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What direction do the water molecules in an ocean wave move?

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Answer: They move in a circular motion.

Explanation: The movement of the molecules is circular, the cycle they move is based on which way the current goes.

The molecules move left if the current moves left, and the molecules move right if the current moves right.

Here is a visual summary I got offline.

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