Abstract
Floating breakwaters provide an alternative form of wave barrier to
conventional rubble mound and caisson breakwaters in low to moderate wave
climates with relatively short wave periods.
This report reviews the literature on floating breakwaters and discusses
existing and potential uses of floating breakwaters in Australia.
It also contains results of a field programme which measured the prototype
performances of two breakwaters in Sydney Harbour and compared them with
those predicted using physical models. The programme was carried out using
low cost wave measuring equipment specially developed for this study.