Biggest Waves Ever Recorded On Camera

Coming up are some of the biggest waves ever recorded!

Credit:
Bigwavemaster1 - Storm Shocker & Big Wave Brave

Carlos Muriongo

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[anshchoudhary]

Remember: The biggest waves are the one which aren't recorded

[bigbluenationsmith]

I don’t do ocean. The ocean is the scariest place for me. That and caves.

[kazziekri]

I was 13, surfing in Hawaii with some of my friends at Waimea Bay. It was a normal day with rideable waves about 3 feet tall. The sun was setting and all the lifeguards and beachgoers had left, my friends had it to ourselves and were catching waves at the lineup about 25 feet from shore. Then out of nowhere, all the way out on the horizon, we saw these huge lines slowly coming towards us. It was eerie and the mood became serious. We had never seen waves coming from so far out before and weren't sure what to do, we decided to swim towards them to attempt going under/over them before they broke. We swam as hard as we could towards the waves, but we were too slow. The wave, which now towered at around 15 feet, crashed right in front of us. I dove underwater to escape the blast and the rag-dolling lasted for a long, exhausting time before I resurfaced, only to see the next wave of equal height about to crash down on top of me. Same thing when I came up again, but on the third wave I was kept underwater for so long that I began to say my goodbyes to my family and god in my head. I had no energy, no breath, and I knew what awaited me if I was to make it to the surface again. I thought this is the place to let go. But, after a few seconds, I decided to make one last hail mary attempt to get to the surface. I made it, and that third wave was the last one in the set. My friends and I were amazed we all survived and slowly swam back to shore, with no words being said there or on the bus ride back home. We were all in shock. That "rogue" set of waves almost drowned all of us and I feel extremely lucky to have not been killed. Rogue waves do not only happen in deep sea- always be careful. Aloha.

[JBMystwind]

Waves at night are some of the scariest things. I helmed a USS Destroyer, the Fitzgerald, out in Japan one evening, and we were launched trying to out run a typhoon that was inbound. As night set, you couldn't tell the waves from the storm above until the water crashed over the bow, or lightning flashed and gave you a glimpse of the watery hell. Cresting some of those made you felt like the ship was aiming down like a dagger into the ocean, and watching the whole front disappear under the water and that water then overtaking the bridge windows made me wonder if we would come back up after a few of those.

Still, one hell of experience that'll I'll never forget!

[sssharefff]

Vikings are gangstas for going through these kinda waves back in the day.

[ashleysmith]

Conclusion: The vikings heading west from Denmark to Scotland through the North Sea in tiny 20ft wooden boats needed giant sacks to carry their massive balls around.

[TAEXven]

Unless you’ve ever been pushed underwater by a wave you’ll never truly completely understand just how scary the waves are and how that’s just a small bit of the oceans power

[caulifoil]

the thought of being over an underwater canyon is terrifying

[tommyf]

When I was in the navy on submarines, we went under a hurricane and we were taking 10 degree rolls over 500 feet below the surface… I could only imagine how huge the waves were.

[annikajohnson]

8:30-something like this happened to me once. I was on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, and we were supposed to go to five different islands. Unfortunately, there was a big storm heading our way, and so we had to quickly sail up the northeastern coast. This meant one stop was cancelled. But anyways, we went right into the storm. People were sick left and right. I remember someone vomited in the hallway. It was bad. The ship would go up, and then slam back down. The entire ship would violently shake. It was pretty alarming. Drawers would open and close without being prompted. Glasses in the bars would shake and hit each other. You weren’t really supposed to go out on the deck, because it was pretty dangerous. Luckily, I didn’t get seasick. It was actually kind of cool because if you jumped at the perfect moment while the ship was falling, you would be weightless for a split second. Still a bit scary.

[Marco_My_Words]

I was pulled up and smashed into shore by a giant wave on Sicily as a child. Then it pulled me back into sea and I almost drowned, but my father came out and saved me. I was full of cuts and bruises, couldn't touch anything with my skin for a week. What a memory, still one of the best holidays I've ever had.

[IRONHEAD]

Back when I was in the marines, on the carrier Nimitz. We went through a storm that produced waves so high, they practically made the ship stop dead in the water. The XO looked at me, laughing while I was turning green 🤢😵‍💫. Thanks for the memories of the sea guys. Best time of my life, second only to my children and family. Best of luck to you and your families 🍀👍🏼☘️

[AzulDevin]

i love how the video ends when he starts talking about snow realizing it’s not about waves

edit: jeez it’s been a year and I come back seeing that part get extended and a ton of likes on my comment, wow. thanks you guys

[alinaczajka]

Can we just talk about the cutoff at the end. How you gonna leave us like that.

[industrialover]

Let's all take a minute to appreciate the people on the jet skis helping These Surfers

[syedakhtar]

I have experienced worse than any of these monster waves while working at sea. 2 general cargo ships, 4 oil tankers, and 1 car carrier, which was the worst of all. This is one of the most dangerous professions. God help them who are currently sailing in stormy weather.

[drockjr]

"He smashed the previous record.."

*two feet*

[fluffyhartzy]

i have a class in 3 hours, but i chose to watch this rather than sleeping.

[LouiseFranksArt]

I've sailed through the Bay of Biscay and North Sea and have to say it can be quite a hair-raising experience. Unlike the Barents Sea, which I always thought would be a wild experience, but was like a mill pond. You get good and bad days in all seas/oceans and I find it fascinating that it's only in recent times that we're starting to understand 'rogue waves'.

[BowlesTroy]

I was in heavy seas off the Aleutian Islands in 1994 aboard a flat-bottomed amphibious ship while I was in the Navy. We were seeing 30-40 foot swells. I mostly just kept below decks but after a few days of this it's just exhausting, and it takes a while to get used to walking on dry land again. But the ship I was on was huge. I figured if smaller Navy vessels had been through this we could do it too.