surf zone
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On Sunday, the researchers started by launching a drone from the pitching deck of their boat to get a bird’s-eye view of the large, dark shapes meandering lazily through the surf zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
The search continued on Thursday as National Sea Rescue Institute spokesman Craig Lambinon said strong rip currents could have swept Narjissi into the surf zone and out to sea.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
Rip currents are narrow currents in the surf zone that move quickly away from shore.
From Scientific American • Jul. 25, 2023
The famed South Carolina beach’s high number of surf zone fatalities and nine shark attacks kept its score high.
From Washington Times • Feb. 2, 2023
The combined effects of sediment transport within the surf zone by the longshore current and sediment movement along the beach by swash and backwash is known as longshore drift.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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