11.   The weather bureau said the rough conditions and heavy swells were caused by spring tides.

12.   Hurricane warnings were posted from North Carolina to Virginia as heavy swells and driving rains began to pummel the coastal region.

13.   At one stage early Wednesday Auguin was being forced back by a strong current in a heavy swell.

14.   Crews changed sails on a gybe through the southerly winds before racing out to a heavy swell in the ocean.

15.   Eastern Cape Rescue Service members made three trips to the stricken vessel close offshore in an inflatable dinghy to pick up the men before it disappeared below heavy swells.

16.   Venetian gondoliers Monday staged a go-slow demonstration, in protest at the heavy swell caused by the increased number of motor boats zooming gracelessly along the Grand Canal.