0-3 Kts - Smooth, Surface Calm
4-6 Kts - Ripples, Under 1 ft.
7-10 Kts - Smooth Wavelets,
1 - 2 ft.
11-16 Kts - Little Waves, 2
4 ft.
17-21 Kts - Moderate Waves,
whitecaps, 4 - 8 ft.
22-27 Kts - Big Waves, spray,
8 13 ft.
28-33 Kts - Heaped Seas, Foam
from breaking waves, 13 - 20 ft.
34-40 Kts - High Waves, Foam
blown in well-marked streaks, 13 -20 ft.
41-47 Kts - Seas Roll, Spray
may reduce visibility, 13 - 20 ft.
48-55 Kts - Very High Waves,
White Seas, Overhanging Crests, 20 - 30 ft.
56-63 Kts - Exceptionally High
Waves, 30 - 45 ft.
63 + Kts - Air filled with foam,
Seas completely white, over 45 ft. |
