Wave Tranquility and Littoral Studies for Development of a Mini Fishing Harbour

Hydraulic model studies were carried out to optimise a layout of a fishing harbour on the west coast of India, in Kerala. A layout consisting of two breakwaters, 80 m long north breakwater and 670 m south breakwater (150 m normal to the shore and 520 m along the shore) with 100 m wide opening at the harbour entrance was initially proposed. The tranquillity conditions of proposed breakwater alig…