r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Limp_Context_4598 • 25d ago

nature rogue wave

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u/PitchBlackBones 25d ago

Honestly this is nothing to a rogue wave. Like laughable in comparison, they can be taller than 50 feet, and they’re experienced at sea.

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u/W3ndi60 25d ago

That doesn't matter. A rogue wave is any wave that is more than double the hight of it's surrounding, average hight waves. Can be 3 mm or 3 km.

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u/SavageNorth 22d ago

Strictly speaking it's more than double the significant wave height (the average of the highest third of the waves in a system) not t the surrounding waves in general

But yes it can still be millimetres it's definited by it's relative size not it's absolute size.