1. THE POWER OF OCEAN WAVES

2. PEGGY’S COVE, NS

3. CABOT PARK, PEI

4. DUNCAN’S COVE, NS

5. EROSION AND DEPOSITION Ocean waves are continuously shaping coastlines by wearing down some areas such as headlands and building up others such as beaches in bays.

6. Beaches are some of the most attractive features in Atlantic Canada, and indeed around the world. Beaches are created by the work of waves. BEACHES

7. Waves crash against the shore with great force. They erode headlands, producing sediments such as sand which is then carried by the waves to the shore and deposited on a beach.

8. Sandy beach on PEI

9. Cavendish Beach, PEI

10. Broad Cove Beach, Cape Breton Island

11. Beach in Nice, France

12. Not all beach sediment is sand. Hirtle’s Beach, NS

13. Not all beaches are beaches - Pebble Beach Golf Course, California

14. Let’s review where beach sand comes from. We’ll also take a look at some of the spectacular scenery waves carve out when they are producing beach sand.

15. Wave Refraction The Bending of Wave Fronts HeadlandsSea Caves Sea ArchesSea Stacks

16. Some Famous and Not-So-Famous Headlands:

17. Headland at Cavendish, PEI

18. Sandstone headlands at Cavendish, PEI

19. Monterey, California

20. Southern France

21. Pebble Beach, California

22. Duncan’s Cove, NS

23. Rocky headlands Acadia National Park, Maine

24. My boy (and headlands of course!) Blomidon, NS

25. Cape Split (Bay of Fundy, NS)

26. Cape Split, NS High Tide Low Tide

27. Cape Split

28. The End