Swell (2)

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7-4-050

Oscillatory motion of the sea surface caused by strong winds in another area, or by a weather system which has since passed, which appears as a succession of long rolling waves.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)