LiQUiFY Magazine December 2014 | Page 58

This is what the classic dredged seaway channel does. It allows the energy and power of the Pacific Ocean to travel unabated right up through the seaway, hence the name ‘Wavebreak Island’. A deeper and wider channel reaching further out to sea than ever before would expose the area to extreme tidal flows and direct oceanic swells, rendering any proposed cruise ship schedule dead in the water // Photo Wilba