Splash zone applies either to the
Supralittoral zone or, in the context of
Offshore construction, to the transition from air to water when lowering heavy burdens into the sea. The overall efforts applied on the crane change dramatically when the load starts touching water, up to the point where it is completely submerged. Its
buoyancy reduces the static mass that the crane has to support, but contact with the waves creates widely fluctuating dynamic forces.