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Plunging waves
Mostly a scientific term to identify steep, hollow waves that break quickly with lots of power. Variety of surf break when waves wrap around a point of land creating perfectly lined up, peeling waves. The waves actually interact with the bottom contours just offshore of the point to refract and wrap around the point.
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