whitecap
Wave's frothy top
A whitecap is a wave with a foamy white crest, formed when wind whips the top of a wave into spray.
Whitecaps indicate choppy conditions on lakes, seas, or oceans: The bay was covered in whitecaps as the storm approached.
The white foam contrasts with the darker water beneath.
Highest point or tuft
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- swellIncrease in size
- spindriftWind-driven sea foam
- foamBubble-filled substance
spray · chop · roller · surge · billow · splash · comber · plunge
Increase in size
- currentDirected flow of charge
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
horizon · pelagic · seascape · marine · aquatic · vastness · depths · flotsam
Increase in size
- breakInterrupt continuity
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- boardFlat rigid panel
wetsuit · wipeout · barrel · carve · cutback · stoked · shortboard · longboard
crest
Highest point or tuft
foam · spray · chop · roller · surge · billow · splash · comber · plunge · ripple
swell
Increase in size
saltwater · horizon · pelagic · seascape · marine · aquatic · vastness · depths · flotsam · undertow
swell
Increase in size
board · wetsuit · wipeout · barrel · carve · cutback · stoked · shortboard · longboard · offshore
sailboat
Wind-propelled watercraft
nautical · seafaring · helmsman · tacking · heeling · keel · jib · spinnaker · bow · stern
sparrow
Small brown urban bird
- warblerSmall melodious bird
- flycatcherInsect-eating perching bird
- wrenSmall loud songbird
chickadee · titmouse · nuthatch · finch · thrush · vireo · kinglet · bunting · towhee · junco
- waveswave crest, shock wave, wave front, blast wave, seismic wave
- beach/coastalbeach, shore, coast, tide, wave
- Ocean Phenomenatsunami, tides, rogue wave, ocean current, swells
- rocky coastcliff, cliffs, sea stack, sea stacks, headland
- water motionsplash, pour, flow, trickle, gush
- water wordsocean, watery, rain, sea, wet