CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 7 



I INTRODUCTION 9 



II CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY 11 



III INSTRUMENTATION 12 



1. Wave Gages 12 



2. Tide Gages 12 



3. Meteorological Instruments 14 



IV DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 14 



1. Digital Wave Data 14 



2. Water Level Data 17 



3. Weather and Visual Observations 17 



4. Sediment Data 19 



5. Beach, Bathymetric, and Pier Surveys 19 



6 . Photography 22 



V RESULTS 22 



1 . Data Availability 25 



2. Wave Data 25 



3. Tides and Water l£vels.... 25 



4 . Meteorological Data 36 



5 . Visual Observations 39 



6 . Sediment Data 40 



7 . Survey Ifeta 40 



8 . Photographic Data 40 



VI REQUESTING D^TA 58 



LITERATURE CITED 59 



APPENDIX 



A WAVE DATA 61 



B METEOROLOGICAL DATA 77 



C 1979 SEDIMENT SURVEY 90 



D SURVEY DATA 105 



TABLES 



1 Ranges used in 1978 and 1979 surveys 20 



2 Flight dates and aerial photography inventory 24 



3 Data availability for 1977 26 



4 Data availability for 1978 27 



