Wave room 060 · fixed-step coastal study

Harbour of
Three Walls

Shape three breakwaters. Incoming wave trains refract over the shelf, reflect from stone, and spill through gaps. The useful harbour is not simply the quietest one: a vessel still has to enter.

Interactive harbour wave chart

spatial WebGL surface
water time0.0 s
berth / outsideforming
vessel corridoropen

Let several wave fronts arrive before judging shelter.

Reference passage book · shoaling shelf
arrangementberth / outsidecorridorreading
Open guide−8.1 dB12.7 mmoderate shelter, generous passage
Staggered gate−0.3 dB12.7 mopen, but reflected energy reaches the berth
Inner hook−25.6 dB8.0 mstrong shelter with a tighter viable turn
Sealed mouthno arrivalclosedquiet water that is not a harbour

Each entry is the same 1,200-step, 54-second run. They are counterfactuals, not a score: change the seabed, move a probe, or edit a wall and measure again.

No custom passage measured yet.