![]() ![]() ![]() These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea - including several that approached 100 feet.Īs scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet’s waters. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories - waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out.For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. ![]()
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