abalone ab-uh-LOH-nee abyss ah-BISS accretion ah-KREE-shun ahu AH-hoo albatross AL-buh-traws ambergris AM-ber-grees ammonite AM-uh-nite anadromous  ah-NAD-roh-mus anemone uh-NEM-uh-nee archipelago ar-kih-PEL-ah-go atoll AT-all or ah-TOLL

backwash BAK-wash baleen buh-LEEN bar BAR barnacle BAR-nuh-kul barrier island BAIR-ee-ur EYE-lund Beaufort scale  BOH-fert belemnite BEL-em-nite benthic BEN-thik bergy bits BER-gee bits bergy seltzer BUR-gee SELT-sur bight BITE bioluminescence bye-oh-loo-min-ES-uns blowhole BLOH-hohl blowout BLOH-owt blubber BLUB-er bowhead BOW-hed

calving KAV-ing Cape Doctor KAYP DOK-tur catadromous kah-TAD-roh-mus cat’s paw KATS PAW chine CHYNE chubasco choo-BAS-koh close-out KLOHZ-owt coral reef KOR-ul REEF cordonazo kor-doh-NAH-soh coromell kor-oh-MEL

delta DEL-tuh

ensenada en-seh-NAH-dah epontic eh-PON-tik esplanade ES-plah-nahd estuary ES-choo-ehr-ee

fetch FETCH finger-rafting FING-er RAF-ting fjord FYORD flaw lead FLAW leed floe FLOH flotsam FLOT-sum frazil ice FRAY-zil eyes Fremantle Doctor FREE-man-tul frost smoke FROST smohk

grease ice GREESS eyes green flash GREEN flash gregale greh-GAH-leh

haar HAR hurricane HUR-ih-kane

isthmus ISS-mus ivu EE-voo

jaeger YAY-ger jetsam JET-sum

lead LEED levanter leh-VAN-ter looming LOOM-ing

machair MAHK-er marine layer muh-REEN LAY-ur moon pool MOON pool morfa MOR-vah multiyear ice MUL-tee-yeer eyes

narwhal NAR-wul nilas NY-lus North Water NORTH WAW-ter nor’easter nor-EES-ter

paleocrystic ice pay-lee-oh-KRIS-tik pancake ice PAN-cake eyes polynya puh-LIN-yuh pressure ridge PRESH-er rij

rete mirabile REE-tee mih-RAH-bih-lee

sabkha SUB-kah shoal SHOHL smolt SMOLT subduction zone sub-DUK-shun zohn swell SWEL syzygy SIZ-ih-jee

tombolo TOM-boh-loh tsunami tsoo-NAH-mee tuckamore TUK-ah-more

undertow UN-der-toh upwelling UP-wel-ing

velella vuh-LEL-uh voe VOH

walrus WAWL-rus wave piloting WAYV PY-luh-ting wayfinder WAY-fine-der whale WAYL whale fall WAYL FAWL whimbrel WIM-brul whirlpool WURL-pool williwaw WILL-ee-waw wrack line RAK lyne

zephyrus ZEF-uh-rus