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

The answers here are good, as they say waves move everywhere. As to what happens to oceans with land on two sides, imagine it as a glass with water sloshing around (waves). As the water his the edges it will always look as if the water is coming perpendicular to the edge, you don’t have sideways sloshing (unless you do twisting movements that don’t occur naturally in the world). It’s not exactly the same phenomenon, but it might give you an idea of why waves can be hitting to opposite beaches with no problem.