CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



LIST OF TABLES 4 



LIST OF FIGURES 6 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 10 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 11 



PART II : CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY 14 



Climate 14 



Waves 14 



Nearshore Currents 15 



Tides and Water Levels 15 



Bathymetry 15 



Sediment Size 16 



PART III: INSTRUMENTATION 17 



Meteorological Instruments 17 



Wage Gages 20 



Tide Gage 21 



PART IV : DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 22 



Data Acquisition System/Digital Data Collection 22 



Meteorological Data 22 



Wave Data 23 



Water Level Data 25 



Visual Observations 26 



Bathymetric and Pier Surveys 26 



Photographic Data 27 



PART V : DATA AVAILABILITY AND RESULTS 29 



Meteorology 30 



Waves 39 



Currents 50 



Tides and Water Levels 58 



Water Characteristics 61 



Surveys 69 



Photography 74 



PART VI : STORMS 78 



January 1984 78 



February 1984 78 



13 March 1984 79 



31 May 1984 79 



September 1984 79 



October 1984 80 



November 1984 80 



6 December 1984 80 



