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 brant BRANT brine BRINE by-the-wind sailor by-thuh-WIND SAY-ler

calving KAV-ing Cape Doctor KAYP DOK-tur catadromous kah-TAD-roh-mus cat’s paw KATS PAW chenier shen-YAIR chine CHYNE chiton KY-tun chubasco choo-BAS-koh close-out KLOHZ-owt comb jelly KOHM JEL-ee conodont KOH-nuh-dont coral reef KOR-ul REEF cordage KOR-dij cordonazo kor-doh-NAH-soh cormorant KOR-muh-runt coromell kor-oh-MEL crinoid KRY-noyd crèche KRESH ctenophore TEN-uh-for cuttlebone KUT-ul-bohn cuttlefish KUT-ul-fish cyclone SY-klohn

dead man’s fingers DED MANZ FING-gerz delta DEL-tuh derelict DER-uh-likt diatom DY-uh-tom dinoflagellate dy-noh-FLAJ-uh-lut driftwood DRIFT-wuud

ebb EB eelgrass EEL-gras egret EE-gret eider EYE-der ensenada en-seh-NAH-dah epontic eh-PON-tik esplanade ES-plah-nahd estuary ES-choo-ehr-ee eurus YOOR-us

fast-ice FAST-ice fetch FETCH finger-rafting FING-er RAF-ting firth FURTH fjard FYARD fjord FYORD flaw lead FLAW leed floe FLOH flotsam FLOT-sum fluke FLOOK frazil ice FRAY-zil eyes Fremantle Doctor FREE-man-tul fret FRET frigatebird FRIG-ut-burd frost flower FRAWST FLOW-er frost smoke FROST smohk fulmar FUUL-mar

gaat GAHT gill GIL glass sponge GLAS SPUNJ grease ice GREESS eyes green flash GREEN flash gregale greh-GAH-leh growler GROW-ler guillemot GIL-uh-mot guyot GEE-oh

haar HAR hadal HAY-dul holdfast HOHLD-fast horse latitudes HORS LAT-ih-toodz hurricane HUR-ih-kane

iceblink ICE-blink isthmus ISS-mus ivu EE-voo

jaeger YAY-ger jetsam JET-sum

kelp forest KELP FOR-ist

lagan LAG-un lagoon luh-GOON landfall LAND-fawl lead LEED levanter leh-VAN-ter looming LOOM-ing

machair MAHK-er mackerel sky MAK-rul SKY maelstrom MAYL-strum mangrove MAN-grohv mare MAR-ay marine layer muh-REEN LAY-ur marine snow muh-REEN SNOH mermaid’s purse MER-maydz PURS migration my-GRAY-shun milky sea MIL-kee SEE moon pool MOON pool morfa MOR-vah multiyear ice MUL-tee-yeer eyes

narwhal NAR-wul nautilus NAW-tih-lus neap NEEP nilas NY-lus North Water NORTH WAW-ter nor’easter nor-EES-ter notus NOH-tus

osprey OS-pray oystercatcher OY-ster-kach-er

pack ice PAK ICE paleocrystic ice pay-lee-oh-KRIS-tik pancake ice PAN-cake eyes pelagic puh-LAJ-ik petrel PET-rul phosphorescence fos-fuh-RES-uns polynya puh-LIN-yuh pressure ridge PRESH-er rij puffin PUF-in

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

sabkha SUB-kah salmon SAM-un sand dollar SAND DOL-er sanderling SAN-der-ling satoumi sah-toh-OO-mee sea bean SEE BEEN sea fog SEE FOG sea smoke SEE SMOHK sea urchin SEE UR-chin seamark SEE-mark seamount SEE-mownt sepia SEE-pee-uh shearwater SHEER-waw-ter shingle SHING-gul shoal SHOHL shuga SHOO-guh sikussak SEE-koo-sak siphonophore sy-FON-uh-for skua SKYOO-uh slackwater SLAK-waw-ter smolt SMOLT southerly buster SUTH-er-lee BUS-ter spit SPIT spoonbill SPOON-bil star compass STAR KUM-pus star path STAR PATH stick chart STIK CHART stint STINT stipe STIPE storm beach STORM BEECH strandline STRAND-line subduction zone sub-DUK-shun zohn swash SWOSH swell SWEL syzygy SIZ-ih-jee

thallus THAL-us thermocline THUR-muh-kline tidal bore TY-dul BOR tide TIDE tombolo TOM-boh-loh trilobite TRY-luh-bite tsunami tsoo-NAH-mee tuckamore TUK-ah-more turbidite TUR-bih-dite turnstone TURN-stohn

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