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English forum => Development corner => Mission Creation => Topic started by: llamalord on March 26, 2008, 16:15:27

Title: Harbor Waves?
Post by: llamalord on March 26, 2008, 16:15:27

I am a rather active mission creator and I have obviously seen and heard that in ports you can have <?No?> waves.

But I have also heard somewhere that it's not No waves but just little tiny ones. ???

Could some one tell me what the truth is. :-\

Title: Re: Harbor Waves?
Post by: Shipaddict on March 26, 2008, 16:27:51

If there are any, extremely small. But they get a bit bigger if put the wind speed slider up ;)

Title: Re: Harbor Waves?
Post by: Captain Spencer on March 26, 2008, 16:32:33

Not sure on this one but I think if you increase the windspeed all you see is the top of the water get more 'white'.

I think we should get slightly bigger waves in harbours, nothing too big, just a tad larger :)

Title: Re: Harbor Waves?
Post by: llamalord on March 26, 2008, 17:14:50

Yaaa, I don't know about you guys in Rotterdam and hamburg but, here in New England we don't get the effect...

That The Waves Go Away Every Time A Ship Enters Port!

 ;D

Title: Re: Harbor Waves?
Post by: AriesDW on March 30, 2008, 05:35:07

It is a fact, though, that swell height is often reduced considerably when in a large harbor/port. Due to surrounding structures, harbor/port depth, piers, and other physical obstacles, wave length and height is often reduced. Of course, the wider the mouth of the harbor/marina/port and the less deep it is, and the more ocean facing exposure, the greater the waves will remain similar to the ocean swells outside.

In ports such as hamburg and rotterdam, where there is a long, and often more calm, water way feeding the harbor, the water is noticable calmer than open sea. Even ports like San Francisco, of which I am from, you can notice large wave behavior changes as soon as you leave the mouth of the bay, just west of the Golden Gate bridge. Again, a lot of this has to do with the geography of the area . . .

And as evidence your statement is true, look at Dover for example, the water would be considerablly too rough if it were not for the barriers at the outer edge of the harbor, however, Dover Harbor is not very deep in terms of distance from entrance of the harbor to the furthest point. I could go on and on regarding this, but I will stop.

However, for the water being calmer in harbors, blame me. :p