Breakers may refer to:

Geography

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breaking wave In fluid dynamics and nautical terminology, a breaking wave or breaker is a wave with enough energy to "break" at its peak, reaching a critical level at which linear energy transforms into wave turbulence energy with a distinct forward curve. ...

on water

Arts and entertainment

* ''Breakers'' (Stephen King), from the Dark Tower books * ''Breakers'' (TV series), an Australian television series * The Breakers (American band), a 1960s garage rock band * The Breakers (Danish band), a Danish rock band active 2002–2012 * "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 Breaking Crew in early 1980s that was established in the Bronx borough of New York City formed by Michael Holman. The group originally consisted of members from Wildstyle and "Floor Master Crew" Hist ...

, 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 **''Breakers Revenge'', a 1998 updated version of the 1996 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 bran ...

Sports

United States

Bay State Breakers The United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) is an American ice hockey league. Founded in 2012, the USPHL has grown to over 60 organizations from across the United States/Canada fielding teams in the National Collegiate Development Conference ...

, a Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League, based in Rockland, Massachusetts * Boston Breakers (WPSL Elite), a professional soccer team in Women's Professional Soccer *

Boston Breakers (WUSA) The Boston Breakers were 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 ...

(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 playing as the Sun Devils in the Sunshine Hockey League The Sunshine Hockey League (SuHL) was a low-level minor profession ...

, a defunct ice hockey team in the Sunshine Hockey League (1992-1995) and the Southern Hockey League (1995-1996) *

Long Beach Breakers The Long Beach Breakers were a minor league baseball team that played at Blair Field in Long Beach, California. They played in the independent Western Baseball League since 1978 and were not associated with any Major League Baseball team. The B ...

(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 The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A ''compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each ...

, a former member of the American Basketball Association (2005) and the United States Basketball League (2006) *

Orange County Breakers The Orange County Breakers was 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, Texa ...

, 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, a team in the West Coast Pro Basketball League *

Santa Cruz County Breakers Breakers FC is an American soccer club based in Santa Cruz, California, United States founded in 1992. The club is a founding member of the Elite Youth Development Platform with partner Major League Soccer in 2020. The club signed Niša Savelji ...

(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. They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League. Founded in 1971 as the Vancouver Nats, the team arrive ...

, 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 Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often initialized O.C.) is a county (United States), county l ...

, 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 The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in ...

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

Breakers Stadium Ladbrokes Gardens 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, who played in the Nat ...

, 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 u ...

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

New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers (also known as the Bank of New Zealand, BNZ Breakers for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland. The Breakers are the only non-Australian side currently competing in Austral ...

, a team in the Australian National Basketball League *

Queensland Breakers The Queensland Thunder is an Australian club water polo team that competes in the National Water Polo League. They have a men's team and a women's team and are based in Brisbane. The Queensland Thunder was formed in 2018 after a Water Polo Au ...

, 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 tea ...

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

Buildings

The Breakers (hotel) The Breakers Palm Beach is a historic, Renaissance Revival style luxury hotel with 534 rooms. It is located at 1 South County Road in Palm Beach, Florida. During the 1895–96 winter season, business tycoon Henry Flagler opened the first Br ...

, Palm Beach, Florida * Breakers Hotel (Long Beach, California) * Hotel Breakers, 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 original estate at that site

Electricity

* Breakers, a colloquial expression for circuit breaker