Abstract
A study is made of long waves recorded on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula and in Table Bay harbour. Two types are found to exist. The shorter ones of period 30 seconds to 6 minutes are surf beats associated with the arrival of sea waves and swell at the shore. The longer ones of period 15 minutes upwards are an oscillation of the water mass overlying the continental shelf and appear to be generated by fluctuations of similar period in the atmosphere. A number of examples of both kinds of long wave activity are cited and the frequency spectra of some of these are presented and discussed. The problem of range action in harbours is a particularly interesting application of this long wave study.
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