Sunday, February 20, 2011

Transverse Waves

A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. If a transverse wave is moving in the positive x-direction, its oscillations are in up and down directions that lie in the y-z plane.
Transverse waves were discovered by a man who was sitting on a beach with his family in Queensland, near Noosa. He was sitting there when he discovered that the waves consisted of oscillations that were occurring perpendicular to the energy transfer. So he went home that night and thought of a name and he had measured the size of the wave.
The wind comes from a North direction near Papua New Guinea. Thats close to wear they start and they come down.
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It is very close to where the Great Barrier Reef is. However it is not exactly on the Great Barrier Reef. It is on the beach near Noosa.
Where the waves occur is all over but it happens a lot near Noosa, where the beach is. 
These waves in my opinion would be fine to surf, though they may be little small as some surfers like the waves bigger, but not too big.

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