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JAXAshby
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therefore, waves break in deeper water.
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(Shen44)
Date: 9/16/2004 10:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Subject: Pensacola Waves
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(JAXAshby)
no, 55 foot waves (27.5 feet above the waterline, 27.5 below the waterline)
break when the water depth gets to about 90 some feet.
Waves are not normally formed so that the crest is the same height above the
"still water level" as the trough is below it.
Normally the crest is higher.