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Rogue Waves: The Impossible Waves That Hit Like Concrete

Rogue waves are “holes in the sea”—single walls of water that appear from nowhere, hit like concrete, and vanish. For centuries, sailors swore they were real. Scientists dismissed them. The math said waves like this were essentially impossible. Then came New Year’s Day, 1995. In this deep dive, we untangle the mystery of rogue waves—from Ernest Shackleton’s encounter in the Drake Passage to the loss of the SS Waratah and the clues left behind by the MS München. We break down the moment myth became science: the Draupner Wave, captured by a laser sensor in the North Sea—proof that standard wave models were missing something. Then we unpack the three mechanisms that can create these monsters: constructive interference, wave–current interaction (like the Agulhas Current), and non-linear focusing—when waves start feeding on their neighbors. The ocean wasn’t breaking physics. We just didn’t understand the physics yet. Chapters: 00:00 - The Legend of the Wall of Water 01:51 - Folklore & Denial 07:35 - The Draupner Wave (The Proof) 09:30 - How Rogue Waves Form 13:07 - The Force of a Vertical Wave 15:34 - Rogue Wave Hotspots 18:00 - Predicting the Unpredictable 💬 Which theory scares you more—current “traffic jams,” or “energy thief” waves that grow by stealing power? 🔔 Subscribe to World Untangled for more deep dives into hidden forces shaping our world.[   / @worlduntangled  ] References & further reading: Draupner Wave (1995) – original event write-up (laser measurement): https://home.itp.ac.ru/~alexd/HSE/Hav... Draupner / “New Year Wave” analysis (wave shape & characteristics): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Rogue waves – high-level scientific review (Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics): https://www.annualreviews.org/content... Mechanisms overview (constructive interference, nonlinear effects, etc.) – classic review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Ucluelet rogue wave (Nov 2020) – peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... MaxWave project + satellite “census” of rogue waves (ESA overview): https://www.esa.int/Applications/Obse... MaxWave project results (technical summary paper): https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.or... Wave–current interaction (Agulhas region) – research on how currents reshape extremes: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... Lab recreation / controlled experiments (Draupner & crossing seas): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... Real-world incident mentioned (Louis Majesty, 2010) – reputable reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201... If I have used any clips that belongs to you but have neglected to credit you please contact me so I can credit you. #RogueWaves #DraupnerWave #OceanScience