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A wave carries energy across the sea, not water. The water itself just circles and stays put.

Earth Science Facts, sourced to NOAA.

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Watch a gull sitting on the swell and it bobs up, forward, down and back, returning to roughly where it started. Each parcel of water traces a small circle as the wave passes through it. What travels is the disturbance, which is why a storm thousands of kilometers away can send a swell to a beach without sending any of its water. Only when a wave breaks does water actually move along with it.

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