An investigation of wave, energy and sound: The sound of waves

In this study, the possible relationship between wave energy and wave sound characteristics is questioned. Not only fundamental parameters and the very few literature about the subject are presented, but also some sound recordings of regular waves in a laboratory basin made in air and in water are filtered, analysed and compared with the wave measurements from the aforementioned aspect. For the underwater sound recordings two hydrophones and a sound data converter were used. Recorded time series of wave sound are examined by spectral analyses, pitch analyses and some certain filters with the aid of a sound analysis software. Findings showed that a lot of factors influence the wave sound characteristics, but the major one is the wave itself. Using the laboratory data the sound energy is also evaluated to define the dissipated energy by wave.