white cap
Cresting ocean foam
A white cap is a wave with a crest of white foam, formed when wind breaks the top of the wave: The bay was full of white caps today.
Also spelled whitecap.
Separately, a white cap is a nurse's traditional white headcovering, now largely obsolete in hospitals.
- surfWaves near shore
- crestHighest point or tuft
- spindriftWind-driven sea foam
- foamBubble-filled substance
- ocean sprayAirborne seawater from waves
swell · wave · rolling waves · spray · froth · Amanita · fly agaric · tide · splash · ocean · icecap · mushroom · nurse · breaker · whitewater · spume · peaked · choppy
- sailor caps
- Nursing imageryFlorence Nightingale, nurse uniforms, wartime nurses
- plain dressbonnet, cape dress, head covering, plain dress, simple dress
- Quaker clothingplain dress, broad-brimmed hat, homespun cloth, gray wool
water surface conditions
white capflat water
Water without movement
still water · dead calm · slack water · millpond · slick