Thispaperreviewsseveralapproachestowavedriftdampingexperiencedbyfloatingbodies.AheuristicapproachfirstintroducedbyAranhagivingthewavedriftdampingtensorforthesurgeandswaymodesofmotioninfinitedepthisused.Resultsforthesurgewavedriftdampingarecomparedwithexperimentalresultsfrommodelte