CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 3 



Background 3 



Organization of Report 5 



Availability of Data 5 



PART II : METEOROLOGY 8 



Air Temperature 8 



Atmospheric Pressure 8 



Precipitation 13 



Wind Speed and Direction 13 



PART III : WAVES 23 



Measurement Instruments 23 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization. . 24 



Results 26 



PART IV : CURRENTS 55 



Observations 55 



Results 55 



PART V: TIDES AND WATER LEVELS 59 



Measurement Instrument 59 



Results 60 



PART VI : WATER CHARACTERISTICS 62 



Temperature 62 



Visibility 62 



Density 64 



PART VII : SURVEYS 67 



PART VIII : PHOTOGRAPHY 69 



Aerial Photographs 69 



Beach Photographs 69 



PART IX: STORMS 73 



REFERENCES 82 



APPENDIX A: SURVEY DATA Al 



APPENDIX B*: WAVE DATA Bl 



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