Waves in Hawaii Kai

Good thing I'm not afraid of heights! When I went up to the top of Kamehame ridge, above Hawaii Kai, I was amazed that there was phyiscs just over the edge. I looked down at the ocean and was amazed to find that small waves were rolling in and turning around the islands you can see. It is weird to think what possibly could have caused the vibrations in the water. Perhaps there was a ship way out at see which was creating waves, and they turned into what we see in the picture. Or possibly there was a earthquake deep in the ocean and created vibrations which made waves. But that isn't the point, the point in this picture is that waves are rolling in which show a transverse wave as whatever caused the wave, was in a different direction of movement the up and down flow of the wave. Physics is all around us, now I understand!!!