Sentences with phrase «called freak waves»

Rogue waves — also called freak waves — are unusually large surface waves that occur in the ocean.

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The model has been validated through laboratory experiments on a human - made freak or rogue wave (the so - called «soliton splash») using test tanks.
Called rogues or freaks, such waves are the stuff of mariners» nightmares — towering, steep - faced walls of water that weigh millions of tons.
Potentially extremely dangerous realistic rogue waves — also called as freak waves — can now be controlled and generated at will in laboratory environments, in similar conditions as they appear in the ocean.
Today's G - Land surf report thanks to our good friends at the ever famous G - Land Surf Camp came through at 7.00 AM East Java time calling in head to double head high waves and the occasional triple head high freak set peeling off down through Money Tree's.
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