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Surfable Wave Type list
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Wave Type has a fixed set of instances denoting the canonical three types of surfable wave: beach break, reef break, or point break.
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| Breach Break |
A beach break is formed by swell breaking on a sandy beach. The natural cycle of currents produced by breaking surf causes channels to form in the sandy bottom and the waves break along the edges of these channels.
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| Reef Break |
A reef break is formed by swell hitting an underwater reef or rock.
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| Point Break |
A point break is formed when swell wraps around a point in the coastline producing a breaking wave which runs parallel to the shore.
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| Beach break |
A beach or shore break, in surf slang, is a wave that breaks on a sand bar, as opposed to a rock or coral bottom (reef break).
When the crest of the wave comes crashing down, regardless of its size, it lands in water no more than a foot or two...
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| Point break |
In surfing, a point break is where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. Waves break based on varying coastal conditions; the other important types (for surfers) being a reef break and a beach break (both of which...
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| Reef break |
A reef break, in surf slang, is a wave that breaks over a projection from the seabed formed from coral reef or rock shelf.
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