whitecaps
Wind-whipped wave tops
Whitecaps are waves with crests that break into white foam, typically appearing when wind picks up across open water.
The term captures how the foam-topped waves look like small white caps dotting the surface: The lake was calm this morning, but now there are whitecaps everywhere.
Also called white horses.
Bubble-filled substance
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
- frothMass of small bubbles
- spindriftWind-driven sea foam
- crestsHighest points reached
breakers · rollers · billows · swell · chop · surf · peaks · curls
Brief, violent windstorm
nautical · sailors · yachting · regatta · heeling · reefing · rough seas · small craft advisory
Waves that collapse shoreward
- swellIncrease in size
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- wipeoutComplete, catastrophic failure
- paddle outSurf toward breaking waves
lineup · offshore winds · wave height · blown out · onshore winds · beach break · point break
foam
Bubble-filled substance
crests · breakers · rollers · billows · swell · chop · surf · peaks · curls · horses
squall
Brief, violent windstorm
maritime · nautical · sailors · yachting · regatta · heeling · reefing · rough seas · small craft advisory · windward
breakers
Waves that collapse shoreward
paddle out · lineup · offshore winds · wave height · blown out · onshore winds · beach break · point break
rapids
Turbulent river section
- eddyCircular counter-current
- chuteInclined passage for descent
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
hole · tongue · boil · falls · kayaking · rafting · paddling · standing waves · river · turbulence
- sea stormshurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclone, squall
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- Ocean Phenomenatsunami, tides, rogue wave, ocean current, swells
- open seaocean, sea, high seas, open ocean, deep blue
- seascapeocean, sea, waves, coast, coastline
- waveswave crest, shock wave, wave front, blast wave, seismic wave
whitecapsstill water
Water not flowing
millpond · dead calm · calm seas · slack water · doldrums