World Record Wave

[Steadman Uhlich]

Originally Posted by newhaul

I have seen 100 ft waves in the south china sea but that was on a ship not a buoy . That was back in 1989 we lost a crewman that trip when a 50+ ft rogue took him right off the deck of the boat.

WOW! That would be scary to see (on any size ship).

[Cavalier]

Originally Posted by Steady Hand

This report reminded me of the movie "The Poseidon Adventure" which is about a boat capsized by a Tidal Wave (as described in the movie, it happened due to an earthquake) capsizing a cruise ship. Here is a clip of that moment as imagined by Hollywood, when a large ship encounters a larger wave. As many sailors know, a true tidal wave will usually appear very low when at sea, and only becomes higher when it reaches the shallow water near shores. In contrast, the seas mentioned in the article are found out in the open ocean.

https://youtu.be/6kKCbDw7lR4

Steady,

That wave was not the only thing wrong with that movie....

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[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Steady Hand

WOW! That would be scary to see (on any size ship).

I was on an aircraft carrier at that time between two super typhoons has a wave that actually swept the flight deck which is well over 60 ft above the waterline.
Never had a worry that we would survive just worried about the damage that we would suffer. I was the guy that ordered the man we lost out to secure a weapons system that had suffered damage .

[Mirror16]

That accurately-measured 62' wave would have been reported as over 100' by most observers on a boat in the same seas. Visual estimates of wave height from a boat are notoriously exaggerated, as discovered by William Froude in 1861. He found that no matter how your boat is situated on a large swell, what you feel to be “straight down” is actually at right angles to the wave. So when you think you’re looking out on a level line to judge a wave, you are actually looking on an angle, distorting your judgment.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Mirror16

That accurately-measured 62' wave would have been reported as over 100' by most observers on a boat in the same seas. Visual estimates of wave height from a boat are notoriously exaggerated, as discovered by William Froude in 1861. He found that no matter how your boat is situated on a large swell, what you feel to be “straight down” is actually at right angles to the wave. So when you think you’re looking out on a level line to judge a wave, you are actually looking on an angle, distorting your judgment.

Well while I agree with you on the observation distortion bit.
When you have solid water on the 011 level on a carrier ( that's 13 stories above the lwl of the ship ) I would tend to believe what the quartermaster was reporting to us snipes in engineering and damage control. Them waves were damn big.

[Jim Cate]

The significant wave height is not the height of ONE wave, but a weighted average of the highest one third of measured waves over a period of time. There will be waves of considerably greater height fairly often,and occasionally up to twice the sig wave height.

So, them's big waves for sure, for sure!

Jim

[Don C L]

I'd be curious to know what the wavelength and/or period was.

[admiralslater]

Originally Posted by CaptTom

Consider the part of the article which said:



We can only guess what's going on in writer's mind, but it could be the first part of that sentence is the kernel of truth around which the rest of the tale was spun.

It could be the biggest misunderstanding was on the part of the author.

I just read the article and looked at all the pictures. The artical was quite clear in showing the parameters of the wave measurement and the pictures where clearly labeled as where the charts explaining the location of the wave sensor. I can't see any reason to be upset with this article.
This was a fact based fun news story ,and not important enough to go beaking off on journalistic standards.
Big wave though

[SV DestinyAscen]

Newhaul were you on CVN70?

November was a rough month.

[StuM]

For the nerds, more details here:

https://wmo.asu.edu/content/World-Highest-Wave-Buoy

including the fact that there was a maximum wave height reading of 27 meters around that time with winds a bit over 40 knots.

(Sorry Don, no period or length given)

[StuM]

While looking for the facts I came across several other news reports. Every one led with the same incorrect statement that this was a single measured wave. .

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by SV DestinyAscen

Newhaul were you on CVN70?

November was a rough month.

Yep that it was a really rough one that I will never forget. We lost DC FN Donald Evans.that trip.

[SailOar]

Why is a record wave recorded in February of 2013 just now being reported by the general media?

OP's link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...north-atlantic

StuM's link:
https://wmo.asu.edu/content/World-Highest-Wave-Buoy

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by SailOar

Why is a record wave recorded in February of 2013 just now being reported by the general media?

OP's link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...north-atlantic

This article was amended on 13 December 2016 to correct the height of a double-decker bus. It is 4.4m, not 15m.

[SailOar]

Originally Posted by GordMay

This article was amended on 13 December 2016 to correct the height of a double-decker bus. It is 4.4m, not 15m.

It's not just The Guardian that is reporting The Wave; there are dozens of news outlets reporting it.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....1.pbiw9nzAEjI

THE WAVE (in Utah)

(I'm having trouble staying focused )