sea breezes
Coastal cooling currents
Sea breezes are winds that blow from the ocean toward land during the day, caused by the sun heating the land faster than the water.
The cooler air over the sea moves inland to replace rising warm air.
Coastal residents welcome sea breezes for relief from summer heat: The afternoon sea breeze finally kicked in.
The pattern reverses at night as land breezes.
Land-water boundary
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- seagullsScavenging coastal Laridae
driftwood · tidal · estuary · rockpools · sandbanks · foreshore · kelp · barnacles
Losing thermal energy
- invigoratingImparting fresh energy
- crispFirm and breakable
- briskQuick and invigorating
- freshNewly made, not stale
balmy · gentle · zephyr · revitalizing · airy · soothing · mild · wafting
Toward or on land
- offshoreAway from land
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
barometer · trade winds · prevailing · windward · leeward · atmospheric · pressure gradient · diurnal
People visiting the shore
- sunbathingDeliberate exposure to rays
- boardwalkPlanked waterfront pathway
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
hammock · beach umbrella · deck chair · kite flying · picnic · surfing · windsurfing · parasailing
shoreline
Land-water boundary
seagulls · driftwood · tidal · estuary · rockpools · sandbanks · foreshore · kelp · barnacles · cormorants
cooling
Losing thermal energy
- invigoratingImparting fresh energy
- crispFirm and breakable
- briskQuick and invigorating
fresh · balmy · gentle · zephyr · revitalizing · airy · soothing · mild · wafting · blustery
onshore
Toward or on land
- offshoreAway from land
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
humidity · barometer · trade winds · prevailing · windward · leeward · atmospheric · pressure gradient · diurnal · monsoon
beachgoers
People visiting the shore
- sunbathingDeliberate exposure to rays
- boardwalkPlanked waterfront pathway
- pierWaterfront landing structure
promenade · hammock · beach umbrella · deck chair · kite flying · picnic · surfing · windsurfing · parasailing · beach vacation
yacht
Large pleasure vessel
tack · jib · helm · starboard · port · bow · stern · schooner · keel · rudder
- mesoscale weathersquall lines, supercells, derechos, microbursts, downbursts
- micrometeorologyboundary layer, turbulence, latent heat, energy balance, microclimate
- beachbeach, sand, wave, waves, surf
- coastal weatherdrizzle, overcast, cloudy skies, rainfall, humidity
- windswind, gust, gusts, gale, squall
- Subtropicsmild winters, humid summers, wet season, dry season, trade winds
sea breezesdead calm
Complete absence of wind
stillness · stagnant air · doldrums · windlessness · still air