While living in Florida I used to drive across
Ochlockonee bay almost every weekend on the way to my favourite jogging
beach.
On beautiful windy days the wind often blows along the estuary, giving
rise to excellent wind rows.
The foam streaks mark zones of convergence between adjacent Langmuir-circulation
cells.
The vortices are formed by an interaction between the wind and the
Stokes drift (mean flow) of surface waves.
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