The Impacts of Climate Change on Surfing Resources: Supplemental Online Materials

For the purposes of this review, we only discuss and consider impacts to wind-generated surface gravity waves on the ocean breaking in nearshore waters. The following non-technical summary of these processes is drawn from several sources, including (Garrison 2001, Hutt et al. 2001, Mead and Black 2001a, 2001b, Cool 2003, Scarfe et al. 2003, Butt et al. 2004, Espejo et al. 2014, Meldahl 2019). We divide the overview to focus separately on swell generation and wave breaking and also briefly summarize a variety of other factors relevant to breaking wave quality for surfing.