Wind Wind is created from the differences in the temperature between the land and the water. When wind blows over the ocean it makes swells as well as surface currents. Hurricanes are powerful whirling storms that form over the ocean with winds reaching up to 120 miles per hour.
Strong winds create large waves.
The speed or swiftness in the rate of motion in a certain direction. The time in which the wind lasts. The area and distance across which wind interacts with the water surface. The state of the ocean during calm waters.