Marine+Studies

Hi Zahni We are starting Marine by doing our boating licences. You will be able to do the practical work when you return but in the mean time you need to study the boating handbook so that you can answer the online boating quiz. It is good to do both together. So download the handbook parts and then go to the quiz and try using the handbook as you need to. I 've attached links to the handbook page and the quiz page. Good luck and let me know if you have questions. I will have wiki email me if you update this page. Hope you are having a good time!

Gerard

http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/rec_boating/sbh.html Boating handbook

http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/rec_boating/rec_home.html Boating Quiz

=Wave forecasting= Waves are important for mariners and of interest to surfers and divers so it is a good idea to be able to learn how to forecast to some degree wave size, direction and period. You are going to use the resources on the Coastalwatch web site to help you to learn the basics of swell forecasting. Firstly go to __[|http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=175&cateId=37&title=The 5 minute forecast&display=0]__ Use this page to answer the following questions. 1. What information can you gather from the virtual buoys? 2. What is wave period and why is it significant? Click on the link on the right if you don’t know. 3. What is ANNA and what does this do to the wave heights from the virtual buoys? 4. What can swell animations tell us? 5. How does this relate to information that we might get from a series of weather maps? 6. Go to __[]__ Use the tools that you have learned about above to predict wave size and period over the next few days. Also use the 4 day forecast to help you with this.__[]__ Compare your forecast to that given by the coastalwatch forecaster. Comment on any differences.
 * __Wave and swell forecasting__**