Surf Life Saving # 1

What three factors contribute to wave formation?

• Wind Strength, duration and fetch

• Size of storm

• Distance from Land

• Size of wind gusts

The space between sets of waves is called a......

This wave is an examples of a ...

• Spilling wave

• Surging wave

• Plunging wave

This wave is an examples of a....

• Spilling wave

• Plunging wave

• Surging wave

The purple dye in the water shows the presence of a

• leaking pipe

• undertow

• rip

• pollution

Clean waves with spray is due to what wind...

• Onshore

• Offhshore

Three types of rip are;

• slow, fast, quick

• high, medium, low

• Fixed, topographic, flash

• deep, shallow, offshore

What colour arrows show the rip (red OR blue)

If caught in a rip, you should...

• swim to safety

• fight against the rip

• Stay calm, raise your arm for help, conserve energy

Identify this type of beach

• Bar and rip

• Longshore trough

• Dissipative

• Reflective