Although the barrier appears to be just a wall, it is actually a clever structure that gradually breaks down the waves before they even hit the top (the part that is visible to us)
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The story so far....
WAX:MATTERS
It's 2.32am on pin up day and after a few good long weeks of this semester I'm ready to reveal all!
From my most recent experiment (placing the funnel into the water allowing the wax to enter the water directly without a drop) I discovered that the wax actually solidifies in a circular pattern however due to the drop and other factors these patterns were distorted. 
It's 2.32am on pin up day and after a few good long weeks of this semester I'm ready to reveal all!
I began using wax since it was possible to test it with similar parameters that the coral in Dubai has, i.e. Temperature, Current and Salinity (temp, pressure, liquid density)
Interestingly, wax is thinner than water and therefore will always have a force pushing it to the surface.
The following video is a quick summery of the experiments:
Interesting patterns began to emerge, and it is now possible to predict the outcome using different parameters, however only a general outcome can be predicted since the forms vary with each experiment.
From my most recent experiment (placing the funnel into the water allowing the wax to enter the water directly without a drop) I discovered that the wax actually solidifies in a circular pattern however due to the drop and other factors these patterns were distorted. 
Experiments still need to be done however I do have a vague idea of how to incorporate some of the self organisational concepts into my coral garden.
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