Swell Lens
Mediterranean swell lens
Which Mediterranean breaks each swell lights up, and why: wave rays bent over the real seafloor at 64 spots, ranked with storm and forecast swell and the local wind.
| Swell from | Breaks it lights up most (wave height against a plain beach, 11 s) |
|---|---|
| N | Haifa · Bat Galim 1.5×, Palermo 1.0×, Ashdod Yod Alef Beach 0.8× |
| NE | Costa Rei 0.9×, San Vito Lo Capo 0.7× |
| E | Soverato 0.9×, Costa Rei 0.9× |
| SE | Vedetta Beach of Albenga 1.0×, Alassio 1.0×, Cagliari 1.0× |
| S | Scicli 1.1×, Punta Secca 1.0×, Sanremo 1.0× |
| SW | Punta Secca 1.1×, Anzio 1.1×, Porto Palmas 1.1× |
| W | Haifa · Bat Galim 1.3×, Porto Palmas 1.1×, Capo Mannu 1.1× |
| NW | White sand beach in Zambrone 1.0×, Tel Aviv · Hilton Beach 1.0×, Ashdod Lido Beach 1.0× |