• Question: How are big waves made?

    Asked by 962ntrd43 to Pierre on 13 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Pierre Casaubielh

      Pierre Casaubielh answered on 13 Nov 2015:

      Hi @962ntrd43,
      I suppose you probably went to the coast and saw the nice sea… what a vast place with waves. The sea can be calm, when there is no wind…. However, when there is a storm, the sea can get rough with big waves (I do like going for a breeze on the coat when it is stormy 🙂 ).

      The wind is essential to create big waves; it does “push” water on the sea surface, and then creating the big waves.

      You can also have several waves combining their Energy to create a bigger wave! A simplified example (and not too exact) can be illustrated when you are next to a sea wall: a wave is coming to the wall, reflects to the wall, and mix with another coming wave. it just get bigger.

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