Good terminology stuff Dave! Dumper refers to how a wave breaks, not where. Shorebreak refers to where a wave breaks, not how. I like to look at the lines of waves coming (or going) in and determine swell size and direction, where and how they are forming and breaking and the sea bottom configuration and shape. If the bottom is a nice, gentle slope you can bet on shouldered waves that *spill* nicely. Steep bottom and the waves form, swell and *dump* in a flash. Just like Dave said, these waves can be in any zone of breaking waves. Dumpers in the initial impact zone are truely impressive. To watch a large swell form, start to break and dump it's entire load in a couple seconds is amazing and quite loud. Ones that land directly on the beach are definitley scarry. You mix in a couple truckloads of sand into the dump and land it on a hard surface and YIKES!! steve ( who has a side hobby watching water move) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 14 2002 - 06:51:24 PDT
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