How do waves always go in the direction of the shore, and what happens in the middle ground between the two directions? (lets say there is a sea with 2 lands on either side)

Question

When you look at a beach, the waves are always coming in the direction of the shore. On the other side of the shore, the waves are also coming in the direction of the land that’s opposite the one you’re on. Is there a middle ground in-between these wave directions where the waves are just flat and not going in either direction? Im from poland looking at the beach rn. Sweden is 170km away on the other side of the sea. the waves are coming in the direction of both shores. HOW? what happens in between the two shores, how do they just change directions. please help

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Waves are created by wind blowing on the water for large areas and periods of time. Waves can go out to see but you won’t see them because they will be very small and the water will be getting deeper so they will not stand up like you see at the shore. In Florida you get nor Easter storms that come through and and make big waves but after a strong west wind blows and knocks down 5 to 6 ft Waves in a matter of hours because of the wind blowing towards where the waves are coming from.