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    • A sea breeze or onshore breeze is any wind that blows from a large body of water toward or onto a landmass. By contrast, a land breeze or offshore breeze is any wind that blows from a landmass toward or onto a large body of water. Sea breezes and land breezes are both important factors in coastal regions' prevailing winds. Sea breeze and land breeze d… See more

    Causes

    The sea has a greater heat capacity than land, so the surface of the sea warms up more slowly than the surface of the … See more

    Effects

    A sea-breeze front is a weather front created by a sea breeze, also known as a convergence zone. The cold air from the sea meets the warmer air from the land and creates a boundary like a shallow cold front. When pow… See more

    Utilisation

    Wind farms are often situated near a coast to take advantage of the normal daily fluctuations of wind speed resulting from sea or land breezes. While many onshore wind farms and offshore wind farms do not rely on these wind… See more

    See also

    • Fremantle Doctor, the local name for the sea breeze in and around Perth, Western Australia
    • Southerly buster, a sea breeze, though usually a storm, which is experienced in the southeast coast of New South Wales, … See more

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