Look at the duck - what is it doing? Forget it is going in a circle - assume it is travelling in a straight line - in a direction - pushed by the waves. Pretend the duck is slowly moving towards a beach, being pushed in by the waves.
Forget about the physical side of this.
Now forget the duck - we don't need to consider it - it is now irrelevent. The duck need not exist for the water to do what it can without the duck.
What are you not seeing in the water? Forget that the wavelets are static - this is normal - it is caused by currents.
Look at the surface of the water - not the waves, the surface.
What is wrong with the surface? Why is the duck not needed? Why is the duck irrelevent?
Forget about the physical side of this.
Now forget the duck - we don't need to consider it - it is now irrelevent. The duck need not exist for the water to do what it can without the duck.
What are you not seeing in the water? Forget that the wavelets are static - this is normal - it is caused by currents.
Look at the surface of the water - not the waves, the surface.
What is wrong with the surface? Why is the duck not needed? Why is the duck irrelevent?