beachbreak
Type of wave that breaks over a sandy beach. Because beachbreak surf is dependent on sandbars, it's far more mutable and unpredictable than the surf found at pointbreaks or reefbreaks. A poststorm beachbreak sandbar might hang in there for months, or might disappear by the weekend. This ephemeral quality is alternately wonderful and frustrating. "Beachbreak waves are anything and everything," surf...
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Beachbreak at Puerto Escondido, Mexico, 1977. Photo: Tim BernardySubscribe to view
Beachbreak in Biarritz, France, 1969. Photo: Greg MacGillivraySubscribe to view
California beachbreak surf, 1964. Photo: Ron StonerSubscribe to view
Hermosa Beach, 2010. Photo: Peter DiveSubscribe to view
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Beachbreak at Puerto Escondido, Mexico, 1977. Photo: Tim Bernardy
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Beachbreak in Biarritz, France, 1969. Photo: Greg MacGillivray
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California beachbreak surf, 1964. Photo: Ron Stoner
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Hermosa Beach, 2010. Photo: Peter Dive