Marine Weather Forecast
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Seas and Swell
Size of the seas changes because of three things:
1. Time: how long the wind has been blowing.
More Time = Bigger Waves
2. The fetch: distance the wind has blown over the sea.
Fetch is the distance the wind has blow over the water.Longer Fetch = Bigger Waves
3. Water depth.
Shallow Water:Higher waves, steeper waves, closer together.
