Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wav
Provincetown Spit, at the northern end of Cape Cod, was formed by longshore drift after the end of the last Ice age.
Kaitorete Spit in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's southern island.
Arcachon Bay in Southwest France.
Timber groyne from Swanage Bay, UK
The surf zone or breaker zone is the nearshore part of a body of open water between the line at which the waves break and the shore. As ocean surface waves approach a shore, they interact with the bot
Longshore drift
…moves parallel to the coast. Longshore drift is simply the sediment moved by the longshore current. This current and sediment movement occurs within the surf zone. The process is also known as littoral drift. Beach sand is also moved on such oblique wind days, due to the swash and backwash of water on the beach…
Rip current in the ocean. Rip currents are often very difficult to spot with one's bare eyes, take caution in any body of water