Patient Support Programs - Orange County Inland Empire. For more information about any of the following programs or upcoming educational programs, please contact: Roxanne Garza. Patient Access, Education & Advocacy Manager. 714.481.5605.
Waves transmit energy, not water, and are commonly caused by the wind as it blows across the ocean, lakes, and rivers. Waves caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun are called tides. The ebb and flow of waves and tides are the life force of our world ocean.
How Waves Form. The energy in a wave comes from the wind that blows across the waters surface. As the wind touches the water it transfers its energy. The energy that the water picks up makes the water particles move up and down, but they don't move forward.