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Coottol orfto 



Coost ^ 



Bluff 



or 

 escorpmtnt^ 



B«ach or thora 



BocKshora 



Barms . 



Beoch scorp -' ' 



Crest of b»rm 



Jorashore^ 



or 

 Beoch 

 Foce 



Neorshore lone 



( dafinas orao of naorshora currants 



Inshore or Shorefoce 



( axtands through braokar zona ) 



Breakers 



■Ar- 



Ordinofv low wo ttr level 



Plunge point 



Bottom 



Figure A-1. Beach Profile-Related Terms. 



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Suff or Braokar zorw 



Waves peok up but 

 do not breok on 

 Ihii bor ol higti tide 



Tmiwlotory wovae 



Peokad up Tronsiotory woves 



Inner bor 



Outer bar 

 (Inner bar, low tide) 



Deep bar 

 (Outer bar, lo<r tide) 



Figure A-2. Schematic Diagram of Waves in the Breaker Zone. 



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