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Granted, it was a low-level alert, with wave heights predicted to increase by less than a foot.

Several beach parks on Hawaii's Big Island were being closed Sunday afternoon because the storm was expected to increase wave heights.

Nair who was here recently to attend the fifth convocation of Fakir Mohan University told this paper that, ''through the satellite we would study the winds on the ocean surface, sea surface height variability and the wave heights and collect information about fishes.

Combining wave height and wave duration data with other weather factors helps modelers parse through hurricanes with much finer resolution.

Guadeloupe is a densely populated island with popular tourist beaches, many of which are wide with low angle gradients," a perfect setting for so-called "tsunami run-up" and increased wave heights, Teeuw said.

The 'directional wave riders' measure wave height, direction and sea temperature.

The wave height is expected to be 6-8 feet offshore and 3-5 feet onshore.