The swash pushes the load up the shore while the backwash drags them down the shore by gravity. If the waves break obliquely to the shore, the swash will push the materials up the shore at angle while the backwash drags then back at right angle to the shore. These two actions cause materials to be progressively dragged along the shore in a process called longshore drift.
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