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A coastal waterfall is a waterfall that plunges directly into the sea. Another common name for this feature is a tidefall.

Notable coastal waterfalls

Coastal waterfalls include:

Waterfall Bay Falls, Hong Kong
Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand
McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California
Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Hayburn Wyke, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England^[1]
Lower Düden Waterfalls, Antalya, Turkey

References

^ Newton, Grace (12 August 2019). "Hayburn Wyke: Is this Yorkshire's most beautiful secluded picnic spot?". Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

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Notable coastal waterfalls

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