amplified inundation. Where focusing effects and the reflection-refraction potential of the adjacent lagoon topography are a minimum, the heaviest inundation and potential damage occurs with the first crest. Unfortunately, these resulta were highly unique: they were obtained under particular conditions of geometry, in a region of relatively shallow depth. The conclusions are applicable to conditions which depart only slightly from these under which the data were obtained. Waves were also recorded at a few distant islands. However, the results were meager and inconclusive, and a better interpretation can probably be madeif held for a synergistic inclusion with the results of the distant-island phase of the Redwing studies.