The headland at Raglan, New Zealand is
well known as a world class surfing headland, and provides a
unique study site to understand the mechanism for sustaining
a sandy seabed at the headland. The consistent waves
generate shoreward currents that would be expected to
transport sand from the headland in potentially large net
sediment fluxes that occur during significant swell events.
A very limited amount of literature currently exists on this
topic, and the book provides results of one of the most
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