4 ms·
Spend time surfing, measurements will say one thing, but local knowledge will educate you on the possibilities. I've been out on a 5-7 foot day to have an 12+'
by jmspring 10y ago
Spend time surfing, measurements will say one thing, but local knowledge will educate you on the possibilities.
I've been out on a 5-7 foot day to have an 12+' rogue set roll through. That isn't fun (depending on skill), it gets more interesting when it's an 8+' day and 15+ footers roll threw. Not my thing, but interesting to experience a couple of times.
The interesting thing for me is the power behind it. You just don't know until you experience such. It's hard surfing because you often also have to be aware of and Leary of those around you plus what is happening.
- zappo2938 10y agoThis has to do with the 'statistical distribution of the heights of individual waves'[0]. I don't think that there are sets of rouge waves there is only the one rouge wave. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_wave_height#Statistical_distribution_of_the_heights_of_individual_waves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_wave_height#Statis...
- sandworm101 10y agoIt depends on your perspective. There may be the one wave, but a wave has both a crest and a trough. So there is the one wave, but as you ride down its backside into the trough that second wave appears far bigger despite it not technically being a rogue.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]