A unique place where waves repeatedly crash against each other
The phenomenon this post describes is hard to believe, but a group of bodyboard enthusiasts have discovered a specific spot in the ocean where the underground topography causes waves to smash against each other from four different directions, and do so with such tremendous force that water is flung hundreds of feet into the air.
And it’s not two waves converging – in many cases it’s actually two giant 12-footers colliding with another two smaller waves backwashing out from the shore, plunging simultaneously into a gap left by hydrodynamic forces over a reef close to the surface, causing a huge volume of water to rocket skyward as if a depth charge has gone off underneath the waves.
That footage has got to be seen to be believed, so I have embedded it below. This collision of waves happens again and again, at the same exact spot. There isn’t any unique physics or science going on however. What we are looking at is simply the amazing possibilities that ordinary physics presents to our infinite universe.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
The phenomenon this post describes is hard to believe, but a group of bodyboard enthusiasts have discovered a specific spot in the ocean where the underground topography causes waves to smash against each other from four different directions, and do so with such tremendous force that water is flung hundreds of feet into the air.
And it’s not two waves converging – in many cases it’s actually two giant 12-footers colliding with another two smaller waves backwashing out from the shore, plunging simultaneously into a gap left by hydrodynamic forces over a reef close to the surface, causing a huge volume of water to rocket skyward as if a depth charge has gone off underneath the waves.
That footage has got to be seen to be believed, so I have embedded it below. This collision of waves happens again and again, at the same exact spot. There isn’t any unique physics or science going on however. What we are looking at is simply the amazing possibilities that ordinary physics presents to our infinite universe.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
And it’s off Australia, because of course it is.
Cool video!
Richard M,
I figure it’s just the place where all the water that disappears into the Norwegian Maelstrom pops out after passing clear through the Earth. :)
This needs to be called “The Polaris Effect.”
I want that—badly
Guess why
https://www.spacedaily.com/news/future-00q.html
This would be good for Sea Dragon:
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4355823/navy-invests-448-million-in-ai-and-autonomy-to-accelerate-shipbuilding/
This obviously just one of the effects of the climate catastrophe.
This reminds me of an opposite or inverted effect being explored to create artificial waves for surfers. A machine is used to create and push waves outwards in a circular direction versus having the waves collide inwards, creating that huge column of water.
https://www.surflakes.com/
Are there mariners records/tales of something strange happening in the area or possible ship wrecks or disappearances near this locations?
You don’t need those to get pitch poled—though freak waves are more common to the south of The Cape of Good Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVB7DwMdS0
U.S.S. Ramapo encountered a 112 foot Rogue (before folks thought waves could not get above 60 feet)
If you want to see these things up close but in safety–go to Nazare’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P0jg9RVJhI
Look at the 0:12 mark
The biggest waves need a long fetch of sea to build up real power–what the guys Down Under found is probably only a danger to them, as ships would avoid any areas prone to grounding–such terrain is what breathes life into their discovery….the aquatic equivalent of a “confused sky.”
That’s my guess at least.