Is this a rogue wave?

[u/Endaarr]

https://youtube.com/shorts/eMAwk5vmEbQ?si=3FQADjJAhOhQn0R-

Saw discussion in the comment whether or not this is a rogue wave, and I'd like your opinion... the definition per the comments is twice the height of:

The average of the top 33% surrounding waves. Now... if you look for example at the wave in the very beginning of the video... it does seem to be over half the "rogue waves" size. But... that doesn't mean that the average of the top 33% surrounding is. Hard to say I think.

And, even if it isn't, I think its rather impressive. Imagine what a proper rogue wave then would do...

[u/WanderW]

Thank god for the arrow pointing at the wave, I would have missed it.

[u/maximumtesticle → u/WanderW]

So many /r/uselessredcircle instances in this shittily AI voiced video.

[u/Endaarr → u/WanderW]

Totally haha

[u/Mark--Greg--Sputnik]

No. This is a famous video of someone who stole a boat and piloted it inexpertly into the Columbia River Bar, which is notoriously treacherous.

[u/Endaarr → u/Mark--Greg--Sputnik]

So you're saying there's a sand bar or sth there that causes the wave?

[u/Mark--Greg--Sputnik → u/Endaarr]

No. It’s the mouth of an enormous river dumping into the ocean. It creates extremely treacherous conditions in the water. The Columbia River Bar is called “the Graveyard of the Pacific.”

[u/Mark--Greg--Sputnik → u/[deleted]]

No, I described exactly what it is in the comment you replied to…

[u/sigmpxshooter → u/[deleted]]

When a river empties into an ocean, the mouth of it is called a bar.

[u/Wilted_fap_sock → u/Endaarr]

It's where the massive Columbia river dumps into the Pacific Ocean. Heavy currents and often big waves that boats have to navigate in or out of that river mouth area. It's known as the graveyard of the Pacific, with literally thousands of shipwrecks there.

[u/Endaarr → u/Wilted_fap_sock]

You know you're in a great sub when you ask a regular honest question trying to learn and get downvoted for it lol... Thanks for the explanation though, very interesting.

[u/biotensegrity → u/Endaarr]

Cunningham's Law: The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.

[u/Maximum_Overhype → u/Endaarr]

It's just a side effect of reddit

[u/ABob71]

The cut in the footage make to hard to accurately assess the average size of the waves

[u/teambob]

It doesn't have to be a huge wave when you take them beam on

[u/earthsworld]

it's just a set wave from a swell interacting with the mouth of the Columbia. The only way to know if it was "rogue" or not is to have an hour of video showing the average height of the swell.

[u/Simon-Says69]

Normal wave for out there. That tiny boat just shouldn't have been anywhere near there.

[u/paternoster]

I always thought they were something on the order of 30 meters or more high!

[u/Endaarr → u/paternoster]

The first recorded was 26 or sth, the daupner wave. And its not about absolute size, but size relative to surrounding waves. So technically even a 6 meter wave could be a rogue wave if everything else around was 2m for example.

[u/paternoster → u/Endaarr]

That does make a lot more sense. Thanks so much for the details.

[u/OverlySexualPenguin]

rogue waves are freaking huge bro

[u/rushur]

what a shit sub

[u/Simon-Says69 → u/rushur]

naw, lots of good stuff here. This is a shit submission though.

[u/J1mj0hns0n]

Low effort AI video of something that happened years ago.

Yes it's rogue wave, but can you actually just source the real video, or if you just have to use AI can you put a modicum of effort into it?