The image shown below is one from July when there was a strong south swell. Examine it and compare it to the Southern California Swell Prediction which you examined at the beginning of this lab exercise. Then answer the questions below.
Compare the size, direction and period of the south swell to that which we viewed at the beginning of this lab, and describe where the waves are larger during the south swell, and where they are smaller compared to the data set we viewed earlier.
Notice the area of large wave size near 32.5 degrees north, 119 degrees west (indicated with arrows on the image). These areas of large swell are immediately northeast of shallow areas of the seafloor known as Cortes Bank and Bishop Rock. How do you explain these areas of high swell? (Note: you may want to return to the Introduction to refresh your memory.)