#wave
26 words tagged “wave”
The hollow tube of air formed as a wave pitches over and curls.
The low point between two waves.
An unbroken, rideable face — a step up from whitewater.
Slang for a barrel or tube — also the post-surf beer container.
An oversized set that breaks outside and washes everyone.
A soft wave that spills gently rather than pitching.
One of the bigger, better waves that arrive in a set.
A soft, sloppy, powerless wave not worth much.
A huge, macking wave — a real monster.
The smaller inside waves the groms scrap over.
Powerful, often hollow waves breaking over rock or coral reef.
A distinct part of a wave that breaks as a unit.
The foamy, turbulent broken part of a wave.
A wave breaking evenly and progressively along its length.
Barreled — covered up inside the hollow of the wave.
A steep wave that throws a barrel over open space.
The curling, pitching part of the wave as it breaks over.
The magical space inside the wave when you're fully barreled.
A peaky wave formed by two swells converging harder.
Two waves merging into one bigger, heavier, mutant wave.
A wave that breaks all at once with no rideable open face.
The very top of a wave just before it breaks.
Weak, slow, gutless waves with no power or shape.
Waves that break over a sandy bottom or sandbar.
The unbroken, sloping part of the wave ahead of the curl.
Long peeling waves that wrap around a point of land or rock.