Episode: Matt Costa on Wave Fundamentals and Foiling (2021)

[Matt]

Some additions to the Oceanography thread I’ve been following:

1. A great video primer that covers the elemental stuff covered in the podcast. I’d watch this prior to the podcast (skip tsunami bit):
   Big Ocean Waves - YouTube
2. Two chapters from a useful book
   • Waves at sea
   • Waves on the shore
3. Wave train: An explanation on why you need to catch the last wave in a set on DW is a combination of the following two videos:
   • Staring at the section “Wave Train Movement” - Waves and Wave Dynamics (OCE-1001) - YouTube
   • Explains why the wave train loses it’s front wave (somewhat) - Phase Velocity versus Group Velocity: Wave Dispersion - YouTube

(I’ve struggled to find a satisfying explanation “why” this happens concept where sets of waves run through the ocean like individual conveyer belts (how I think about it))

Here is a cool aerial shot showing some sets doing some cool things