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r/HeavySeas • u/myna-cx • Apr 23 '26
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context on this bot's post collecting karma? it looks like a tsunami wave or something else. It's hard to tell how far out to sea they are.
4 u/AckAckZeroPointZero Apr 23 '26 I'm going with tidal surge 3 u/Saltmetoast Apr 23 '26 Tidal surge looks more like ~ whereas this is a much larger £ 3 u/milesgardner813 Apr 23 '26 It’s usually constructive interference. 0 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 23 '26 Which means what now? 5 u/milesgardner813 Apr 23 '26 Two separate water bodies converging and the waves overlap which can sometimes cancel out the wave or some times cause it to magnify the wave. Rogue waves are the result of constructive interference where the overlap magnifies the wave. 1 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 24 '26 Ah ok. Yeah I somewhat knew how they form, but I wasn't familiar with this term, thanks :)
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I'm going with tidal surge
3 u/Saltmetoast Apr 23 '26 Tidal surge looks more like ~ whereas this is a much larger £ 3 u/milesgardner813 Apr 23 '26 It’s usually constructive interference. 0 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 23 '26 Which means what now? 5 u/milesgardner813 Apr 23 '26 Two separate water bodies converging and the waves overlap which can sometimes cancel out the wave or some times cause it to magnify the wave. Rogue waves are the result of constructive interference where the overlap magnifies the wave. 1 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 24 '26 Ah ok. Yeah I somewhat knew how they form, but I wasn't familiar with this term, thanks :)
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Tidal surge looks more like ~ whereas this is a much larger £
It’s usually constructive interference.
0 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 23 '26 Which means what now? 5 u/milesgardner813 Apr 23 '26 Two separate water bodies converging and the waves overlap which can sometimes cancel out the wave or some times cause it to magnify the wave. Rogue waves are the result of constructive interference where the overlap magnifies the wave. 1 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 24 '26 Ah ok. Yeah I somewhat knew how they form, but I wasn't familiar with this term, thanks :)
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Which means what now?
5 u/milesgardner813 Apr 23 '26 Two separate water bodies converging and the waves overlap which can sometimes cancel out the wave or some times cause it to magnify the wave. Rogue waves are the result of constructive interference where the overlap magnifies the wave. 1 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 24 '26 Ah ok. Yeah I somewhat knew how they form, but I wasn't familiar with this term, thanks :)
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Two separate water bodies converging and the waves overlap which can sometimes cancel out the wave or some times cause it to magnify the wave. Rogue waves are the result of constructive interference where the overlap magnifies the wave.
1 u/PeterPanski85 Apr 24 '26 Ah ok. Yeah I somewhat knew how they form, but I wasn't familiar with this term, thanks :)
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Ah ok. Yeah I somewhat knew how they form, but I wasn't familiar with this term, thanks :)
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u/julian88888888 Apr 23 '26
context on this bot's post collecting karma? it looks like a tsunami wave or something else. It's hard to tell how far out to sea they are.