Links for OCEA101L lab exercise on OCEAN SWELLS

 

 

Links for CDIP images

 

CDIP Image 1: Northwest swell December 2014

 

CDIP Image 2: South swell August 2014

 

CDIP current conditions

 

 

 

Links for Mavericks Wave (Half Moon Bay)

 

Link to a new fly-by animation of the sea floor at Mavericks, showing the ridge that causes the wave to refract. 

 

Solution to the refraction question:

Mavericks Map 1

Mavericks Map 2

Mavericks Map 3

Mavericks Map 4

Mavericks Map 5

 

Link to an excellent 10-minute video about the Mavericks wave, produced by KQED:

Science of Big Waves (original KQED version) 
Science of Big Waves (YouTube version)