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> However, they didn’t know about the waves. > Also involved ... aquatic expert James Houtz. Not much of an expert if the didn't know about the waves.

• jboggan 8y ago
  No one really did back then. It wasn't until the mid 90's that the monster swells there became any sort of common knowledge. I'm hoping to head out there next summer, apparently the undersea island and the wreck are incredible for spearing tuna and yellowtail.
  • onychomys 8y ago
    Even so, if I was planning on starting my own country, I'd probably, like, go check it out once or twice before starting. Or ask some local experts who could tell me about it. Something, anyway.
    • djrogers 8y ago
      You could check it out a hundred times, but uless you were there during a relatively short window of time after a big storm in the eastern pacific, you wouldn’t have seen these waves. In the 60s we didn’t have satellite photography or radar, so only a handful of ‘lucky’ people would have ever seen conditions like that. Remember - it’s 100 miles offshore, it’s not inhabited...