How do wind patterns influence longshore current formation parallel to sand dune coasts?

💡 Explanation

Coastal refraction occurs because underwater dune topography causes waves to slow unevenly leading to the wave crests bending thus focusing wave energy parallel to the shore therefore forming longshore currents, rather than offshore upwelling because of pressure differences, or Coriolis effects.

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