Oceanographic Characteristics
While tidal ranges and wave periods were widely variable from one hotspot to another (0.5->2m and 5-14.99s, respectively), wave heights at the reported hotspots were all between 0.5-1m. In almost all of the sites (5), wave refraction had been modeled but not observed. Bathymetric highs and lows were reported at almost all of the sites. No variable bathymetry was also reported in the vicinity of one of the hotspots, suggesting that bathymetric variations and resulting wave refraction may not be the only controlling factor.
