If they are big enough, they can even put the lives of beachgoers at risk. Luckily, neither Ucluelet nor Draupner caused any severe damage or took any lives, but other rogue waves have.

Rogue waves are quite the opposite ... height of just 12 meters in the locality during typical conditions. The big break was that the Draupner platform was fitted with an accurate laser ...

Rogue waves are "giant colossi of the sea", wrote Professor in Ocean Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Alessandro Toffoli, on The Conversation. The "notorious phenomenon" sees ...

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet).

If they are big enough, they can even put the lives of beachgoers at risk. Luckily, neither Ucluelet nor Draupner caused any severe damage or took any lives, but other rogue waves have.

This aerial view shows a surfer catching a wave at Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay, Calif., in December 2023. A rogue wave is characterized as one that's 2.2 times larger than the average wave ...

According to Boxall, rogue waves and unpredictable ocean swells could be a major factor. These waves, which can reach up to twice the height of surrounding waves, are capable of sinking ships and ...