Using the compensation theorem integral formulation,the radiationpatterns of a verticalel ectric dipolenearal and-sloping beach-sea boundaryare investigated numerically.Since the formulation invokes the surfaceimpedance concept,the surface impedance along the sloping beach is calculatedusing parallel two-layer stratified media theory.The transition of thesurface impedance of the land to that of the sea is found to take placeoverasmall fraction of a free space wavelength from the shoreline,so the slopingbeach behaves very much like anabrupt boundary.The additional losses of thesloping beach,compared to an abrupt land-sea boundary,tend to reduce theradiation field slightly at low elevation angles and enhance the field slightlyat higher angles.Allowing fora “wet” beach in the immediate foreground ofthe shoreline has a converse effect.