LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT OBSERVATIONS 

 RECORD ALL DATA CAREFULLY AND LEGIBLY 



SITE NUMBERS 



m en m 



Record time 

 using the 24 

 hour system 



WAVE PERIOD 



Record the time in seconds for 

 eleven (II) wove crests to poss o 

 stotionory point. If colm record 0. 



BREAKER HEIGHT 



Record the best estimote of the 

 overage wave height to the nearest 

 tenth of a foot. 



19 20 21 



cn.D 



WAVE ANGLE AT BREAKER 



Record to the neorest degree the 

 direction the waves art coming from 

 using the protractor on the reverse side. if colm. 



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WAVE TYPE 



0- Colm 

 I - Spilling 

 2 -Plunging 



3 - Surging 



4 - Spill /Plunge 



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WIND SPEED 



Record wind speed to the neorest 

 mph. If calm record 0. 



m 



WIND DIRECTION - °f "*'°" \ h ' " incl 



is coming from. 



I-N 3-E 5-S 7-W O-Colm 

 2-NE 4-SE 6-SW 8-NW 



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FORESHORE SLOPE 



Record foreshore slope to the 

 neorest degree. 



m 



WIDTH OF SURF ZONE 



Estimate in feet the distance from 

 shore to breakers, if colm record 0. 



31 32 33 34 



LONGSHORE CURRENT 



CURRENT SPEED 4 , ,, 



Measure in feet the distance the dye 

 patch is observed to move during o one ( I ) I I 1 

 minute period ; If no longshore movement record 0. 



DYE 



Estimate distonce in feet from 

 shoreline to point of dye injection. 



CURRENT DIRECTION 



No longshore movement 

 + I Dye moves toward right 

 - I Dye moves toward left 



46 47 



m 



RIP CURRENTS 



If rip currents are present, indicate spacing ( feet ). If spacing is irregular 

 estimate overoge spacing. If no rips record 0. 



49 50 91 92 

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BEACH CUSPS 



If cusps ore present, indicate spacing (feet) . If spacing is irregular 

 estimate average spacing. If no cusps record 0. 



54 55 56 



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PLEASE PRINT: 



Pleose Check The Form For Completeness 



Moke any additional remarks, computations or sketches on the reverse side of this form . 



Figure 5. Littoral Environmental Observation (LEO) forms used by the 

 volunteer observers participating in the LEO program (from 

 Schneider 1981) 



Chapter 2 Secondary Sources of Coastal Information 



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