You're explaining to a youngster at the seashore why the water is cyan colored. The youngster points to the whitecaps of overturning waves and asks why they are white. What is your answer?

Answer 1

Could the white be scattered light of all colors, yielding white? Could it be related to why mist or fog or clouds are white?

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/atmos/blusky.html#c3

Answer 2

Thank You,very much