it was in a precarious position. after two days navigating stormy seas, skipper malcolm dickson is trapped in morton bay s shallow waters. his girlfriend and her small child huddle below deck as malcolm battles the waves. it was just disappearing in behind these swells that were just enormous. from his vantage point in the air, greg sees the yacht is in real trouble. the front sail is in shreds and the engine has failed, leaving the skipper unable to maneuver. then things get worse. a monster wave smashes into the boat, destroying the mast and throwing malcolm overboard into churning white water. it just enveloped the whole craft. we thought then that was the end. as the men in the news chopper watch helplessly, malcolm, who is tied to a
with relative calm restored, the mavericks competition goes on as planned. there s some broken legs and broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. and tyler finally gets the show he s been waiting for. i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face-to-face with a monster wave has given her a greater appreciation for the power of mother nature and has bonded her and dan in ways they could have never imagined. knowing how precious life is definitely brought dan and i together. i realized wow, in the blink of an eye, i could have been dead. i could have lost my fiance.
planned. there s some broken legs and broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. and tyler finally gets the show he s been waiting for. i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face to face with a monster wave has give her a greater appreciation for the power of mother nature, and has bonded her and dan in ways they could have never imagined. knowing how precious life is definitely brought dan and i together. i realized, wow with, in the blink of an eye i could have been dead. i could have lost my fiance.
shaken. a massive wave hit the cruise ship broad side. it was a rogue wave sending water crashing through a restaurant. our tom foreman is here to tell us more about how it happened. the ship was heading from spain to uk. are they as rare as we think? some of them are as big as eight and nine story buildings. the scary part is they are not as rare as people think. gigantic rogue waves were either nonexistent or rare or more likely the result of overexcited imagination from sailors who encountered very rough seas. now we know the monster waves are much more common than we thought. what do i mean when i say monster wave. we are talking about a wave that is two times bigger than the
as rare as peel think. gigantic rogue waves were either nonexistent or rare or more likely the result of overexcited imagination from sailors who encountered very rough seas. now we know the monster waves are actually much more common than we thought. what do i mean when i say monster wave ? we are talking about a wave that is two times bigger than the average big waves in the given area of sea. that sounds impossible. so some years back the europeans set out to find out if it was really happening or if it was a myth. they had this big project which they called the max wave project where they used satellites to study the oceans. they were shocked to find ten monster waves in just three weeks, each more than 80 feet high like this one in 1995. ten of these in three weeks. that forever laid to rest the idea that these were once in a lifetime events. as some previously thought, erin.