Incredible, 108-foot tall wave at Mavericks, fetch from that North Pacific bombcycle last week. Possibly the largest wave ever surfed. #Mavericks #BombCycloneWaveStorm www.sfgate.com/sports/artic... - ThreadSky

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social • 64 days ago

Incredible, 108-foot tall wave at Mavericks, fetch from that North Pacific bombcycle last week. Possibly the largest wave ever surfed. #Mavericks #BombCycloneWaveStorm https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/santa-cruz-surfer-rode-potential-world-record-wave-20008890.php

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sybilchaos.bsky.social•64 days ago

70ft wave.

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social•63 days ago

Could be, 70ft suggested here too. https://www.surfer.com/news/alo-slebir-huge-mavericks-wave-dec-23

sybilchaos.bsky.social•62 days ago

It was a guesstimate on my part. Once thing is for certain though, even if it is 'only' 70ft, it is at least 68ft higher than I would feel comfortable attempting... 🤣

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social•64 days ago

This was the bomb cyclone storm - pressure drop of at least 24 millibars in 24 hours - that caused the big swell. https://bsky.app/profile/dustinmulvaney.bsky.social/post/3ldsf7okabk2f

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social•64 days ago

🌊🌊🌊https://bsky.app/profile/dustinmulvaney.bsky.social/post/3ldrtr7jqe22p

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social•64 days ago

Big waves made it all the way to Peru! https://bsky.app/profile/fabriceardhuin.bsky.social/post/3lejx4ian4224

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social•64 days ago

Big waves are getting bigger. Higher sea surface temperatures mean more wave power. https://bsky.app/profile/dustinmulvaney.bsky.social/post/3le2tsg4awk2j

transverseranges.bsky.social•64 days ago

Rising sea level, increase water depth, increase wave height, increase wave energy.

nemounruhe.bsky.social•64 days ago

Nice write up here:

https://www.surfer.com/news/alo-slebir-huge-mavericks-wave-dec-23

nemounruhe.bsky.social•64 days ago

I was shaking my head until I saw the picture. It might be in the triple digits for sure. I spent a lot of time up on the cliff, and I never saw anything close to that big.

jencarole.bsky.social•64 days ago

Dustin, why does he stay so low on the wave?

bargdaffy.bsky.social•64 days ago

He is not Spider Man, the slope of the wave is what determines the balance of Falling off the Wave and Riding the portion of the Wave that will produce the greatest velocity in the chosen direction.

jencarole.bsky.social•64 days ago

Get out!! No wonder we lost our wharf!