These may be adjusted to reflect your own needs in terms of the graphs you wish to produce or how you wish to view them . Data kept on a spreadsheet allows easy comparison with subsequent profiles. Carefully measured multiple, parallel profiles may be recreated on cardboard or firm stock, cut out, and used to create a physical model of the beach. A data base of beach profiles has been created on this website. You may download selected files.
Several formats are available.
Select the one that fits your hardware. The format of the data should be for Microsoft Excel or comma-delimited. A text file describing the data and providing supporting information and references should be sent along. Direct questions to the URL above for additional information. Return to Seastar Oceanography Homepage .