Sea breeze can happen during hot summer days because of the
uneven heating rates of water and land.
The land surface heats up faster than the surface of the water during the
day. At this rate, the air above the
land grows warmer than the air atop the ocean. Warmer air is always lighter
than cooler air. As a consequence, warm air is pushed upward causing it to
rise. With this, warmer air rises over the land. As warm air rises over the
land, cooler air over the ocean flows over the land surface to change or
replace the rising warm air.
