Draupner Monster Wave

[@Lisztianpiano]

The actual documentary is on youtube. It's originally in English (made by BBC) and is called "freak wave". It's a really great documentary if you feel like watching it in its entirety.

[@kendrickmulkey]

Thanks

[@brandobee2264]

I love you

[@adelmodasilva8164]

I'll watch tonight 😌

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

I've watched a few times and it's terrifying that these waves that were not believed to be occurring, really do happen.

[@coldwhiteguy]

The Documentary is still up. It’s a little blurry but fascinating science.

[@Dashslapp]

If I were on that rig i would suddenly have a massive appreciation for the skill of the welders and engineering that put it together. Good job.

[@we1418]

Aliens built it

[@1neAdam12]

Black people invented that. They built the entirety of the US.

[@Константин-ш3к]

​@@1neAdam12 "Black people invented that" Nope, false. "Oil is first discovered in the U.S., when a rig near Titusville, Pennsylvania drilled 70 feet to strike oil on On August 27, 1859." the person who discovered this was Edwin L. Drake and would later build Oil rigs which was not black people, where did that come into play? "They built the entirety of the US."No they didn't??? Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, Indians, Vikings, and Aztecs, and Europeans is who built the entirety of America. Then Europeans came and colonized America. Which was mostly caucasian male and females.

[@1neAdam12]

@@Константин-ш3к Lol, I know. Hey, I trout fished pithole, sandy, cedar run, slippery rock, all up in and around Venango Co. Beautiful country. Did you know that Edwin Drake was actually a black man? Yep! Little known fact, but black people created Pennsylvania too! -true story

[@Spagbolmofo]

@@1neAdam12 judging by your 1st comment, you dont "know"🤣 you've gone back to spouting a load of waffle

[@ImplodingSubmarine]

The wave that confirmed the existence of these truly terrifying waves.

[@leDespicable]

Partly, the QE2 was hit by one earlier in September of that year.

[@ImplodingSubmarine]

@@leDespicable Yes, but scientific research prevails. Hundreds that were reported over the centuries were disregarded as myths.

[@Mizt_Plays]

Try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJvCfqVppZ2Sesk

[@amilcarvalenca3381]

@@Mizt_Plays yap, that’s crazy, but it’s from a tsunami. Storms can make huge waves also… 👊

[@blindingshadow3463]

Not uhh, it was first confirmed during the filming of "the perfect storm"

[@timothymark]

The guy in the sea was smart. By pulling out his camera and hitting record, he became a cameraman and therefore survived. Genius!

[@perliva]

😂

[@kidkong637]

👏👏👍

[@gg.1739]

Embarrassing joke

[@timothymark]

@@gg.1739 imagine being this miserable lmao

[@alargeamountofletters356]

They liked their own comment

[@perliva]

And now, after 15 years, with English subtitles. Enjoy.

[@blackholesun4942]

Thanks!

[@SirDoggington]

Thank you Perliva.

[@rachelsworld5922]

what language is it talking in tho?

[@perliva]

@@rachelsworld5922 German.

[@archermadsen7744]

@@perliva You're a legend for staying active after all these years.

[@BaneofBots]

The fact that this video is 14+ years old and the OP is still responding to comments is crazy

[@Ryan476-l2m]

That is crazy 😅

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

Wow that is crazy omg is that crazy wow wow wow I can't believe how crazy this is omg a Guy answers Comments wow this so incredibly crazy

[@alessandrapirelli7040]

For Draupner-type waves, its not so much their amplitude... but their steepness! They're not sine waves... they're walls of water!

[@garlicbreadstick404]

Went from gradient to angles

[@NanditaIndia]

"Those are not mountains, those are waves....."

[@Dobbyisfree000]

I was abt to say the same mate

[@TheBerylfly]

that's some solid platform right there

[@CASA-dy4vs]

Are you still YouTubing around on this account?

[@fanfam]

@@CASA-dy4vs I still do. Joined 2006. One of the first out there. Accounts that long ago are getting notifications if someone reacts. But maybe he is not active anymore or he is too active still and missed your comment.

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@fanfam dang nearly 2 decades ago

[@fanfam]

@@CASA-dy4vs Yip. Getting a bit older. But still fit and lean. But it's different. I always thought that I stay forever young. But small changes beginning to come. KZbin has changed a lot. It used to be ''real'' if you know what I mean. Videos where videos. Just people sharing with genuine intentions. Today it's clickbait, money, likes, and interference from the government and their media. Shame.

[@hotpookie14]

All that went through my head when I saw that wave was "Nooooooooooooo."

[@ranchmantubularspacesausag5709]

Is this a reference to that one yugioh episode lmaooo pls tell me it is

[@MarxStevens]

@@ranchmantubularspacesausag5709 yes

[@eurestin_354]

Appreciate the cameraman for getting these shots. I mean, literally, there must have been someone who recorded it, it's not a simulation.

[@PoopidiumGD]

It wasn't a cameraman, it was a surveillance camera I think

[@hail2jigglypuff168]

This is probably one big reason why sailors have been superstitious for millennia. Watching freaks of nature like this happen even once out of the blue is pants-shittingly terrifying, especially for some poor schmucks on a wooden vessel.

[@dar6095]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jffry890]

It's been a myth because there are no survivors from a direct hit.

[@ilikefreespeech3565]

Surviving this particular wave in a wooden vessel would be impossible.

[@AlexESR71]

Props to the engineers and rest of the team involved in the building of the platform supporting structures 😂 as well as that camera’s🙌

[@1neAdam12]

You can start by thanking black people. It's their technology and architectural prowess that has brought us every modern marvel.

[@clayguy33]

The wave at the end is a regular beach wave pasted into the video.

[@bjb7587]

@@1neAdam12 "every modern marvel". Whut?

[@1neAdam12]

@@bjb7587 Fer reel doe!

[@detectif1061]

@@1neAdam12 lol nah

[@Tweedlex_The_Great]

Suddenly my boring job looks great and I’m having fun doing work

[@joshualight7686]

even knowing it's a re-creation the feeling of dread came over me seeing that thing

[@mastermedio1320]

X2

[@elpibeelegante9489]

X3

[@oldhog2090]

X4

[@Evanderj]

X5

[@donnyc.3398]

X6

[@ddd4040]

That thumbnail is so cool

[@gwynballinger4694]

Those people working on those rigs deserve everything they earn!

[@Daniela-Christianson]

More, imo!!

[@philipm3173]

More...but we need to get rid of the rigs...

[@Dawgreen]

@@philipm3173 I swapped The North Sea for the 50°C sand blasted, plague of flies hell hole that is the interior of Australia . Not sure which I hate more 😜

[@claytonbouldin9381]

And then some too!

[@birdyandotherstuff6857]

@@Dawgreen I did it the other way round. From desert to Northsea… I have seen those big waves. Not the monster, but the “regular” 12+ meter ones…

[@perliva]

i'm pretty sure those freak waves have nothing to do with global warming. they've been around for ages i guess.

[@8beef4u]

@@ClintMcCaleb Hi from the further future where everyone isn't retarded. It's completely possible to disprove climate change, it's just that no compelling evidence has yet to be presented. If you could actually show it wasn't happening or wasn't caused by humans you'd be the most famous scientist in the world. You might even get a Nobel prize depending on how you did it. You're anti science if you claim what has been shown to be unequivocally true is false and don't present a scientific argument. There's a reason that practically all papers published on the subject agree, and that's because we figured it out already. What I don't get is the people that deny science because it conflicts with their ideology have no problem accepting far more complicated things like quantum physics without a shadow of a doubt. I think climate change is just simple enough for stupid people to think they understand.

[@fernando8246]

@@8beef4u hi I'm from the further future and I put peanut butter on my genitals and let my dog lick it off

[@barrettus]

@@fernando8246 Nice to know we have something to live for...

[@shokatsusei6224]

Halst Maul du Kek Nuckel mal an den Eiern deines Vaters.

[@charlesboyd8004]

@nasolem hi im from even further in the future where we dont say that someone has to prove something that has mountains of evidence to back it up while simultaneously making a baseless claim of own.

[@MCshlthead]

@MissDisneyWorld yea i have a terrible fear of waves but also a fascination by them, and i love to torture myself with wave videos, this shit scared the hell out of me

[@DaggerZ555]

Hey just here to remind you of your fear of waves, have a lovely day

[@raynic1173]

And again, boo...I'm a big wave.

[@MCshlthead]

@@raynic1173 ha I got put on an anti anxiety medication and as a side product I largely overcame my phobia

[@raynic1173]

@@MCshlthead that's good to hear. I was going to send you a picture of a wave every Halloween...

[@QueLastima]

Thank you for clearly stating this is a reconstruction/reenactment.

[@ph1sts]

I have never witnessed large or freak/rogue waves like this, of course, but I have seen 20' foot waves on Lake Michigan during storms or squalls, when outgoing waves from near-shore, created by wind rushing from inland and being sucked or drawn into the storm front crash into slightly bigger and cresting waves coming towards the shoreline from the storm-front . It doesn't happen very often. but it is really awesome to see.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Especially from your car on LSD.

[@jasonbPAWED]

I paddled out into 20’-25’ waves when I had my airfare paid for to represent my state (Qld) at the Australian Wave Ski Titles in ‘92. I got WIPED OUT by the fist (&BIGGEST) set of the comp!

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 I've never seen a car on LSD. Now that would be a road trip.

[@jasonbPAWED]

Re: ‘… car on LSD’: Good ‘play on [your own] words’, Declan. I got a great trophy from that comp: Worst Wipe-out!

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

@@jasonbPAWED Nope, his words, "Especially from your car on LSD ". Do you have reading comprehension issues, or have you popped a tab or two yourself?

[@Silviatube2006]

one of my biggest fears...

[@DothFrmBBL]

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[@LaVitaNouva]

I've seen a lot of scary videos about wave in the ocean. But this one .. holy fuck....

[@captaincharty5614]

I totally agree... Poseidon was a fucking joke against that...

[@clayguy33]

It's a re-creation. It's not real. Terrifying enough though I'm sure

[@crockofplot]

A few weeks back we hit 16m waves, that was bad enough, that is for sure a monster and some of the older platforms would simply not stand that sort of wave these days.

[@guspeake6167]

Absolutely terrifying

[@cameronsams9183]

Legend has it the camera man never die

[@ShubhAshish]

_Happy New Year 1995: “Myths are now Facts.”_

[@117797911]

even behind the computer i have a bad feeling to see this Freak wave.Its really scared me

[@groves_aussie_adventures]

How do they build the rig and keep it stable? How far do them pillers go into the sea bed? WOW

[@brianclark17]

Some of them are anchored to the seabed, but most of them are gps stabilized with each leg having a thruster to keep it in place

[@gyro313]

They float. Ballast tanks and anchors.The ballast tanks are submerged. And anchored. The actual rig does not have legs that contact the seabed. The accidents you hear of are due to the ballast control room having been compramised or operater error. Deep Six in the Gulf of Mexico for example. The food is very good on those rigs.

[@Robot256k]

Most of the rigs in the North sea are attached to the sea bed. The North sea is actually pretty shallow in comparison to other seas with an average depth of around 120 foot. These oil rig jackets are manufactured onshore then towed out to the location then dropped into the sea and cemented in place on the sea bed. Pre built modules are then attached to the jacket and built up like a huge mechano set and eventually it becomes an oil platform. The whole process takes a few years to put the rig together and into production and probably like 5-10 years of manufacturing prior to actually fitting the platform in place. In deeper seas the platforms will most like be semi submerged using ballast tanks to maintain stability or a modified boat thats called an FPSO. They are generally over engineered and are designed to withstand what they call the 100 year storm, which is a very low chance occurring event that causes huge tidal waves and flooding. I've personally been in one really bad storm offshore and it's pretty scary. The swell was up to about 100 odd foot and the waves came up to the second level of the oil rig. A few days after the storm ended we had to assess the damage on the floor gratings and it was covered in fish parts and skin due to the water pushing the fish up through the floor gratings. The particular platform I was on has 2 huge concrete legs and it was still shaking violently. Pretty scary stuff and that was like my second time offshore lol. Never had a storm like that since and hopefully never again.

[@gyro313]

@@Robot256k That is informative and thank you. I learned some things. The rigs I worked on where in the gulf of Mexico. On the off time the hands and supply boat hands would fish using reels powered by batterys. They made good side money selling the fresh fish to local restraunts. One person I worked with would bring a suitcase and I had to carry the tool boxes and do the work while the helicopter stood by or left to return later to pick us up. I learned later this guy was cleaning up in the card games. He put the cash in the suite case. Cheers.

[@GatsbyDen041]

Everyone here appreciating the wave and here I am appreciating the narrator's accent...actually played it more than once🤪

[@Surannhealz]

This is the best explanation I’ve heard of this thing I’ve never heard of

[@CloudtheCool]

Imagine seeing that on the beach when you’re far out 😂

[@MobyTheMerpup1852]

To think that wave was 84 feet just wow you gonna love that. 0:23 to 0:43

[@edgeygaming9831]

I love watching these old videos

[@dbz9393]

Don't listen to what anyone says about the thumbnail Perliva, you're a king

[@themysticalcolby]

For me, this changed everything, really everything, when I finally understood that the cameraman is invincible.

[@Broaclese]

Rip camera guy 😔 At least they found your video

[@ChocManus]

Thats right they are completely different to normal sinus waves and they often take a different direction than the rest.

[@amarwaha]

Every classy video is less than 1 minute

[@SiPakRubah]

The fact that it was in 1995 is the first year we discovered rogue wave And it's not even 30 years ago (at the time I wrote this btw)

[@Godsent_Gabriel999]

Fun Fact: 90% of us were recommended this video against our will

[@esplinterio09]

Podrán filmar nuevamente es impresionante!! Está ola gigante saludos de argentina .

[@matiasandrestorrestorres7645]

Es increíble la toma apesar de los años

[@GranadaFelish]

Esta generada por computadora esa escena, pero es bastante fiel a la realidad

[@Enrique-zq4si]

@@GranadaFelish según esta basada en una que si asoto una plataforma

[@cmiivillrrel1374]

Hubieron algunas olas monstruo cerca de la Antártida. De hecho, creo que fue en 2001, una golpeó un barco con civiles de paso y tuvieron que ir a salvarlos barcos rescatistas de Argentina

[@KoOkiEzRoCkz]

I can understand why there are those so obsessed with the sea. Its terrifying but profoundly mesmerizing. I literally cant comprehend what I’d feel seeing something like that with my own eyes.

[@glebberloff2581]

Fantastic reconstruction. Imagine that hitting a ship... The SS Waratah must have been hit side-on, or it was a really big swell. Great job of reconstructing perhaps the most famous wave, tied with the Ramapo 34m swell

[@greentree8883]

It is a real Video, you can Google it.

[@gabagool_ovahere]

@@greentree8883 i dunno in the actual documentary it says reconstruction just before this

[@clayguy33]

Not real. It's footage of a regular breaking wave filmed by a swimmer.

[@jm1906]

How do they built stuff like these in the middle of the ocean specially with that kind of weather, I mean look at the size of those things

[@fkzehippsons]

I think most Oil Rigs are just floating on massive cylinders that go deep under water. Oil Rigs are chained/anchored to keep them from floating away. They can pump air in and out of the cylinders to raise and lower the rig depending on the conditions

[@jm1906]

@@fkzehippsons oh wow, I never knew exactly how it works, its amazing how strong they are, thanks man.

[@brooklyn9398]

Christ

[@marcbungener1877]

According to what I could find the good news is the platform was well built and made it through with little to no damage and no fatalities were recorded 😎

[@perliva]

Isn’t that amazing?

[@bakkerem1967]

If we would ever be able to generate waves and harvest that from them it would be a nice way to transport enormous amounts of energy over large distances.

[@oakleydavid7619]

That would be cool. A huge ship that made its own wave and cruise on it all over the world ! Yes !!

[@cucutras8084]

Or we can just, you know, use de power grid and transport it almost instantly?

[@DanielRamirez-vm3be]

@@oakleydavid7619 Tao Pai Pai Ships

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

This is why some ships disappear without a trace and no radio distress call.

[@user-gh6wd5cv1h]

the music is more horrific than the wave itself

[@aaronfulkerson31]

Did the platform survive the big wave? Anyone know?

[@jamiesharp152]

I remember reading that when the moon was closer to the earth the tides were 100 KMs tall. I don't think we would manage that.

[@alexarias5717]

When was it closer to the moon?

[@TheTruthKiwi]

@@alexarias5717 The Moon continues to spin away from the Earth, at the rate of 3.78cm (1.48in) per year. It was very close at one point but 100km high tides? I don't think so.

[@alexarias5717]

@@TheTruthKiwi ohhh wow didnt know that, thanks! didn't answer my question but thats fine I'll have fun googling it xD

[@freddiesomme8622]

Excelent video but where is the original video?

[@robertfunk2796]

often wondered in this type of conditions if a rig would hold

[@123TauruZ321]

"Ach, a think we'rr going doon laddie"

[@antonrudenham3259]

As a seaman of 35 years experience I was never allowed to believe what I saw because there was a 'scientific consensus' telling me I was a liar. Now, where else have I heard of a scientific consensus.........?

[@N00B283]

Scientific consensus is always subject to change, it’s inherent in the scientific method. What are implying my good sir?

[@antonrudenham3259]

@@N00B283 Well, I witnessed singular waves many times higher than their preceeding and following sisters but the scientific consensus merely informed me that I must have been mistaken because the scientific consensus says so. Same for climate change, same for Covid. The word or phrase 'consensus' is the antithesis of scientific deliberation, a consensus is there to be proven wrong as they have been countless times in the past; The earth is flat and is also the body around which the universe revolves was a scientific consensus for a very long time. As soon as a free and critical thinking individual hears from a scientist that there is a scientific consensus on any topic then that scientist ought to be immediately questioned, experience has taught me that the general consensus is to question the scientific consensus. A dogmatic commentator will deploy the scientific consensus ploy to shut down debate, we see it with fanatical climate doomsayers and we saw it with fanatical end of times Covid doomsayers. So far the SC on freak waves and Covid have been found to be crazily wrong and I predict the next SC to fall will be AGW.

[@silvazoldyck366]

They were just all agreeing to be wrong. In BOTH cases.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

​@@N00B283He's implying that you will be attacked for going against the consensus, even if the consensus is wrong. He's implying that many people behave as if scientific consensus means absolute truth. He's implying that there is cult or religious aspect to these people, and that heretics of their "faith" must be punished.

[@punchtalestudio]

@@N00B283not anymore. You should update ur synapses

[@SockGuys_Italy]

KZbin casually recommending me a video older than me

[@perliva]

@@SockGuys_Italy It’s bedtime kiddo!

[@SockGuys_Italy]

@@perliva I'm literally brushing my teeth rn

[@MCshlthead]

@Symmetry44 the wave really did happen, this is a reconstruction

[@gotem123]

Awesome video bro, and you still comment back, which is incredible. 👍

[@Vicho.j07]

Monster waves are definitely the tsunami they show you in the movies

[@grahambell4310]

Afraid they are not. Tsunami waves are barely noticeable in the open ocean.

[@TheNewThrone]

Props to the camera man on this one

[@tonimtions]

that was a rogue wave that hit the rig, and they can reach sizes over 100 feet tall and have the power to sink ocean liners. thats where they got the idea of the poseidon adventure from. these waves can appear in open sea on even a calm day. so many ships disapear because of waves like that, like the flying enterpprise that was hit by 2 rogue waves, first one cracked the ship in half, but the captain ordered the crew to tie the two halves together to where he could fill the gap with concrete.

[@raynic1173]

OMG, please....

[@OPrime_RollsOut]

Lol, stop it. "Fill the gap with concrete"? SO much wrong with this statement.

[@luka188]

@@OPrime_RollsOut It took 13 years for this fool to be called out, but finally it was done lol!

[@KukiCrusader]

So that last wave, that almost touched the main structure. How high was it? It’s not mentioned here…

[@kobusvandenbrink1679]

That must be one of the greatest experiences one could have

[@seanannersisthebest]

scary stuff but fascinating

[@CGJUGO80]

latuya bay was like the effect of you dropping a rock in a pond but times it by like 124901247...it was like a freak rare occurance...a rogue wave is something else which is just as fucking scary believe me...it can happen in OPEN WATER

[@DvkeEditz]

Nice transition!

[@ChocManus]

completely different to normal sinus waves and they often take a different direction than the rest.

[@DaggerZ555]

Hey Ben from a decade ago

[@ChocManus]

@@DaggerZ555 what the hell was I talking about. What is a sinus wave?

[@DaggerZ555]

@@ChocManus Hahahaha happens to the best of us, stay strong man

[@Der_Pong]

Now I fear the waves more than the creatures that lurk below

[@brumleytown1882]

Ever hear of rogue holes? They, too, exist.

[@mikegass2272]

The wave was allegedly 85'. A true monster.

[@user-jh7ze7py9r]

pier height perfectally calculated by the engineers

[@ClassicalGamerYT.]

Crazy how some of these comments are older than my little sister, and the bro commented after 15 years, Wsg perliva Lets get this video back in the KZbin algorithm! 2024!

[@GustavoSantos-tg8ei]

0:23 the final boss wave

[@FalscherName]

I'm confused. Is that freak wave coming out of the direction that all the other waves move to? It looks like all the waves go from right to left but this beast comes from left to right?

[@blarfroer8066]

For a long time, scientists thought rogue waves were just sailor's talk.

[@slayerd357]

Does anyone know how high the wave was estimated to be?

[@prakashm1468]

That wave is a legend.

[@diabolicaldoodle]

Can the height of this wave be estimated?

[@Cellmate412162]

They should have added cameras onboard the Draupner oil rig so we can see the big wave.

[@andrewjames2617]

Where is that camera? It’s so steady to be filming out there like that

[@Trouble-Clef]

How the heck was that filmed? From cameras on another rig maybe?

[@Slazmoservicing4209]

It's a reconstruction

[@captaincharty5614]

Dass die Draupner-Plattform das überhaupt ausgehalten hat... Mann! Für gewöhnlich sind diese Wellen ja so brutal beim Aufprall, als würde man frontal gegen eine Ziegelwand klatschen!

[@georgeeldridge7666]

How would this have been filmed?

[@ratofvengence]

It's a recreation. It says so.

[@hudsonh3985]

Was there a shot of that wave from under the water?

[@Bimbambinolein]

Bis plötzlich aus dem nichts, ein Monster herranrollt. So hoch und so steil, wie es die Wissenschaftler niemals für möglich hielten. When suddenly a monsterwave comes/appears from nowhere.

[@biojockey]

The wave was as tall as 10 story building…..absolutely terrifying!

[@brandonwarweg3622]

Holy shit that was a massive fucking wave!!! What was the height of that beast?!?!

[@RigoOXx]

Close to 30 meters I believe

[@savvykronik4192]

How did they record this!?

[@EwingAmaterasu]

This is why Poseidon is more powerful than Zeus in the myths.

[@johnphilipfosterdobson551]

Two of my uncle's served in the RN & MN on the Russian convoys in WW2, what a life.... no thanks. But you would have seen some amazing sights, with that weather.

[@waveburner1254]

Didn't expect this to be german. Don't mind because i'm german and understand it. Thats one pretty big wave tho!

[@abhishekshrestha8751]

As always, Invincible cameraman 💪💪💪

[@oskarjarlemark4613]

For a Long time ago peapoles faced thees Waves in rusty old woden boats

[@karlogjam]

Oskar Jarlemark how could a wooden boat be rusty?

[@robertallen5686]

..hehe..

[@o.a.m9515]

brave peapoles

[@jonathanribnick1420]

Is the narration in Low German or what damn I'm having a tough time understanding it.

[@perliva]

It’s standard modern German.

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

what language is this cause i feel like marching now

[@perliva]

You feel right.

[@surferjohnny123]

How did they get that shot?

[@jpmtlhead39]

It looks very real,indeed.

[@かむ-h3e]

How did they record it?

[@Psevdokranos]

I would not allow even my photograph on this structure facing this massive water giant.

[@commenter7893]

Kudos to the cameraman