whitecap

I backed up and stumbled as we braced ourselves to meet the wall of water that was now a whitecap above our heads.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2016

Wave upon wave of oceanic orchestral sounds — swirling strings, arpeggiated harps, droning brass and winds, the whitecap shimmer of multiple harps, bells, marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards — momentously evoked the Pacific.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2015

Here & there in the long groundswell of words a whitecap showed.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a frothy whitecap rushing down its face, the wave violently jarred the vessel and forced Ryan off balance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much harden The water was running out against him, and every whitecap that struck him broadside sent water into the bottom of the boat.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

One evening, ominous, low-lying tube-shaped clouds known as arcus formed, and whitecaps appeared in the waves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

Cefalu — a lifelong Tahoe boater and co-owner of Mile High Fishing Charters — noticed some whitecaps forming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

Along the Battery area at the southern tip of the 350-year-old city’s peninsula, locals and tourists alike took selfies against the choppy backdrop of whitecaps in Charleston Harbor as palm trees bent in gusty wind.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

Icy whitecaps broke over the bow, and we could see water spouts spitting in the distance.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

Stretching to the horizon, Lake Michigan was the color of slate and frothy with whitecaps.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros