| beach | wave | tide | wind |
| sediments | surf | ebb (tidal) | sea breeze |
| sandbar | crest | flow (tidal) | land breeze |
| spit | trough | spring tide | fetch |
| longshore drift | breaker (breaking wave) | neap tide | maritime climate |
| reef |
| ocean current | continental margin | abyssal plain |
| wind-driven circulation | continental shelf | mid-ocean ridge |
| Gulf Stream | upwelling | magnetic patterns |
| salinity | downwelling | deep-sea sediments (oozes) |
| thermohaline circulation | trench | manganese nodules |
| convection | subduction |