the Atlantic, 

 Pacific, and gulf coasts of the United States. The work was carried out 

 under the coastal processes program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering 

 Research Center (CERC) . 



Most of the data for this report were collected under a cooperative 

 program between the U.S. Coast Guard and CERC. Visual wave observations 

 were made at selected stations on the Atlantic, Pacific, and gulf coasts 

 by U.S. Coast Guard personnel, and at two gulf coast stations by volunteer 

 observers. The information was processed and analyzed by CERC. 



The report was prepared by P.C. Pritchett, while at CERC, under the 

 supervision of C.J. Galvin, Jr., Chief, Coastal Processes Branch, Research 

 Division. 



The author acknowledges the time and effort spent by the Coast Guard 

 and other volunteer observers. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



WILSON P. ANDREWS 



LTC, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



