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on Friday December 16 2016, @03:39AM
from the surefire-way-to-clean-the-decks dept.
from the surefire-way-to-clean-the-decks dept.
The highest-ever wave detected by a buoy has been recorded in the North Atlantic ocean, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
The 19-metre (62.3ft) wave happened between Iceland and the United Kingdom, off the Outer Hebrides.
It was created in the aftermath of a very strong cold front with 43.8 knot (50.4mph) winds on 4 February 2013.
The WMO, which released the data, said the previous record was 18.275 metres (59.96ft) in December 2007.
That wave was also in the North Atlantic.
It is not the biggest-ever recorded wave, however. In 2002 a ship spotted a 29-metre (95 ft) North Atlantic wave.
This is why I lubb the land.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 16 2016, @04:05AM
And yet, not even close to the record for the largest wave surfed.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Friday December 16 2016, @05:37AM
There is a difference between shore break, and open ocean rollers. Ships usually stay out of surf zones, but rogue waves pose an actual threat, and one hard to predict? Something to do with harmonic resonance, but that is different that just big stormy seas. Landlubbers!!
Although I do recall an interview with an old Viking sailor. You know, very flexible longboats of the Norse, but the sailor said, "you have to steer between the big waves and avoid the breakers." Some one asked, "What if you can't avoid the big waves?" Old Viking sailor said, "Then we go sailing!"