Coastal waterfall

A coastal waterfall is a waterfall that plunges directly into the sea. Another common name for this feature is a tidefall.

McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California

Notable coastal waterfalls

Coastal waterfalls include:

Waterfall Bay Falls, Hong Kong
Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand
McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California
Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Hayburn Wyke, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England[1]

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References

Newton, Grace (12 August 2019). "Hayburn Wyke: Is this Yorkshire's most beautiful secluded picnic spot?". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

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[yp-1] Newton, Grace (12 August 2019). "Hayburn Wyke: Is this Yorkshire's most beautiful secluded picnic spot?". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

Coastal geography
Landforms	Anchialine pool Archipelago Atoll Avulsion Ayre Barrier island Bay Baymouth bar Bight Bodden Brackish marsh Cape Channel Cliff Coast Coastal plain Coastal waterfall Continental margin Continental shelf Coral reef Cove Dune cliff-top Estuary Firth Fjard Fjord Förde Freshwater marsh Fundus Gat Geo Gulf Gut Hapua Headland Inlet Intertidal wetland Island Islet Isthmus Lagoon Machair Marine terrace Mega delta Mouth bar Mudflat Natural arch Peninsula Reef Regressive delta Ria River delta Salt marsh Shoal Shore Skerry Sound Spit Stack Strait Strand plain Submarine canyon Tidal island Tidal marsh Tide pool Tied island Tombolo Windwatt
Beaches	Beach cusps Beach evolution Coastal morphodynamics Beach ridge Beachrock Pocket beach Raised beach Recession Shell beach Shingle beach Storm beach Wash margin
Processes	Blowhole Cliffed coast Coastal biogeomorphology Coastal erosion Concordant coastline Current Cuspate foreland Discordant coastline Emergent coastline Feeder bluff Fetch Flat coast Graded shoreline Ingression coast Large-scale coastal behaviour Longshore drift Marine regression Marine transgression Raised shoreline Rip current Rocky shore Sea cave Sea foam Shoal Steep coast Submergent coastline Surf break Surf zone Surge channel Swash Undertow Volcanic arc Wave-cut platform Wave shoaling Wind wave Wrack zone
Management	Accretion Coastal management Integrated coastal zone management Submersion
Related	Bulkhead line Grain size boulder clay cobble granule pebble sand shingle silt Intertidal zone Littoral zone Physical oceanography Region of freshwater influence
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