Waves can travel large distances across ocean basins. After some waves reach more than 10,000 kilometers, they expand their energy.
Circular orbital motion: when the waves move, the water particles pass the energy along by moving in a circle
Wave movement into shore -- as the waves come to shore they become taller in height or it breaks the wave
You might be wondering... How does energy move through a wave? It's because circular orbital motion allows energy to move forward through the water while the individual water particles that transmit the wave move around in a circle. This is shown in the first picture on this tab.