Finals Met

Sea like a mirror.

• Calm (0)

• Light air (1)

• moderate breeze (4)

• strong breeze (6)

Scaly ripples without foam crests.

• light air (1)

• moderate breeze (4)

• gale (8)

• fresh breeze (5)

Small wavelets, crests have a appearance, not breaking.

• light breeze (2)

• fresh breeze (5)

• light air (1)

• gale (8)

Large wavelets, crests begin to break scattered s whitecaps.

• gentle breeze (3)

• moderate breeze (4)

• gale (8)

• near gale (7)

Small waves becoming longer, numerous whitecaps..

• moderate breeze (4)

• gentle Breeze (3)

• fresh breeze (5)

• strong breeze (6)

Moderate waves taking longer form, many whitecaps, some spray

• fresh breeze (5)

• strong breeze (6)

• gentle breeze (3)

• moderate breeze (4)

Larger waves begin to form, whitecaps everywhere, more spray..

• strong breeze (6)

• fresh breeze (5)

• gale (8)

• near gale (7)

Sea heaps up, white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks

• near gale (7)

• gale (8)

• strong gale (9)

• storm (10)

Moderately high waves of greater length edges of crests begin to break into spindrift

• gale (8)

• near gale (7)

• fresh breeze (5)

• strong breeze (6)

High waves, sea begins to roll, dense streaks of foam.

• strong gale (9)

• gale (8)

• near gale (7)

• storm (10)