Wave-cut platform

A surf platform, also referred to as Felsschorre, is a nearly flat surface on a rock cliff coast, which is caused by the abrasive action of the surf.

The slightly sloping towards the sea platform is upstream of the cliff coastline and is exposed at low tide for the most part. The uppermost part of the surf platform is usually dry and is processed from the sea only during storm surges and exceptional tides. The abrasion surface extends as far in depth, as it can be shaped by the waves on the sea floor, and goes out to sea over the continental shelf.

Individuals, on the Schorre as erosion remnants left standing pinnacles or projections are called surf piers. A well-known example in Germany is the 47 -meter-high " Lange Anna " on the northern tip of the island of Helgoland.

Resulting in geological past surf platforms can be due to tectonic uplift above sea level or sea level subsidence processes.

Extensive, sophisticated addition by the postglacial uplift of Scandinavia above sea surf platform on Andøya Island, Norway.