At the Beach Vocabulary

a fabled island in the Atlantic that according to legend sank beneath the sea

a wooden path along a beach

the salty water of the ocean

an object that floats on water in a lake, bay, river, etc., to show areas that are safe or dangerous for boats

a very large sea snail with a tall thick spiral shell

a tiny soft-bodied animal that typically lives within a stony skeleton grouped in large colonies and that is related to the jellyfish

a body of fluid (as air or water) moving in a specified direction

a hill of sand near an ocean or in a desert that is formed by the wind

a large brown seaweed

a shallow channel or pond near or connected to a larger body of water

a person employed at a beach or swimming pool to protect swimmers from drowning

a tropical tree that has roots which grow from its branches and that grows in swamps or shallow salt water

a chain of rocks or coral or a ridge of sand at or near the surface of water

a flat round sea urchin

the rising and falling of the surface of the ocean caused twice daily by the attraction of the sun and the moon

Types of tides:

ebb tide: the tide while ebbing or at ebb

high tide: the tide when the water is at its greatest height

low tide: the farthest ebb of the tide

neap tide: a tide of minimum range occurring at the first and the third quarters of the moon

riptide: a strong usually narrow current of water that flows away from a shore

springtide: a tide of greater-than-average range around the times of new moon and full moon

storm tide: a high tide that is significantly higher than normal due to onshore winds reinforcing tidal action

a current beneath the surface of the water that moves away from or along the shore while the surface water above it moves toward the shore