![]() ![]() Scientific proof that rogue waves exist and probably always have, it’s just that those unlucky enough to see them had not survived.Īuthor Susan Casey interviewed various people interested in these giant waves: scientists, mariners, and insurance people. ![]() Seven stories of water hit the rig at 45 miles per hour. An oil rig in the North Sea was battered by an 85-foot wave. ![]() Then in 1995, on New Year’s Day, proof dramatically surfaced. They can rip a ship in half.įor centuries, scientists dismissed the idea of giant waves, assuming the conditions that would produce a wave like that were so rare as to be inconsequential. This is the story of rogue waves that suddenly appear - walls of water 100 feet (30m) high or taller, pushing 100 tons of force per square meter. This remarkable book will change everything you think you know about the waves on the ocean. Surfers riding swells in tropical climes. ![]() In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean ![]()
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