Vaz, L., Plecha, S., Dias, J.M., 2013. Coastal wave regime influence on Ria de Aveiro inlet dynamics. In: Conley, D.C., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E. and O'Hare, T.J. (eds.), Proceedings 12th International Coastal Symposium (Plymouth, England), Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65, pp. 1605–1610, ISSN 0749-0208.--> The adjacent coastal zone of Ria de Aveiro lagoon is exposed to a highly energetic wave climate, with a yearly mean significant wave height of 2–2.5 m and wave periods of 9–11 s, corresponding to WNW to NNW swell. Consequently, it should be expected that the lagoon inlet hydrodynamic be dependent on the coupled forcing of tidal wave and wave regime. Thus, the main goal of this study is to assess the influence of the coastal wave regime at the inlet channel dynamics. The modeling system MORSYS2D, comprising the hydrodynamic model ELCIRC coupled with the wave model SWAN, is used to perform this study. The methodology developed consists in forcing the numerical models with loc...