Maine Sea Kayak Guide Licences (Ocean Dynamics)Correct 100%
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Maine
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Maine (UM)
onshore wind - ANSWER wind that blows from the sea towards the land
Venturi effect - ANSWER wind flowing through a restricted space and increases wind speed.
Questions when in big waves - ANSWER Can we see out clients? Can they stay upright? Where might the wave break?
Wavelength - ANSWER ...
Maine Sea Kayak Guide Licences (Ocean
Dynamics)Correct 100%
onshore wind - ANSWER wind that blows from the sea towards the land
Venturi effect - ANSWER wind flowing through a restricted space and increases wind
speed.
Questions when in big waves - ANSWER Can we see out clients? Can they stay
upright? Where might the wave break?
Wavelength - ANSWER Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs
of two adjacent waves
wave height - ANSWER the vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough
wave period - ANSWER the time required for corresponding points on consecutive
waves to pass a given point
What would be steeper? 2 foot waves every 4 seconds or 2 foot waves every 7
seconds? - ANSWER 2 foot waves every 4 seconds would be steeper.
When do waves break? - ANSWER When water depth is one-and-a half times the wave
height.
When would a 4 foot wave break? - ANSWER How tall would a wave that broke in 6
feet of water be?
When would a 2 foot wave break? - ANSWER How tall would a wave that broke in 3
feet of water be?
spilling breakers - ANSWER -gently sloping sea floor
-wave energy expended over longer distance
-water slides down front slope of wave
plunging breakers - ANSWER surf waves characterized by a curl that forms as the top
of the wave pitches through the air and then splashes into the bottom of the wave
surging breaker - ANSWER A compressed breaking wave that builds up over a short
distance and surges forward as it breaks. It is characteristic of abrupt beach slopes.
What kind of wave are good for landing in surf in? - ANSWER Spilling waves on a flat
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