Storm surge
Groynes in coastal engineering (CIRIA C793), published by CIRIA in 2020, defines a storm surge as: ‘A rise in the sea surface on an open coast, resulting from reductions in atmospheric pressure during a storm including any amplification as the additional water is pushed into coastal bays.’
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