So I’ve noticed that any time I’ve gone to the beach relatively early in the morning the sea is really calm. Practically no waves and really still. Is there any reason for this?
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In the absence of any large weather system wind you basically have two winds on the coast: Sea breeze and land breeze.
Sea breeze is wind coming in from the sea and is caused by the sun heating the ground and happens during hot days. Land breeze is wind going out to sea and is caused by the cooling of the ground and happens during the night. So you have wind blowing out to sea at night.
Also, wind causes waves by gently/violently pushing the top most layer of the water.
So at night and in the morning you basically have winds that cause waves going out to sea but not coming in from the sea. During the day it reverses and you have wind and waves coming in from the sea.
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