Waves and Sea states
Across
- 3. Water level when the surface is flat
- 5. The number of wave crests that pass a fixed point per unit of time
- 8. The highest point of a wave
- 10. The lowest point of a wave
- 13. The vertical distance from crest to trough
- 14. small wavelets averaging about 8 cm high. Continuous energy is needed to form ripples and push them to the next stage of wave formation
- 16. Length of time wind has been blowing
Down
- 1. The vertical distance from crest to average surface level or still water level
- 2. Unit of marine speed equal to 1 nautical mile per hour
- 3. Includes ripples, chops, storm waves and swells Waves that no longer need wind to push them forward
- 4. The horizontal distance from crest to crest
- 6. Distance the wind is blowing
- 7. Next stage of a wave after a ripllet pushing the wave to about 1 meter high
- 9. Wave conditions of the sea
- 11. The time it take for one complete wave from crest to crest to pass a fixed point
- 12. The speed of the wave in a certain direction, measured in distance vs. time
- 15. when gale-force intensity winds of 70 km/h or more