scott wrote:
>> Sound waves are what really interest me, but presumably water waves 
>> being mechanical have similar properties...
> 
> I guess in water there are really two types of "wave".  The huge waves 
> that you see on the surface and crashing against the coast moving in 2D 
> are one type, but the other type is disturbances under the surface that 
> are transmitted as pressure waves in 3D.  Those are probably more 
> similar to sound waves.

Waves only "crash" near to the shore, due to the solid seabed 
interrupting the wave cycle. (Apparently.) Waves on the surface of a 
"deep" (WRT wavelength) body of water do not exhibit this effect.

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