Chuck Gould wrote:
On May 2, 9:22?am, Wayne.B wrote:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...5/s1912132.htm


Isn't that about 40 feet? Good grief.

What do oceanologists say about the generation of a rogue wave?
Anybody know? When conditions are fairly benign, say maybe 8-10 foot
swells, what oddball force kicks up a single, 40-foot, steep and
cresting wave?

Too bad for the guy washed overboard. It would be nice if they can
find him, but odds are pretty slim. Wonder if he was wearing a vest,
with a personal EPIRB? Coulda, woulda, shoulda... pretty sad.


I seem to recall something about underwater landslide being a possiable
cause. But it is sort of a faint memory.

Capt Jack R..