Figure 24. Bottom-mounted Sea Data™ 635-12 directional wave gage mounted in tripod 

 using railroad wheels as corner weights 



FETCH LENGTH (kn) 

 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 



5 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000 2000 



FETCH LENGTH (ni) 



HEIGHT DF WAVE (n) 



DURATION DF WIND CDNDITIDNS (hours) 



5000 



Figure 25. Deepwater wave hindcasting curves (from Bretschneider 1959) 



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