Breakers may refer to:

Geography

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breaking wave In fluid dynamics, a breaking wave or breaker is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which large amounts of wave energy transform into Wave turbulence, turbulent kinetic energy. At this point, simple physical models that describ ...

on water *

Breaker (reef) In fluid dynamics, a breaking wave or breaker is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which large amounts of wave energy transform into turbulent kinetic energy. At this point, simple physical models that describe wave dynamics o ...

, a shallow over which waves break

Arts and entertainment

* ''Breakers'' (Stephen King), from the Dark Tower books * ''Breakers'' (TV series), an Australian television series *

The Breakers (band) The Breakers was a rock band from Denmark consisting of ''Toke Nisted'' (vocals), ''Anders Bruus'' (guitar) and ''Jackie Larsen'' (bass). They were influenced by the music of the 60s and 70s, such as The Faces and The Rolling Stones. History ...

, a Danish rock band * The Breakers (American band), a 1960s garage rock band * "Breakers" (song), a 2012 song by Local Natives *Orlando Breakers, a fictional National Football League team in ''Coach'' (TV series) *

New York City Breakers The New York City Breakers are an original B-boy group in early 1980s that was established in the Bronx borough of New York City. The group originally consisted of members from Wildstyle and "Floor Master Crew" History The New York City Breake ...

, a professional pioneer Breaking and B-boy crew or group

Video games

* ''Breakers'' (1986 video game), a 1986 text adventure video game by Broderbund * ''Breakers'' (1996 video game), a 1996 fighting arcade game by Visco *''Dawn of the Breakers'', a 2018 free-to-play action-adventure game by

CyberStep CyberStep, Inc. is a Japanese global online video game developer and publisher. The company was founded on April 1, 2000. History CyberStep is a developer and publisher of online video games. Headquartered in Japan, CyberStep has local branc ...

Sports

United States

Bay State Breakers The Bay State Breakers were a Tier III junior ice hockey organization in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL). The organization played home games at The Bog Ice Arena in Kingston, Massachusetts. Since 2017, the Breakers is solely a you ...

, a Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League, based in Rockland, Massachusetts *

Boston Breakers (WPSL Elite) The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

, a professional soccer team in Women's Professional Soccer *

Boston Breakers (WUSA) The Boston Breakers was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. History The Boston Breakers began play in ...

(2000-2003), a former professional soccer team in Women's United Soccer Association *

Daytona Beach Breakers The Daytona Beach Breakers were a Single 'A' professional ice hockey team based in Daytona Beach, Florida. The team began play as the Sun Devils in the Sunshine Hockey League The Sunshine Hockey League (SuHL) was a low-level minor professional ice ...

, a defunct ice hockey team in the Sunshine Hockey League (1992-1995) and the Southern Hockey League (1995-1996) * Long Beach Breakers (2001-2003), a defunct minor league baseball team in Long Beach, California * North Bay Breakers (1994-1995), a defunct soccer team in Santa Rosa, California * Northeast Pennsylvania Breakers, a former member of the American Basketball Association (2005) and the United States Basketball League (2006) *

Orange County Breakers The Orange County Breakers are a World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise founded in 2003, owned by Laguna Beach businessman Eric Davidson. The Breakers won the WTT Championship in 2004, 2017 and 2021. In 2014, the franchise moved to Greater Austin, Texas ...

, a World TeamTennis franchise, named the Newport Beach Breakers from 2003 to 2011 *

Portland Breakers The Portland Breakers were an American football team that played in the United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-1980s. Before moving to Portland, Oregon, the franchise was previously in Boston, Massachusetts as the Boston Breakers and ...

(1985), a former United States Football League team *

Santa Barbara Breakers The Santa Barbara Breakers are a pro minor league basketball team that played in the West Coast Professional Basketball League (WCBL) and the (IBL). The team played their home games on the campus of Santa Barbara City College. History The Break ...

, a team in the West Coast Pro Basketball League * Santa Cruz County Breakers (2007-2008), a defunct soccer team *Seattle Breaker, former name (1977-1985) of the

Seattle Thunderbirds The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in the city of Kent, Washington, south of Seattle. They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League. They play their games at home in ac ...

, a Western Hockey League team *

Southern California Breakers The Southern California Breakers were a football team in the Independent Women's Football League based in Orange County, California. Home games were played on the campus of Fullerton Union High School. For their first three seasons, the Breakers ...

, a former team in the Independent Women's Football League based in Orange County, California

Australia and New Zealand

Newcastle Breakers FC Newcastle Breakers FC are a defunct Australian football (soccer) club. Formed out of elements of the Newcastle Austral club, they participated in the National Soccer League from season 1991/1992, until their dissolution in 1999/2000. The club fare ...

, a defunct football club (1991-2000) of Newcastle, New South Wales **

Breakers Stadium The Gardens Greyhound & Sporting Complex is an Australian stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales. The complex is known as Newcastle Greyhounds when it was used as a greyhound racing venue. It was the former home of the Newcastle Breakers ...

, now known as The Gardens Greyhound and Sporting Complex *

New South Wales Breakers The New South Wales Women cricket team, also known as the New South Wales Breakers, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of New South Wales. They play most of their home games at North Sydney Oval and they also us ...

, a team in the Women's National Cricket League *

New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers (also known as the Sky Sport Breakers for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland. The Breakers compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at ...

, a team in the Australian National Basketball League *

Queensland Breakers The Queensland Breakers is an Australian club water polo team that competes in the Australian National Water Polo League, National Water Polo League. They have a men's team and a women's team and are based in Brisbane. References External ...

, a club water polo team

Canada

British Columbia Breakers The British Columbia Breakers were a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (1999), National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), Lan ...

, an ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League *

Cape Breton Breakers The Cape Breton Breakers were a franchise in the National Basketball League that began play in 1993, the league's first season. The team played their home games at Centre 200, in Sydney, which was also home of the Cape Breton Oilers. The team w ...

(1993-1994), a defunct National Basketball League team

Buildings

* Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida *

Breakers Hotel (Long Beach, California) The Breakers Hotel is a historic landmark 14-story hotel on East Ocean Avenue in downtown Long Beach, California. Opened in 1926 as a luxury oceanfront resort hotel, it is set to reopen in 2023 as the Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach. The build ...

Hotel Breakers The Hotel Breakers, opened in 1905, is a large historic Lake Erie resort hotel located at 1 Cedar Point Drive in the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. History George Arthur Boeckling, George A. Boeckling, then general manager of Ce ...

, Sandusky, Ohio *

The Breakers The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family. The 70-room mans ...

, a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island **

The Breakers (1878) The Breakers (built in 1878) was a Queen Anne style cottage designed by Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV and located along the Cliff Walk on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. In 1883, it was referred to as "unquestionably ...

, the original estate at that site