Distant Waves

Out beyond the expanse of warm golden sand stirs the gentle energy of the ocean flowing in and out along the endless coastline. The sweet lullaby of nature overpowers all the senses, calming modern anxieties and settling the stress of a far too busy world. Wave height is determined by wind speed, the duration of time the wind has been blowing, fetch (the distance over which the wind excites the waves) and by the depth and topography of the sea floor. The first known patent to utilise energy from ocean waves dates back to 1799. An early application of wave power was a device constructed around 1910 by Bochaux-Praceique to light and power his house at Royan, near Bordeaux in France. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=91233