What are Normal Waves

Normal waves
The horizontal and vertical motions are common in ocean water bodies.

The horizontal motion refers to the ocean currents and waves. The vertical motion refers to tides.

Water moves ahead from one place to another through ocean currents while the water in the normal wind-generated waves do not move, but the wave trains move ahead.

The motion of normal waves seldom affects the stagnant deep bottom water of the oceans.

The actual motion of the water beneath the waves is circular. It indicates that things are carried up and forward as the wave approaches, and down and back as it passes.
As a wave approaches the beach, it slows down. And, when the depth of water is less than half the wavelength of the wave, the wave breaks (dies).