Re: [Paddlewise] Wave Speed - (totally trivial question!)

G'Day,
         You're absolutely right! I should have said sea wave energy! The 
wave travels and the water does not until the wave hits a beach when the 
wave, the water, the kayak, and the kayaker all travel together in one 
glorious mess!

All the best, PeterO


>Christine Allison" <sailnut_at_asan.com>
>They don't travel.  It's an up and down rotating motion.  A molecule
>of water is not displaced horizontally to any great extent.
>     Richard Smith

>PeterO wrote
>Can anyone tell me if all (sea) waves travel at roughly the same
>hoizontal speed (relative to the current of course).

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