the region between the shore and the breaking waves.
An area of breaking waves bounded by the point of first breakers, then landward to the maximum uprush of waves on the beach.
A region of the shore in which breakers crash onto the shore.
Area of water between the high tide level on the beach and the seaward side of breaking waves.
The zone of wave action extending from the water line (which varies with tide, surge, set-up, etc.) out to the most seaward point of the zone (breaker zone) at which waves approaching the coastline commence breaking, typically in water depths between 5 and 10 meters
Coastal waters between the breaker zone and the swash zone characterised by broken swell waves moving shorewards in the form of bores.
The area of rough water next to the land, where ocean waves hit the shore.
The area in the coastal zone with breaking waves; also the collective term for breakers.