Abstract This study presents observations of the cross-sectional structure of resonant
response to sea/land breezes (SLBs) off Huntington Beach (HB) in the Southern California
Bight (SCB). A resonant response to local diurnal wind stress fluctuations associated with
SLB forcing occurs intermittently and produces strong diurnal oscillations of flow and
temperature resulting from enhanced work of the diurnal local wind on the sea surface. At
nighttime (daytime), a coherent cross-sectional circulation with offshore (onshore) currents  ...