Constructive wave

Find out more about constructive waves.

Attrition is when waves cause rocks and pebbles to bump into each other and break up.

Find out more about coastal erosion.

A spit is an extended stretch of beach material that sticks out to sea and is joined to the mainland at one end.

Aerial view of Spurn Point from the mouth of the Humber Estuary

Find out more about landforms of coastal deposition.

Swash

Find out more about waves.

Waves are caused by the transfer of energy from the wind to the sea due to the friction of the wind on the water’s surface.

Find out more about waves.