Whois & Analysis for surf-forecast.com

Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.

Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or in rivers in the form of a standing wave or tidal bore.

However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools.

A spring-loaded camming device (also SLCD, cam or friend) is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment.

It consists of two, three, or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulling on the axle forces the cams to spread farther apart.

This is then attached to a sling and carabiner at the end of the stem.

The SLCD is used by pulling on the "trigger" (a small handle) so the cams move together, then inserting it into a crack or pocket in the rock and releasing the trigger to allow the cams to expand.

A pull on the rope, such as that generated by a climber falling, will cause a properly placed SLCD to convert the pulling force along the stem of the unit into outwards pressure on the rock, generating massive amounts of friction and preventing the removal of the unit from the rock.

Because of the large forces which are exerted on the rock when an SLCD is fallen on, it is very important that SLCDs are only placed in solid, strong rock.

In fluid dynamics, wind waves, or wind-generated waves, are surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water (like oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, canals, puddles or ponds).

They result from the wind blowing over an area of fluid surface.

Waves in the oceans can travel thousands of miles before reaching land.

Wind waves on Earth range in size from small ripples, to waves over high.

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale.

On the surface of the Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air.

In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the Sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space.

Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the regions in which they occur, and their effect.

The strongest observed winds on a planet in the Solar System occur on Neptune and Saturn.

Winds have various aspects, an important one being its velocity (wind speed); another the density of the gas involved; another its energy content or wind energy.

A beach is a landform along a body of water.

It usually consists of loose particles, which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones.

The particles comprising a beach are occasionally biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.