why does waves move towards the beach, and not “outwards” or “sidewards”?

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why does waves move towards the beach, and not “outwards” or “sidewards”?

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The ocean is pulled a bit by the moon’s gravity. If there was no land, it’d just slosh around. We get ocean or lake waves when that sloshing is stopped by the land.

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