object stick to animated surface

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Hi there,

I have a loop animation of a water surface coming from Houdini and I am struggling to find a way to make objects to sit on the surface tangent of the water.

My aim is to animate those objects on a plane and then get them to sit on the water surface so that they can follow the waves.

Anybody can put me in the right direction?

Thanks

C.

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Can you do a line trace down from just above the object to see where it hit the water, and then position the object there?