much more difficult to predict. Swimmers may be pushed in directions they aren’t expecting, and small boats can have difficulty handling waves arriving from multiple directions.
Cross seas have also been associated with dangerous conditions for vessels, particularly because a boat cannot simply position itself optimally for one direction of incoming waves when another wave system is approaching from a different angle.
For swimmers, the important takeaway is simple: a strange crisscrossing pattern is a reason to stay out of the water, not a reason to swim closer for a
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