Attached Link: Wave Effects by Matt Hausman

For anyone interested in how difficult it is to make waves, the rolling combers, even among the professional CG folks, I commend this article to you. Despite this being posted on the Surf's Up cartooney web site, this is a very professional, and concise description of the technical strategies and processes that had to be employed to create a realistic simulation of rolling comber waves. You might want to make note of the length of time, the number of tools and the number of people involved in creating this kind of thing. WARNING! This article is not for the faint-of-heart! But this should be read by everyone: it helps provide some perspective on the difficulty of this kind of enterprise.