Sea breeze can happen during hot summer days because of the uneven heating rates of water and land. The land surface heats up faster than the surface of the water during the day. At this rate, the air above the land grows warmer than the air atop the ocean. Warmer air is always lighter than cooler air. As a consequence, warm air is pushed upward causing it to rise. With this, warmer air rises over the land. As warm air rises over the land, cooler air over the ocean flows over the land surface to change or replace the rising warm air.