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What's the difference between whitecaps and swells?

What's the difference between whitecaps and swells?
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What's the difference between whitecaps and swells?

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a swell is a wave(s) caused by surface gravity and whitecap wave(s) are cause by wind  
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A swell is a wave or series of waves that are caused by surface gravity. However a whitecap wave is caused by the wind.
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