The low pressure system that impacted the west coast of the United States over Thanksgiving was generating monster waves rarely observed on the high seas. The wave heights were recorded by a Coastal Data Information Program buoy located off Cape Mendocino in northern California on November 27th, as a strong Pacific storm approached the U.S. West Coast. According to the … [Read more...]
Gigantic 17-Meter Significant Wave Heights Forecast for NW Pacific Ship Lanes
A rapidly developing storm low is forecast off the coast of Japan January 22nd-23rd with storm to hurricane-force winds and significant wave heights to 17 meters, or about 56 Feet. This will be a dangerous storm affecting ships arriving and departing Japan, according to Ocean Weather Services, a provider of marine weather routing to the shipping industry. While … [Read more...]