Surf break | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-22

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00:01:41 1 Types
00:02:23 1.1 Point break
00:02:56 1.2 Beach break
00:03:26 1.3 Reef break
00:04:25 1.4 Shipwreck break
00:04:53 1.5 Shore break
00:05:15 1.6 Rivermouth break
00:05:49 1.7 Jetty break
00:06:43 1.8 Outer banks
00:07:13 1.9 Tidal bore breaks
00:08:00 1.10 Standing river breaks
00:08:49 1.11 Artificial wave pools
00:09:57 2 Types of surfable waves
00:10:16 2.1 Swell waves
00:10:36 2.2 Wind waves
00:10:52 2.3 Ship waves
00:11:20 2.4 Tsunami waves
00:12:05 2.5 Glacial calving waves
00:12:24 2.6 Storm surges
00:12:50 2.7 Backwash and sidewash waves
00:14:06 2.8 Standing river waves
00:14:54 2.9 Tidal bore waves
00:15:21 2.10 Artificial wave pool waves
00:15:47 3 Human influence
00:17:24 3.1 Construction of jetties and rock groynes
00:17:52 3.2 Construction of artificial harbours
00:18:19 3.3 Shipwrecks
00:18:34 3.4 Sand dredging and dumping
00:20:00 3.5 Artificial reef breaks
00:20:31 3.6 Artificial wave pools
00:21:00 3.7 Artificial standing waves
00:21:27 3.8 Reef bombing
00:21:57 3.9 Development and stabilization of sand dunes
00:23:19 4 Surf Climate Change
00:24:17 4.1 Rising Sea Levels
00:25:21 4.1.1 Ocean Currents
00:25:53 4.2 Storms
00:26:30 4.2.1 Swells
00:26:56 4.3 Coral Reef Degradation
00:28:07 4.3.1 Ocean Acidification
00:28:50 4.4 Saving Waves
00:29:15 4.4.1 Surfboards and Accessories
00:30:40 4.4.2 Wetsuits
00:31:15 4.4.3 Beach Clean-Ups
00:31:50 4.4.4 Mindful Drainage
00:32:11 5 See also



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A surf break (also break, shore break, or big wave break) is a permanent (or semi permanent) obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming a barreling wave or other wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses. The topography of the seabed determines the shape of the wave and type of break. Since shoals can change size and location, affecting the break, it takes commitment and skill to find good breaks. Some surf breaks are quite dangerous, since the surfer can collide with a reef or rocks below the water.
Surf breaks may be defended vehemently by surfers, as human activities and constructions can have unintended and unpredictable consequences which can be either positive, negative, or unknown.
In 2008, surfers and environmentalists opposed a toll road project in Orange County, California that would have changed sediment patterns and affected the world-class Trestles surf break north of San Onofre State Beach which attracted 400,000 surfers in 2007.In 2007, the NSW Geographical Names Register began formally recognizing names of surf breaks in Australia, defining a surf break as a "permanent obstruction such as a reef, headland, bombora, rock or sandbar, which causes waves to break".One of the largest surf breaks in the world is the Jaws surf break in Maui, Hawaii, with waves that reach a maximum height of 12–18 m (40–60 ft). However waves which break off Nazaré in Portugal have been recorded to exceed 24 m (80 ft), with estimates of waves ridden up to over 30 m (100 ft), from trough to peak. The peculiar ocean bathymetry off Nazare is largely responsible for the very large wave faces.