Local down- drift profile changes were found to be poor indicators of the local updrift impoundment. In general, the longshore transport profiles were found to be bimodal with peaks just landward of the breakpoint and near the shoreline; the relative significance of the longshore transport shifted from the near-breakpoint peak to the near-shoreline peak as the wave condition varied from spilling to collapsing breakers. Alternately stated, the longshore transport distribution appeared strongly beach profile dependent, as transport was most pronounced over local regions of high bed steepness. Between 10% and 30% of the total longshore transport was observed seaward of the breakpoint for all cases. Long- shore transport in the swash zone represented at least 5% to 60% of the total transport, where the largest swash contributions were associated with plunging/collapsing and collapsing surf conditions.

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