Posted on May 24, 2017

Monster 64-Foot Wave Measured by New Buoy in Southern Ocean

Surf's up! I was caught snorkling in a 30' wave off Oahu. Dove under it, but not far enough to escape its full effect. I'm glad I never ran into one of these monsters.

Monster 64-Foot Wave Measured by New Buoy in Southern Ocean

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SN Greg Wright

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I was in a 100-year storm in the Bering Sea once, on a Very Large Crude Carrier -- roughly 300k DWT, loaded (thankfully). We had waves coming up over the bridge wings -- about 5 stories above the deck, which was above 25 feet of freeboard in itself. One of those monsters bent a 2-foot thick steel boom. One of two times at sea that I honestly thought I'd finally paid off that farm.

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