ground swell
Swell originating from a distant open-ocean storm. The standards aren't exact, but a fully developed (or "significant") ground swell requires about 2,000 miles between the wave-generating storm and the coast. Ground swell is sometimes defined as having a period (the average time between the crests of two consecutive waves) of more than 15 seconds, while a locally generated wind swell can be define...
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Ground swell
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Ground swell