A water current that flows parallel to the beach within a given surf zone is called long shore current.
Water current or ocean current is a continuous flow of ocean water that is generated due to a number of forces including Coriolis force, wind movement, temperature difference and salinity difference. Water current can divided into surface current and deep ocean current.
Long shore current is a phenomena that is observed in the beaches. It is the ocean current that is caused due to large swells sweeping at shoreline and pushing water down into the length of the beach. This current moves parallel to the direction of the shoreline.
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