Site
Average beach-face slope *
Mean springs tidal range [m]
Mean deep-water Hs [m]
D50 [mm]
TR/tanβ ** [m]
Reference publication
Slapton Sands UK 0.14 4.3 0.5 - 1 2-10 30.7 Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu and Masselink (2010)
Tairua NZ 0.13 2 1.4 0.6 15.4 Blossier et al. (2017)
Duck USA 0.1 1.2 1 0.3 12 Larson and Kraus (1994)
Narrabeen AUS 0.09 1.3 1.6 0.3 14.4 Turner et al. (2016b)
Moruya/Pedro AUS 0.08 1.3 1.2 - 1.4 0.35 16.2 Short et al. (2014)
Torrey Pines USA 0.04 2.3 1 0.23 57.5 Ludka et al. (2019)
Ensenada MEX 0.03 2.3 1 0.25 76.6 Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu et al. (2017)
Cable Beach AUS
0.025
8.2
0.5
0.11-0.13
328
Masselink & Pattiaratchi, (2000) Wright et al. (1982)