Monster Waves You Wouldn't Believe if Not Filmed

Monster Waves You Wouldn't Believe if Not Filmed
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[@l.faraday8767]

Thank you for letting us hear the sound of the ocean and not some silly music.

[@pattimuse1]

Yes, exactly!!

[@cynthiathomas404]

Being able to hear the wind and the crashing of the waves is all part of the experience

[@StephanieElizabethMann]

I was talking to an aquantence about his work. He was working on a ship when a storm popped a door in the forward hold. His job was to close the door. He did close the door but on his way back a wave tossed him overboard. All he remembered was seeing the side of the ship as a great steel wall with him at the bottom. Next thing he was back on deck and running back to main control decks. He said he was neer so grateful for having his safety harness on.

[@juliejohnson5317]

😱 Holy moly! Thank goodness he survived to talk about. Scary 😳

[@StephanieElizabethMann]

@@juliejohnson5317 I was speechless. He however sounded more like he was talking about falling into the deep end of the local pool.

[@sherryneglia4804]

the local pool 😂lololololol

[@pro-wo5eb]

@@user-p7up8l4k allah can enjoy some bacon

[@quantumpotential7639]

What's this have to do about waves man?

[@aldenhaul2775]

I have worked with large mining equipment,all my life,and have seen 2 and 3 inch steel snap . What amazes me,is that these ships can stay together. It's a testiment for modern day engineering.

[@ErinShellyMason]

If you look at human history, one thing we’re REALLY good at is making boats(don’t tell that to the titanic) 😂 with the smarts behind engineering today, there’s no way these enormous ships will give! It’s kind of awesome.

[@mikee8244]

@@ErinShellyMason yes, not building the internal 'walls' (baffles?) of each separate compartment all the way to the ceiling, and leaving massive gaps at the top, was a massive error.

[@adriancarter2863]

Sadly not for the Derbyshire, a bulk carrier lost with All Hands in the Indian Ocean after she broke in two due to Design Failures. Unfortunately the Chief Engineer had taken his Wife on that fateful trip and they both drowned 😟😪.

[@outsidersongs2682]

What I learned that surprised me is that as long as their sails are not destroyed and as long as they don't collide with rocks or another ship, ships have been able to cross oceans in bad conditions for centuries at least, probably up to Beaufort force 10. It was nearing land that was dangerous in maritime history - craggy outcrops, fogs and sudden higher densities of other ships. But sailing ships did get lost in seastorms sometimes. Mostly they were able to battle through.

[@looneypeach]

"Dive, dive, dive!" "sir, this is a multi-ton ship" "I SAID DIVE"

[@sergeitrofomov2856]

hahahaha

[@hanselanderson8006]

When I was in the Navy (USN '67-71), I served on a Destroyer (DD-849) and observed mount-51 disappear, along with the rest of the forecastle, under a wave. The wave slammed onto the forward bulkhead and the entire ship shuddered. I was greatly impressed and relieved when the bow rose out of the water.

[@gregglohr]

My mom was on the QE2 in September 95 and it was hit head on by 2 100 footers.

[@robettamby]

7

[@J-I-M.28383]

umm i have a question. does your stomach drop like roller coaster when it goes crazy? i wanna know im curious

[@gowdsake7103]

@@J-I-M.28383 No its fun

[@user-yy1mp5ex6y]

Моряки,это люди видевшие ад!!!Мое безграничное уважение,я бы так не смог!!!!

[@lindaullrich7249]

I get anxious watching each one of these from the safety of my living room!

[@civillady13]

Think of all the mariners that have come before up to the age of sail and imagine them facing similar waves. Truly terrifying.

[@dreammaker9642]

They definitely ended up in the depth. Those wooden ships would stand no chance against these storm waves or worse rogue waves.

[@Malakie]

US Navy and destroyers were what I served on the first part of my career. And I LOVED that stuff. What the video does not show when you hit a wave crest like that, is that the entire ship literally vibrates and shudders fast and hard to its core. There is no way to describe what it feels like when an 8000 ton destroyer does that not only on impact but then as it also struggles to shrug off the literally tons of water. I miss it every day.

[@bobbybrown4578]

Qqq

[@chiefsnarlsnortz1610]

USCG, Retired, 7 years sea duty on WHEC’s! Luved the ride U describe!

[@xXtuscanator22Xx]

Thanks for your sacrifice guys! You guys sound like absolute units 🔥💪🏽

[@theavitaravitar1884]

Me to. I’m glad I served in the Navy. So many fond memories. Go Navy.

[@stevenweaver3386]

Destroyerman most of my career. Know that so well. Watching a 3000 ton ASW frigate's keel exposed to the bridge, then submarining after sliding down the trough and slamming into the following wave.

[@mikemillward1805]

I live in a North Sea fishing port - when the old trawlers retired from fishing, they became oil rig standby vessels. They didn't last long in the North Sea and tended to have every plate on the bow pushed in, showing the framing. We have the last trawler as a museum boat; the bow is rippled from wave damage. I also know of a 30M+ wave that hit a rig in the north North Sea and ripped the wave monitoring equipment off the underside. If you watch the "Big Bang Theory" episodes where Leonard is on the North Sea doing a hydrographic survey, the only thing I can say about that is clearly someone in the writing team had either been out there or knew someone who had - it's about as close as to correct as I've seen!

[@lacrosseguy108]

this is just terrifying lol. i think its sooo cool seeing the big waves but its also like my biggest fear in life. i can watch any horror movie, go out in the bushes looking for the boogieman alone, but show me some water and ill turn into a big cry baby lol. i dont think its thalasaphobia or how you spell it but i just have an unique fear of bodies of water, big waves, rough water

[@marklongley5738]

I was on the original HMNZS Otago F111 and in Hobart our skipper advised all crew to “tie down anything that willl move” well be sailing into a very heavy hurricane while crossing “The Bite” (Southern Ocean). We had 60ft waves for nearly two days. At one point of the crossing, i was working “mid ships”, i could hear a faint sounding of the main structure slightly bouncing up and down. Then i went to the bridge and couldn’t see anything but huge waves. The “bite” is where three oceans meet all at once, the Pacific, Indian and Antarctic oceans.

[@Pippins666]

Royal Navy veteran, 1963-77. In a force 11 in the N.Atlantic on Bacchante, standing by a sistership (frigate) whose steering gear had burnt out, and was having to rely on hand pumped hydraulics to operate the rudders. She needed a rescue ship nearby in case she got into difficulties turning her head from the sea, (She did, no rescue needed). That was my worst storm, standing on the bridge of a frigate looking UP at the waves. On rogue waves - on Minerva, stationary in the S. Atlantic off South Africa, flat calm sea. All the crew on the upper deck enjoying a barbecue (RN ships are not dry, unlike the USN). Out of the blue, one single wave, about 4 feet high, rolled across the surface, broadside on. The ship gave a sudden and large roll - about 30 degrees, then righted. Because of the calm weather, nothing had been secured below decks. In the Forward PO's mess (mine) the fridge had tipped over, milk, coffee, tea, books etc were everywhere - a real mess - just from one rogue wave

[@robbiegy2k]

3:26 when your ship becomes a submarine

[@terencej2311]

We recorded a 73-foot wave on our oil rig in the North Sea in the early 70s.

[@koriw1701]

This content was awesome! 10/10 stars! 5:49, right towards the end of the #4 video, you can see the ship go nose up over a smaller wave, and then she drops into the trough that's lying in wait. And right after that, it's almost as if you can picture the ol' boat putting her head down and her shoulder into it to slam into that final wall of water to break through it. That one even rattled *my* kettle!

[@robinkaye]

Was on a ship in 83 going down to the Falklands and we hit a rogue wave, threw me out of my bunk, it buckled the bow and broke a few pipes up in the bow, estimate for the wave 90-100 ft.

[@MiracleFound]

To think my great-great grandfather's both fished in that North Sea is terrifying. My great-grandmother swore that she would never marry a fisherman because her father died at sea.

[@febash1702]

I'm so sorry for your loss 😿 I have never been on the sea I've always stayed on the shore... This would be my worst nightmare...

[@marksark1119]

Underworld has several vids about monster waves and all of them scare the living hell outta me. And I was in the Navy for 8 years in the '70s.

[@berianpowell4433]

Anyone noticed the power of the wave managed to lift up the turret gun upwards on the new Zealand navy ship???

[@wild9344]

Love the content, keep it up! :D

[@pauldickinson6943]

you get some places in the world where people surf, impressive waves but out on the ocean when its angry is is a different story l.

[@pauldickinson6943]

is is is is, this phone does this to me everytime, really annoying.

[@pauldickinson6943]

but the phone and Facebook are the most important things in my life, I love them even more than my mother, obviously.

[@allgood6760]

Thanks mate... never underestimate the power of nature 👍🇳🇿

[@stormscout0995]

Especially in Australia and some parts of New Zealand

[@allgood6760]

@@stormscout0995 For sure here it is the Cook Strait!. 👍🇳🇿

[@oldauntzibby4395]

"What causes waves to get this big?" Water. Lots and lots of water.

[@Catglittercrafts]

Wind.

[@oldauntzibby4395]

You can have wind without waves but you cannot have waves without water.

[@cozmcwillie7897]

The liner Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mary's bigger sister) was hit by 5 rogue waves during its lifetime. Luckily when the waves struck, the ship was pointing towards them. They were tall enough to sweep over the top of the bridge continuing over the length of the vessel. The QE 2 had 2 such waves .

[@chrish0001]

There’s actually new science on rogue waves that highlight now they’re not caused by “just” wind- and it’s pretty dang cool (TLDR it’s 2 or more waves stacking up at the exact same time in the same place)

[@Drobium77]

some of the highest waves on earth happen in the North Sea. Probably due to its location in the storm belt and its very shallow depth, some parts are only 30 feet deep around the dogger bank

[@dreammaker9642]

I think there was a rogue wave measured close to 100m...

[@juliapagan1201]

It looks more like a rollercoaster ride in the ocean 🌊 truly amazing.

[@Eyes_In_Your_Darkness]

I’ve got so much respect for these people .

[@jordivandervegte5983]

I live in the Netherlands and i can assure you the North Sea can be very dangerous. Its not really deep exept for the Norwegian coast but it is very, very unpredictable.

[@jetcat132]

Gordon Lightfoot said it best didn’t he? “Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?”

[@ramon6183]

Props to who took the time to build them

[@deannawolfe6669]

Are you talking about who built the waves?!😆

[@manuelese8760]

Its amazing to think that Portuguese, Spaniards, Englishman, dutch, etc, were crossing the oceans since 500 years ago, in boats made of wood

[@ErinShellyMason]

The adrenaline junkie that loves the ocean in me is like “ooooo I wanna do that” but then I remember I have severe anxiety and I would probably be in a corner losing my friggin mind.

[@Catglittercrafts]

Lol. Same.

[@Ohne_Silikone]

I was in 50 feet waves crossing the Drake passage once. It was quite the cruise. What was most frightening were the sounds from the galley.

[@PabloP169]

I ave spent some time on an oil rig support vessel in Bass straight Australia. The vessel was 120 ft long and when on the bridge that was normally about 20-30 ft above the water but when traversing the waves during a Bass Strait storm, the bridge would be looking at the side of a wave with the top rolling another 20>30 ftt above you.

[@Matelot123]

I went through a force 12 storm on the type 22 Frigate HMS Battleaxe in the mid 80's. During the night we lost some guardrails and the type 182 torpedo decoy system on the quarterdeck. We also lost the port inner Exocet which was ripped out of its mounting and thrown up onto the higher deck behind it. It then got washed back until it hit the vertiflo door ( a stores lift) buckling the door and flooding the whole lift shaft. The missile then scraped across the Seawolf Launcher deck and went over the port side taking some of the guardrails with it. Nobody saw or heard it despite it all taking place directly in front of the bridge. The deck above the Main Communications Office was split which allowed water to leak into the MCO. The worst thing of all though was the gunners mess fridge which, being mounted in the mess on the port side facing to starboard, was ripped out and thrown across the mess. We nearly lost our beer which brought home just how terrifying the sea can be. Luckily we got our fridge and our beer back. We also got our Exocet back when it was tracked down with help from HMS Invincible the next day which was calm. They recovered it and it was remounted in Rosyth Dockyard.

[@clayjones9907]

The Men of the Edmund Fitzgerald come to mind.." when its lights went out of sight" 😢 Waves were purportedly 80 ft. trough to crest but of shorter distance horizontal thus more brutal than even No. Atlantic .. broke it. severed its spine. God watch over Mariners wherever they be. 3 trades mentioned specifically in Bible most dangerous: Mariners, Underground Mining, Logging. Done 2 of. them. Never got to Sea. Tis ancient call of Kimmerian/ Celts to go to Sea, extrodinarily difficult to repress.

[@gowdsake7103]

Was on HMS Glasgow we lost a 5 ton winch, Helicopter was smashed into the bulkhead in the hanger. The watertight door on the RPO flat burst open. We lost internal coms and went over to 47 degrees on the down drop of a 100 footer. Yep was a force 12

[@mickaela4249]

Magnifique et impressionnant🤩😮😲🤩

[@kevinansley7353]

Followed the collier Kaitawa as she took 4 days to lose her fight against a Tasman sea storm. We listened on the radio and it was not less sad for not being on video.

[@francescocilio4019]

Nice video 👍😃

[@Williamskoch7947]

I’m starting to like this it’s really 👍🏽

[@myopinion1758]

Wow that's next level waves 🌊🌊

[@johnbernard5275]

During Hurricane Gustave an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico measured a wave of 95 feet or 29 meters.

[@richardl772]

Unreal!

[@voltsoftruthBSbuster]

That sound you hear is the wave attacking structural integrity of the ships steel bulkheads and beams.

[@wisecoconut5]

This is the stuff of my literal nightmares!

[@AKSnowbat907]

Looks like a lot of these aren't "monster waves" but ships falling to in a trough as the next wave hits. If you're nose down sliding down the back of another wave when you get hit by a fresh one. It'll look huge but it's because of your angle of slip against the horizon.

[@vivienwilliams1538]

It's so difficult to feel what the people in these ships felt when the waves hit them. The camera doesn't lie but, somehow does not give the full awe of what is happening. I suppose you have to actually be there to appreciate the immensity of this incredible force of nature.

[@roosterj2599]

I've been in a few in the Pacific off the coast of southern California, San Diego. 47' of boat seems big until you get neck deep in a bad tropical storm and the waves get taller than your boat. I was 9 years old when I was in my first one. I begged my dad to take me out. He took the boat out to test gear as it was the off season. It was late December of 1979. We had to batten down the boat, kick out the scuppers, clear the deck, go inside and go for a ride. When that storm hit land it like to have destroyed Imperial Beach. The town was half flooded. Imperial Beach Pier was broken into pieces. We came in to a seriously damaged harbor. What I remember most is looking out the hatches and seeing gray sky and lightning and then the hatch being under water. We lost our antennas and li e wells. Otherwise made it home without a big s ratchet. When I went back to school I couldn't talk about it enough. My best 2 friends begged me to ask my dad if they could go out on a short trip with us. The following year they got to go. No storm though.

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

I remember the starboard side sprayshield door being completely bent and nearly ripped off the hinges even when it was dogged down. That was on DDG39 off sydney

[@woebetide871]

Death by ocean waves terrifies me.

[@NameNaameNameeNaamee]

The largest single wave on record in the north sea is 26 meters (over 85ft!), which also is the largest wave every recorded as far as I know.

[@user-qc6mb8wt6s]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, Is where sailors learn the definition of “faith” without having to use a dictionary 😂

[@daleshelden8394]

Ships don't have cockpits they have bridges!

[@UncleDave3000]

Wow! Easy to understand now why in the days of sail a lot of those old sailing ships were lost a sea without a trace.

[@francisiva8212]

The waves I encountered during my seafaring days seems like nothing compared to this monster waves...

[@bigdmac33]

"The sea shall no man tame." I had to check my laptop in case it was leaking!!

[@dzpatrioteziridedjazairi8196]

3:13 LOOK AT THE CANON AFTER AND BEFORE

[@michaelmueller9635]

3:30 "Shit..." ..." I'm not gonna lie, I was kind of scared, dude"

[@lbar9720]

He didn't explain this wave idea very good. The friction is the resistance, like the edge of the body of water, or objects in the water, and the wind is pushing against the resistance causing the wave to grow. Resistance (friction) and wind work against each other.

[@markbromage5184]

I think I need a bigger boat 🤣🤣👍

[@mrmartin7131]

One thing I’ve learned about the ocean or nature in general is that she has zero chill😬😬

[@gregglohr]

My mom was on the QE2 September '95... 2 back to back 100 footers hit it...luckily it was a head on collision( a real rarity). ✌

[@feather1950]

I remember the captain of that ship telling journalists that he was crapping himself when this came towards the ship

[@gregglohr]

You were on the QE2?

[@robinkaye]

@@gregglohr I was, and in 86 we hit the remnants of a Hurricane, the waves where about 60-90 ft and did she pitch.

[@parcour4life558]

6:38 that was brutaaaal

[@E-Brightvoid]

Santa Mar’s Captain steered the hell outta that boat

[@bryanpanvert5288]

Unbelievable

[@Daniel_Mueller]

Very nice spoken. Thank you for sharing this 🙏 👍

[@chuckmcqueen2743]

Ship's don't have cockpits, they have a bridge. It is common on most naval ships to have a port/stbd lookout closed up, they don't always depend on surface or air radars to keep watch on other ships at sea.

[@Phlegm187]

If there is a woman on board there is still a cockpit.

[@wordpad494]

When I was in the Navy back in the 90's, we were on the USS Missouri, going to be decommissioned. I was volunteered to act as a culinary specialist during a celebration of our Captain's birthday. I got into it with the 2nd in command and got locked in a freezer! Then a freakin group of terrorists took over the boat. Little did they know how decorated my past Navy experience was. After saving a playboy playmate and killing many men, we all made it back to shore safely. Point being, I've seen plenty of rogue waves in my day.

[@axllii]

Did you also beat up a gang of Italian mafioso?

[@wordpad494]

@@axllii that and so much more, but that is a story for another time...

[@MiracleFound]

Yes, I remember that very well!

[@real5609]

Was Erica elianak the bunny?

[@wordpad494]

@@real5609 maybe...

[@Phlegm187]

How come I can never find these on the jet ski

[@5isalivegaming72]

I just watched a video with a Japanese (navy?) ship that was between 2 and 3 miles out when the tsunami hit in 11' If I can find the link I'll have to comment. It was seriously a sight to behold. To watch the horizon slowly approach from miles away. Watching it get bigger and bigger and bigger. Then they just sorta roll over it. 😶 Honestly, watching the first wave come in had me awestruck.

[@robertbishop5357]

That 65 foot wave moved that warships muzzle on the gun on its bow.

[@mikehunt9884]

big waves can literally bend the steel framing of ships

[@SAGERODS250REM]

"The sea was angry that day like a old man sending back soup".

[@adamhubbard6553]

I went fishing on a hand troller south of coronation ilse 50 miles west in the gulf of alaska. At the age of 21 I experienced 45 50 ft ocean waves 🌊 80 miles an hr wind . I surfed my vessel 18 hours north to whale 🐋 Bay South of Sitka. Ak The vessels name was the nestby The vessel is docked in juneau harbor The vessel was only 40 ft from stern to bow .

[@jamesstreet228]

DANG!!!!! Green water on the bridge.

[@funkyuns1655]

15 minute video that should have been 5

[@thatsaniceboulder1483]

I feel seasick watching these

[@abcde_fz]

. 04:34 I get a kick out of the fact that the word "wind" doesn't actually appear in the "Beaufort Wind Force Scale" chart. . 🙂

[@chacdogful]

I see why boats in the 1700’s had tall bows now. Lol

[@flashgordon3715]

I'll be near the lifeboats! That tanker could bisect suddenly.

[@AnastaziaValvaine]

I often use ferries. I have never been seasick since childhood and have been able to eat normally when others were throwing up on board. My favorite movie The "Perfect Storm"/2000. I love the "white wall" in the movie, scary high (90 ft.+). strange? I know, I LOVE it - it's better than a roller coaster, bungee jump. Unfortunately, I have never experienced such freak waves as here in this video live. That's my DREAM. Normal storms i witnessed live on bord, several times, but only with normal storm waves. never had a fear of flying too. all those things attracts me magically. had a good girl friend in the US, and both we where on a storm chase trip 2017 and 2020. there are enough US people who make their money with boring storm chasing agencies, but not a single agency for "Ride the White Wall" by a ship. 😐🤭 my dream: 02:53 - Will the New Zealand Navy invite me? PLEASE? (they all seem to be nice and, above all, seaworthy!) Because I need ships where you can feel the storms, no giant tankers where you can't feel anything.

[@Catglittercrafts]

Your adrenaline addiction won’t get you on a military ship unless you join the military

[@lestermorr1264]

You need to do some tugging on the Great Lakes in the winter.

[@edwardanderson2717]

You can come on my boat

[@robinkaye]

very good vid the only thing that spoilt it was the numpty voiceover. The guy did not have the seaman's view or talk, listen to it again. The first part was on a ship and not a rig, for starters.

[@HiPickle]

till you have seen this first hand you have no idea

[@goodboyringo9716]

While in the Marines and going to Japan They ask me if I wanted to go by ship or plane . I didn't think twice , plane please !

[@iang6635]

Imagine Ragnar and Floki in that in a little timber boat 😮

[@theavitaravitar1884]

"Cockpit?" lol, obviously not a sailor. How about 'Bridge" ;-)

[@FalkiXd]

6:09 sounded like a missile hit goddess😱

[@tonyc5050]

Scary as hell

[@kjgas6945]

Saltwater washdown👍👍🤠🤠🍺🍺 been there done that about the T-shirt! 4 years in the engine room, 2 years on the bridge cross rate!'70s and '80s

[@gregschannel4918]

Sign me up . Looks fun

[@joshhooker7390]

Ships loose buoyancy in foam. Can easily take on enough water to sink them.

[@luvbig41]

If I see a wave like #4 I will assume that I am already under water. Wow....

[@kennethandrewsjr2280]

It’s the same concept for planes and ships. If the sky is angry the ocean is angry too. that means the planes have to deal with rough winds that make it fall down from the sky and the ships had to deal with rough waves that’ll make it sink into the bottom of the sea

[@FFM0594]

It's a wheelhouse, not a cockpit.

[@Max_m]

Would have preferred just compilation of videos with the talking, but still cool

[@abrahamphilip6439]

Do you get force 12 in North sea ?

[@nielsjosefsen932]

That wave on the norwegic Oil ric was not 15m but around 20-30m

[@scottmclennan6114]

3:02 Antarctic storm you meant.

[@joannafreedom7111]

meanwhile big wave surfers are taking note of these locations.

[@FXDJ_BRLN]

interesting, but i like "the storm" more

[@goldygoldy7543]

😍👏💪👌👍👍👍 I love it!!!!!!

[@mikestead3804]

Third video the rescue ships are all ways on station near rigs and why two different boats