wave crest
Top of surge
A wave crest is the highest point of a wave—the peak before it descends into a trough.
The term applies to ocean waves, sound waves, and electromagnetic waves alike.
In surfing and sailing, timing the crest determines success: The boat rose on the wave crest before plunging down.
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- whitecapFoam-topped ocean wave
- swellIncrease in size
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- peakUtmost height attained
amplitude · spindrift · ocean spray · wavelength · surf · zenith · comber · summit · tsunami · surge · ripple · water surface · oscillation · crescendo · culmination · undulation · foam · spray
- waveswavelength, ripples, wavefront, surf, waveform
- water surfaceswater surface, ocean surface, lake surface, sea surface, still water
- kamonmon
- crestsmountain peaks, summits, ridges, pinnacles, mountain peak
- pointspoint, points, peak, peaks, tip
- ocean surfacewaves, foam, whitecaps, swells, ripples