Freakwave of 30 meters high. Vessel: Mv.Metsaborg. Company: Wagenborg. Place of freakwave: North Atlantic. Time: 1-2 February 2008 Ship Length x Breadth: 135 m X 17 m
Remember that most of people in history that dealt with waves like this did so in a ship made of wood. I struggle to think of what an incredible ordeal an ocean crossing must have been.
My dad was a Merchant Marine and he sailed for 42 years... He always said, "no matter how big you think you are, the ocean is always bigger...you can be on a crest at one moment then looking up at a 60 ft wall of water the next".
@@MrShanester117 naaah yeaah …. and you’re a dead-set asshole, who clearly struggles to comprehend basic words, making it near on impossible for you to consider things beyond the superficial ….. yep …. … so aaahhhh … what did your dad teach you ? How to be a wanker ?
I worked in the North Sea on trawlers and got to see first hand how crazy it could get. Best example was trawling one day and it was stunning - barely a wind and perfect for us. Some older experienced crew suddenly began running around screaming. The trawler engine went to full revs, we altered course and as fast they could were winching the nets back up from the sea bed. A crewman grabbed me and began shouting orders what to be doing. As we worked furiously to those tasks, I shouted to him what was happening. I'll never forget his words as he almost shouted and spat them out with a fear in his eyes - "Green water. It's green water. Did you not see it". I did see it but thought it was the sun moving behind a small cloud - not so. Seems that those old men knew a thing or two and that a sudden change in the sea there meant a terrible storm was coming in fast. I could see nothing and half laughed at him but he was furious. He screamed at me to stop and to keep working fast. I kid ye not - within 10 minutes of that initial change in the colour of the sea water a storm was brewing. It had come from nowhere. It appeared above us and around us. The winds and waves picked up fast. So fast that we still hadn't prepared for it fully and the heavy fishing net was still being winched up. We reached a point where we only had the net to finish bringing up. Some men held my upper arms with their hands and stared into my eyes. "Whatever happens, stay with the flotsun. If you see something floating, stuff it into your clothing" I was told. I was in a daze as they told me. It meant that they expected the trawler to sink. We wore floatation clothing and would float for the most but the sea was the killer - hypothermia. If we went in we had around 8 minutes before we'd die. Rescue would not reach us in time if we did and the men were telling me my body would float (if I did what they said) and my family would get closure on my death. The net was heavy and still coming up. The weight of the net meant that the trawler barely had the strength to go over the huge swell that had formed. The trawler was quite literally going through the huge waves at they pummeled the hull. We were in a sheltered part of the deck and would watch as the waves went over us and we'd exit the other side. The white foamy water and the more green solid colours was beautiful to watch. Eventually we got the net up. Too dangerous to lift it onto the deck and instead we chained it to the side. The whole time the skipper making a rapid race to a safe port. We eventually made it though coastguards were aware of us. They'd kept in constant contact throughout. That was the day I saw just how dangerous the sea could be.
I've seen these sudden sea storms from land. They are so vicious from the beach, I can't imagine how terrifying it must be out on the ocean. The north sea has a temperament all of its own. Nothing compares to what you described.
My Neighbour was a north sea fisherman skipper, all his working life, his son told me it is always better that you didnt learn to swim, your suffering well not be so long, If the boat goes down.
They really didn't think that; even back in 240 B.C.E. a Greek mathematician named Eratosthenes came up with a clever way of estimating the actual circumference of the planet. Contrary to popular belief, no one important thought that the earth was flat. Flat earth believers were basically the conspiracy theorists of the day; it had been proven the earth was round long before. Columbus' claim was that the earth was much smaller than it was and was known to be. Since knowledge of the American landmass lying between the routes was not well known, it was assumed that the distance to Asia was open ocean and ships of the time period could not carry the provisions necessary to make such a trip. Columbus was wrong about the size of the earth and had he not blundered into the American continent, his ships would have starved at sea long before reaching Asia.
@@stangneshakon Right, but the Norse tribes that discovered a route to the Americas were not fully aware of the scale of their discovery nor was it relayed to the rest civilized world by the time Columbus was alive.
Regardless of the flat earth concept, the technology of wooden boats were WAY too fragile. Hundreds of thousands were lost at sea because of these waves. Scary shit.
It's wonderful how CZcams does that. Starts with an unemployed Brazilian boiling an egg and finishes with a Thai girl pole dancing in a seedy bar in Phuket...or so I am told, eh? lol.
Trust me you'd laugh cause crying isn't an option. Your on the ship there is nothing you can do so you watch the waves and laugh at why you're doing this for a living
A wave like that hit a large trawler that I was on. It bent the front bulkhead and knocked out the primary radar. Also damage the secondary. We went back in using the foghorn at night like sonar. That's the last time I went offshore.
i promise you that you didn't take a wave like that in a fishing boat my guy. that is easily 20 meters. probably closer to 30 meters. that's 100 feet for the americans in the crowd. this is one of the biggest waves anyone has ever seen and survived. drilling platforms and maybe the biggest container ships in the world can take a wave that size, and nothing else.
@@plack_benis382 fam taking one look at your name i'd assume you have a tough time hitting the bowl when you piss or pour milk into your cereal. don't talk to a man like me again.
Please note the diagnal approach to the incoming waves. I believe this is done to minimise hull stress by keeping the crest of the wave traveling from front to back while keeping the ship as level as possible. A similar approach is utilised when going over large obsticles in an off road vehicle to minimise thumping and keeping things as level as possible. If the ship were to head into the wave bow first, it would rise up from the front. The bow would get over the wave crest and then the rest of the ship would thump over the wave causing a catapult effect to the back. This would be very stressful on the structure. If the ship just let the wave hit them on the side, it could capsize the vessel. The diagnal approach seems the best approach to the waves.
@@neovo903 Unfortunately, it is not a guaranteed method. It is just like going over an off road obsticle in the same manner does not guarantee the vehicle will not get stuck. The best way to assure ship safety is stay on calm seas. The best way to assure your vehicle does not get stuck is stay on flat ground sigh no obsticles. But what is the fun in that?
As a person who plans on, once retired, go cruising the world in a small (40-50 ft) sailboat. This thing really freaks me out. Since I learnt about 'rogue waves', I am rethinking the whole sailing thing.
Mate!!!!! That is terrifying. Either it was 30 metered or not, that's irrelevant. The ship was pretty close to snapping in two by the looks of things, or at least suffering irreversible damages. Thumbs up to the welders, ship builders and especially the crew and captain, if he was steering the ship.
@@thanesgames9685 Big difference between a rusty 50 year old ex soviet coastal vessel and a proper maintained 20 year old sea going vessel aint it? Probably also properly loaded. Again that vessel was not near breaking point and the auto pilot still wants kuddos.
Very lucky the ship wasn't made out of cardboard or cardboard derivatives. Not to forget how difficult it would have been tow it out of the environment.
For those wondering how such waves are formed: When multiple smaller waves with the right frequency come together they can result in a way bigger wave.
Yes, you can get simple linear addition with different wave and swell sets. Guessing thats what’s happening here since the biggest wave is not strikingly larger (like 2x) or steeper than the surrounding waves. But there are sometimes non-linear effects where energy from a wave group area gets drained and refocused into (usually) one extremely tall and steep wave compared to its surroundings.
The catch 22 is that if the wave is tall enough and steep enough, the ship hull can crack as the front portion becomes unsupported while the stern is still in wave.
You actually captured a rogue wave on camera! Thats probably the biggest wave I have ever seen on film - probably bigger than all of the "biggest ever" waves surfed on Oahu. Thanks for posting. Shows how even a full sized ship can be sunk.
No. People have surfed 100 foot waves. That was probably close to it. And it’s not hard to sink a full size ship like that. Especially the longer it is, the easier it is to break.
@@davelowesky8054 Really, the premise of The Poseidon Adventure was that rogue waves are a known hazard, even though exaggerated in the movie. With all the vessels afloat at any one moment, it's pretty much inevitable that a great ship eventually is in the path of a tremendous wave, or even a tsunami.
Captain did a great job rolling to port over that wave. Imagine if he went head on? That would seriously be testing the engineering of that beautiful ship.
@@Seahorn_ Can you clarify what had nothing to do with the wave? My comment is about the great job the captain did rolling over the wave. How is it the captain's skillful traversal of the wave has nothing to do with the wave? wtf m8
@@forgotaboutbre That vessel is in a gale. A vessel will adjust course and speed to better deal with the waves when in gale. They did that too (long time before the sea state were to this level). I am 99.999999% sure that they use the auto pilot, to steer the vessel. Even then, in that condition. That rolling that you see is just the vessel reaction to the wave(s) there are no humans at that moment involved with steering. The humans on the bridge (most probably only the officer of the watch) just braced themselves when the waves past (and hopefully the chairs did not break as they have flimsy chairs on these vessels)
@@Seahorn_ Oh okay, in that case I withdraw my compliment to the captain, and re-apply my compliment to the auto-pilot software, which does a fantastic job at navigating the swell in a way that minimizes hull stresses.
The calm inside the cabin creates such a contrast with the ferocity of the waves outside -- just a few objects falling to the floor indicates any disturbance! And he's able to LAUGH!!! Kudos!!! 😺💕🐾
+Hanibaltherogue A wave a lot bigger and steeper then the highest other waves around ... whats the name? Freak wave! what else? It was quite some luck, the wave was breaking a bit later, wrong timepoint might have broken the vessel.
Lightningchase1973 It's hard to be sure just how large this wave is, but a rogue wave has to be at least twice the significant wave height (the average height) in an area. This one doesn't *appear* to be double the average.
Mmm, I'm glad you mentioned that you saw it on Radar and fetched you camera. . Thinking and actting to share the information and pictures; that's what CZcams is all about -thanks for posting. cheers.
respect to the captain, what a control of such a rare rare adrenalized situation .....very talented to keep a big machine like that in even bigger waves
What makes the wave more horrifying is seeing how old the filming is as this would be something you see from the 196ps but in color as the old frame in the video makes it seem much more realistic in a way.
What is really interesting is the rushing sea foam prior to the large wave, which gives the impression of surface water moving faster than deeper water which is acting like a seashore and creating the white foam. This is the Mv.Metsaborg and this video is the only verified footage of a freak wave measuring 98ft from trough to crest. Incredibly scary... it's hard to see that height because the video compresses the image! But I remember reading about it at the time that scientist were able to measure it by the angles against ship measurements etc or something like that.
I have seen 110 to 170 ft tall waves, only once you see them you believe them and you never forget, tho you may wish they were never true and with that, the possibility to see them again in your sea life. They truly make you feel in place, and not just you but even your ship regardless sizes... they moved slower than those, towering above like an elephant passing by you, they were like deadly pyramids thousands of tons above passing by our Navy carrier. They were between two to three times our size, but "the valleys" we were forced to go through may have at times make them see higher. Once, all you could see of horizon all around us was a sea wall made from different ones, like if we were a rubber ducky going down the tub drain, it raised the hairs of my arms. Thankfully none of them crashed on us or dripped from their tops even a few hundreds of tons of solid spray our way upon our flight deck, it would have caused some major harm.
It is a rollercoaster ride (and quite literally gut spilling if seasick) in 30/40 foot waves if you are at either end of the ship in particular, as I've experienced on a far larger ship (the good old QE2 to be precise before her retirement to Dubai in 2008). Using a lift/elevator in the above mentioned weather is a very strange feeling too and can be risky so far as the lift/elevator jamming in the shaft or otherwise stopping due to the ships movement. 60 foot waves would be the above magnified somewhat to say the least!
Spent 3 years in the U.S. Navy sailing the Atlantic and Pacific. We got involved in so many storms that it became like a walk in the park. Just turned over and went back sleep.
+Robert Young It had it's back broken. The Great Lakes are some of the most dangerous bodies of water in the World in the winter. As huge as some of these ships are, there is always something out there waiting to sink it.
Really don't think anyone here has an idea of what a 30 metre wave would look like. MV Metsaborg is a small 137m long vessel, and while the wave shown is a larger that the average, no way is it 30m high. The leading face of the wave would be much steeper, so the crest would effectively fall onto the vessel - doing lots of damage, too. All that happened here, was a somewhat larger wave than the average started to break, and washed over the deck . . . bumpy day for seafarers . .
I agree, it was a freak wave since it was abnormaly higher than the other waves, but it wasnt anywhre near 30 metres. I dunno why this even is in the video description
Shipping TV that wave crested as high as the bridge. How high do you think that is? 19m or 60 feet trough to crest? It broke before it hit the ship. I know the rogues suspected of taking out big ships are 25-30m high but this is still significant.
waves are measured from the peak to the trough. So a 30m wave is only 15m higher than normal sea level. I do agree with you that it is still unlikely to be 30m
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30 metre or not, they were in real danger as after the wave broke you can notice the ship undulating. This is how ships break in half when the structural safety limits are exceeded and the fate of all on board is then sealed.
These ships are like cities on the water. And these waves make it look like a toy. Now imagine being on that ship and seeing those waves in person. Terrifying
That looks bloody scary. Thanks for posting the statistics of your ship sounds like the size of freight ships that we get here in the Channel Islands (because of small harbours). I think I would have been seasick if I was on there in these waves. Luckily you did not have to bail out into a liferaft or the waves would have looked a million times bigger.
These waves put tremendous amount of strain on the ships hull, modern ship building is impressive, steel ships have broken in half before from 30 metre waves.
Wood tends to have natural floatyness to it while metal sinks like a rock. Idk.. people underestimate wooden ships. They’re more sturdy than they may appear. Tho I’d imagine that many were smashed by great waves too without a doubt.
It's unreal imagining the stresses on the hull of a ship. When stretched between two waves think of the weight in the middle. Then when balanced on a wave like a see saw imagine the force trying to break hull in half.
As big as that wave looked bet it was bigger to the seaman looking at it !!! Like a cliff Amazing seamanship! You have to admire the captain and crew and the ships themselves as well as the awesome ocean !
I met a ship captain that showed me footage of a 100 ft rogue wave crashing into the 1000+ ft oil tanker he was piloting. It damaged several catwalks that went between structures on the deck. Crazy stuff!
I guess that was two or three waves that were "melted together". Like an old and slow from three weaks, putting a brake on the others. So a new and fast gets blocked by it, and a third catches up so they reach their peak together.
Remember that most of people in history that dealt with waves like this did so in a ship made of wood. I struggle to think of what an incredible ordeal an ocean crossing must have been.
@@Dom_Solo what would he be triggered from?
@@RevPerdueJosh you mad too? Aww
@@Dom_Solo So you are saying most nations that never ventured out to sea were civilised? Learn some history bro.
@@chatteyj I said none of that. Reading comprehension is key.
@@Dom_Solo But what would he be triggered from lol?
I never knew I wanted videos of large waves hitting boats but here I am
I feel you
Let the algorithm guide you to your hearts desires
& now I’m off to look at tsunami’s, see you there!
As a navy vet......I miss `em!
I'm in the same boat, brother.
My dad was a Merchant Marine and he sailed for 42 years... He always said, "no matter how big you think you are, the ocean is always bigger...you can be on a crest at one moment then looking up at a 60 ft wall of water the next".
Still we humans manage to pollute it with our stupid plastic -.-
@Bastian That will go on forever, no matter how hard we try to cover it up, or even try to solve it.
So your dad taught you that oceans are bigger then boats? Wow. Brilliant
@@MrShanester117 lol, obviously you'rea jack off. Do you show your ass often?
@@MrShanester117 naaah yeaah …. and you’re a dead-set asshole, who clearly struggles to comprehend basic words, making it near on impossible for you to consider things beyond the superficial ….. yep ….
… so aaahhhh … what did your dad teach you ? How to be a wanker ?
I worked in the North Sea on trawlers and got to see first hand how crazy it could get. Best example was trawling one day and it was stunning - barely a wind and perfect for us. Some older experienced crew suddenly began running around screaming. The trawler engine went to full revs, we altered course and as fast they could were winching the nets back up from the sea bed. A crewman grabbed me and began shouting orders what to be doing. As we worked furiously to those tasks, I shouted to him what was happening. I'll never forget his words as he almost shouted and spat them out with a fear in his eyes - "Green water. It's green water. Did you not see it". I did see it but thought it was the sun moving behind a small cloud - not so. Seems that those old men knew a thing or two and that a sudden change in the sea there meant a terrible storm was coming in fast. I could see nothing and half laughed at him but he was furious. He screamed at me to stop and to keep working fast.
I kid ye not - within 10 minutes of that initial change in the colour of the sea water a storm was brewing. It had come from nowhere. It appeared above us and around us. The winds and waves picked up fast. So fast that we still hadn't prepared for it fully and the heavy fishing net was still being winched up.
We reached a point where we only had the net to finish bringing up. Some men held my upper arms with their hands and stared into my eyes. "Whatever happens, stay with the flotsun. If you see something floating, stuff it into your clothing" I was told. I was in a daze as they told me. It meant that they expected the trawler to sink. We wore floatation clothing and would float for the most but the sea was the killer - hypothermia. If we went in we had around 8 minutes before we'd die. Rescue would not reach us in time if we did and the men were telling me my body would float (if I did what they said) and my family would get closure on my death.
The net was heavy and still coming up. The weight of the net meant that the trawler barely had the strength to go over the huge swell that had formed. The trawler was quite literally going through the huge waves at they pummeled the hull. We were in a sheltered part of the deck and would watch as the waves went over us and we'd exit the other side. The white foamy water and the more green solid colours was beautiful to watch. Eventually we got the net up. Too dangerous to lift it onto the deck and instead we chained it to the side. The whole time the skipper making a rapid race to a safe port.
We eventually made it though coastguards were aware of us. They'd kept in constant contact throughout.
That was the day I saw just how dangerous the sea could be.
nice story bro. My utmost respect for you. I wouldn't dare to do anything like that
I've seen these sudden sea storms from land. They are so vicious from the beach, I can't imagine how terrifying it must be out on the ocean. The north sea has a temperament all of its own. Nothing compares to what you described.
My Neighbour was a north sea fisherman skipper, all his working life, his son told me it is always better that you didnt learn to swim, your suffering well not be so long, If the boat goes down.
You know things are about to get bad when the seasoned are on edge. Glad you guys got through OK
I'm terrified of the open water. This is one of the most intense things I've ever read online.
Imagine being on a boat 600 years ago in waves like this thinking that you could fall off the planet at any moment
They really didn't think that; even back in 240 B.C.E. a Greek mathematician named Eratosthenes came up with a clever way of estimating the actual circumference of the planet. Contrary to popular belief, no one important thought that the earth was flat. Flat earth believers were basically the conspiracy theorists of the day; it had been proven the earth was round long before. Columbus' claim was that the earth was much smaller than it was and was known to be. Since knowledge of the American landmass lying between the routes was not well known, it was assumed that the distance to Asia was open ocean and ships of the time period could not carry the provisions necessary to make such a trip. Columbus was wrong about the size of the earth and had he not blundered into the American continent, his ships would have starved at sea long before reaching Asia.
@@Algernon7 but the Vikings...
@@stangneshakon Right, but the Norse tribes that discovered a route to the Americas were not fully aware of the scale of their discovery nor was it relayed to the rest civilized world by the time Columbus was alive.
Regardless of the flat earth concept, the technology of wooden boats were WAY too fragile. Hundreds of thousands were lost at sea because of these waves. Scary shit.
who8myfish yup. Eratosthenes, brilliant geographer.
All of this started with a video of a windmill being destroyed, then rocks falling in water, then boulders rolling down hills, and here we are
It's wonderful how CZcams does that. Starts with an unemployed Brazilian boiling an egg and finishes with a Thai girl pole dancing in a seedy bar in Phuket...or so I am told, eh? lol.
What a time to be alive
ME TOO
WOW same, youtube is spinning us all in the same circle?
@@scottiedavis5527 sounds like a dutch thing
youtube: he’ll watch basically anything at this point
What’s wrong with this image?
I’m in it and I don’t like it
That's funny
I was about to search fat guy in a kayak because of youtube I just gave up
😂😂😭
When you hear laughing it means "that was fun but we should have capsized."
Great name Mr. Fitswell
It's a laugh for "i can't believe we didn't die!"
Yeah, you don't want broadsided by one of those.
Or "we shouldve split in half"
Yes, that’s the “I’m glad we survived that” laugh.
I'd pray in name of every single welder who had combined that stuff all together without any small mistake.
unfortunately, I was on a newly build trawler that had some pretty bad welder putting it together and was in a storm not quite this bad.
PJ Butler and.......?
@@fatboynip They sank, and PJ died...rofl...nah, obviously they were fine...problably some damage...
@@Ola_Uteligger lol ur funny keep up that spirit
@@fatboynip and ship's wifi went out (((((
I can tell by his laughter, he's 10 times the man I am
Trust me you'd laugh cause crying isn't an option.
Your on the ship there is nothing you can do so you watch the waves and laugh at why you're doing this for a living
ElectronicPleasure What????
What, what?
ElectronicPleasure what's with the symbols?
They weren't there when i first typed it. I've seen this before on other posts too. must a YT comment bug.
There you go, Edited and corrected.
I watch one wave video, now CZcams thinks that's all I'm into. I guess this is my life now 🤷🏼♂️
It is :)
A wave like that hit a large trawler that I was on. It bent the front bulkhead and knocked out the primary radar. Also damage the secondary. We went back in using the foghorn at night like sonar. That's the last time I went offshore.
Smart man
i promise you that you didn't take a wave like that in a fishing boat my guy. that is easily 20 meters. probably closer to 30 meters. that's 100 feet for the americans in the crowd. this is one of the biggest waves anyone has ever seen and survived. drilling platforms and maybe the biggest container ships in the world can take a wave that size, and nothing else.
@@Peter-zg3em we know what meters are you ponce
Fuk me where was that bro?..I'm in north Queensland used to work at a boat yard and seem some damage to vessels that should not go back in the water
@@plack_benis382 fam taking one look at your name i'd assume you have a tough time hitting the bowl when you piss or pour milk into your cereal. don't talk to a man like me again.
When the vídeo is from 2008 but the comments are from 2 hours ago
I don't even know how I got here.
@@ericmaloney3889 me neither
Seriously, what the fuck... Why am I even here?
The youtube algorithm has blessed us.
roflmao
Please note the diagnal approach to the incoming waves. I believe this is done to minimise hull stress by keeping the crest of the wave traveling from front to back while keeping the ship as level as possible. A similar approach is utilised when going over large obsticles in an off road vehicle to minimise thumping and keeping things as level as possible. If the ship were to head into the wave bow first, it would rise up from the front. The bow would get over the wave crest and then the rest of the ship would thump over the wave causing a catapult effect to the back. This would be very stressful on the structure. If the ship just let the wave hit them on the side, it could capsize the vessel. The diagnal approach seems the best approach to the waves.
Also used on lowered cars trying to get over speed bumps.
yeah. Ive seen a video of a tanker literally snapping in half because it hit a wave head on, scary stuff
@@SkylineBNR34For any vehicle to get over any obsticle, it seems the diagnal approach stresses the vehicle the least.
Some ships have split in 2 going over a wave perpendicular
@@neovo903 Unfortunately, it is not a guaranteed method. It is just like going over an off road obsticle in the same manner does not guarantee the vehicle will not get stuck. The best way to assure ship safety is stay on calm seas. The best way to assure your vehicle does not get stuck is stay on flat ground sigh no obsticles. But what is the fun in that?
As a person who plans on, once retired, go cruising the world in a small (40-50 ft) sailboat. This thing really freaks me out.
Since I learnt about 'rogue waves', I am rethinking the whole sailing thing.
You gotta kick Dale and Brennan out of the house first!
Rogue waves are not dangerous to sailboats. It's small enough to not get damaged and it's impossible to capsize sailships.
@@yatzeegamingop id hate yo break it to you but it is possible for *any ship* to capsize given the right circumstances
@@yatzeegamingop Sailboats will capsize for sure but they self right easily due to the keel.
They are not “rogue” waves. That is the sea.
The shipmen are speaking Dutch and saying "Shit dude look at that" "DAMN" "Jesus" and "What a Unit". Understandable reaction.
And something about filling 3 swimming pools
@Clay Lapointe and you know that because…?
I think everyone understood that "Shieet!"
I admire the captain, the crew and the yard that built the ship.
And above all, the engineers who designed it!
@jinch not as impressive as the others
A line went thru my head
"So long boys, it's been good to know you,"
from Gordon Lightfoot's song about the ship lost in a Lake Superior storm.
@@trey6563 trust me, the people who designed this ship are as important, if not more, than those who built it
Good surfing wave. I don't know why there's not more surfing out in the middle of the ocean.
The sea monsters that live our imagination: "yessssss come out here , the water's fine!!!!"
Yea bruh just imagine surfing in the Bermuda triangle, sick as
There is. You just don't hear much about it..
Yeah thing looks great if you like waves that are 50ft thick and choppy as fuck
@@romptown haha yep
Big respect to all sailors as they're far from home and close to danger
That rhymes.
Thanks
Safety to all men who’s job are on the ocean
I REALLY love when youtube decides to recommend me decade old videos.
Mate!!!!! That is terrifying. Either it was 30 metered or not, that's irrelevant. The ship was pretty close to snapping in two by the looks of things, or at least suffering irreversible damages.
Thumbs up to the welders, ship builders and especially the crew and captain, if he was steering the ship.
That vessel was now where close to snapping in two. And you the steering automate wishes to thank you for the thumbs up as he was steering the vessel.
@@Seahorn_ czcams.com/video/YxCWHY2P5wc/video.html
@@thanesgames9685 Big difference between a rusty 50 year old ex soviet coastal vessel and a proper maintained 20 year old sea going vessel aint it? Probably also properly loaded. Again that vessel was not near breaking point and the auto pilot still wants kuddos.
That's what they said happened to the Edmund fritzgerald.
@@jerryvan-hees7130 Is a laker, not an ocean going vessel
They're just lucky the front didn't fall off!
"A wave hit the ship!"
"Is that unusual?"
"Oh yeah, at sea? Chance in a million!"
Very lucky the ship wasn't made out of cardboard or cardboard derivatives. Not to forget how difficult it would have been tow it out of the environment.
Yeah not luck, it was built to very rigorous maritime engineering standards. And they had at least double the minimum crew complement here.
What's the minimum crew requirement?
@@shannon3994 one I suppose
omg where was this from? i remember it was hilarious but not the title of the video
nvm found it again yay czcams.com/video/3m5qxZm_JqM/video.html
For those wondering how such waves are formed:
When multiple smaller waves with the right frequency come together they can result in a way bigger wave.
Yes, you can get simple linear addition with different wave and swell sets. Guessing thats what’s happening here since the biggest wave is not strikingly larger (like 2x) or steeper than the surrounding waves. But there are sometimes non-linear effects where energy from a wave group area gets drained and refocused into (usually) one extremely tall and steep wave compared to its surroundings.
Constructive interference
I love these videos. It’s so scary but I’m watching it from the comfort of my own couch.
bro stellar job to that captain for spotting that wave forming and turning into it
Obliquely to ease the vessel through peaks and troughs.
Barely
he really is a captain
The catch 22 is that if the wave is tall enough and steep enough, the ship hull can crack as the front portion becomes unsupported while the stern is still in wave.
Idk Could Captain Says "Holy F**k" While Turning Against The Freak Waves
You actually captured a rogue wave on camera! Thats probably the biggest wave I have ever seen on film - probably bigger than all of the "biggest ever" waves surfed on Oahu.
Thanks for posting. Shows how even a full sized ship can be sunk.
No. People have surfed 100 foot waves. That was probably close to it.
And it’s not hard to sink a full size ship like that. Especially the longer it is, the easier it is to break.
@@davelowesky8054 Really, the premise of The Poseidon Adventure was that rogue waves are a known hazard, even though exaggerated in the movie. With all the vessels afloat at any one moment, it's pretty much inevitable that a great ship eventually is in the path of a tremendous wave, or even a tsunami.
Captain did a great job rolling to port over that wave. Imagine if he went head on? That would seriously be testing the engineering of that beautiful ship.
That had nothing to do with that wave, and had everything to do with the gale they were sailing in.......
@@Seahorn_ Can you clarify what had nothing to do with the wave? My comment is about the great job the captain did rolling over the wave.
How is it the captain's skillful traversal of the wave has nothing to do with the wave?
wtf m8
@@forgotaboutbre That vessel is in a gale. A vessel will adjust course and speed to better deal with the waves when in gale. They did that too (long time before the sea state were to this level).
I am 99.999999% sure that they use the auto pilot, to steer the vessel. Even then, in that condition.
That rolling that you see is just the vessel reaction to the wave(s) there are no humans at that moment involved with steering.
The humans on the bridge (most probably only the officer of the watch) just braced themselves when the waves past (and hopefully the chairs did not break as they have flimsy chairs on these vessels)
@@Seahorn_ Oh okay, in that case I withdraw my compliment to the captain, and re-apply my compliment to the auto-pilot software, which does a fantastic job at navigating the swell in a way that minimizes hull stresses.
After seeing these ships up close at the Panama Canal this video is mind blowing . That wave is like insane.
Turns into a submarine for a few seconds.
I have to admit the captain did a hella job steering if he was the one steering the ship
good video
+kttn_ Wolf Tnx mate :)
He wasn't, bet you a dozen donuts a Filipino was at the wheel.
Open sea, so auto pilot was on
Autopilot is turned off in rough seas
@@FlatBroke612 voices were speaking Dutch
My dad was a spice tradesman in the 13th century. He sailed around the whole world and told me there are no savages as scary as the ocean.
The calm inside the cabin creates such a contrast with the ferocity of the waves outside -- just a few objects falling to the floor indicates any disturbance! And he's able to LAUGH!!! Kudos!!! 😺💕🐾
finally a good rogue wave video, bravo!
+tubefreakmuva it's just a big wave, not rogue
+tubefreakmuva A nice big wave, nothing to do with a so called rogue or freak wave... still good footage!
+Hanibaltherogue A wave a lot bigger and steeper then the highest other waves around ... whats the name? Freak wave! what else? It was quite some luck, the wave was breaking a bit later, wrong timepoint might have broken the vessel.
+Adam Smith This is wrong, it is a rogue wave
Lightningchase1973 It's hard to be sure just how large this wave is, but a rogue wave has to be at least twice the significant wave height (the average height) in an area. This one doesn't *appear* to be double the average.
Mmm,
I'm glad you mentioned that you saw it on Radar and fetched you camera.
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Thinking and actting to share the information and pictures; that's what CZcams is all about -thanks for posting.
cheers.
Damn youtube 13 years ago
watched one viral clip of water braking through restaurant and suddenly youtube thinks i like big waves hitting ships
@Temporary Account what
@Temporary Account english is hard man 😔
And do you like big waves hitting ships?
LOL
@@Rogersb8 no
This is truly a rogue wave. So much higher than all the others. It breaks for such a long time.
respect to the captain, what a control of such a rare rare adrenalized situation .....very talented to keep a big machine like that in even bigger waves
adrenalised is a made up word
No sailor worth his salt would underestimate the power and might of rogue waves.
1:01 all this happening but you're still fascinated by seeing Ronaldinho on board
That butterfly feeling. I heard it in their voices.
Damn that must make you love life at that moment, no matter how experienced you are on these ships...
that makes think of my dry soft bed. and my soft comfy pillow.
Somehow CZcams figured I would watch this 12 years later
and it was right . . damn, future, you scary!
I guess in my case YT thought, because I already watched it 6-7 years ago I might watch it again now.
@@DerEchteBold that is even more weirder then mine case lol
@@RidiPwn
Haha ...but I actually did!
@@DerEchteBold awesome
Your lives could have been saved purely because an engineer double checked his math and got a different answer.
What makes the wave more horrifying is seeing how old the filming is as this would be something you see from the 196ps but in color as the old frame in the video makes it seem much more realistic in a way.
That's a big wave! also worth remembering the waves never look as big on film
What is really interesting is the rushing sea foam prior to the large wave, which gives the impression of surface water moving faster than deeper water which is acting like a seashore and creating the white foam. This is the Mv.Metsaborg and this video is the only verified footage of a freak wave measuring 98ft from trough to crest. Incredibly scary... it's hard to see that height because the video compresses the image! But I remember reading about it at the time that scientist were able to measure it by the angles against ship measurements etc or something like that.
I have seen 110 to 170 ft tall waves, only once you see them you believe them and you never forget, tho you may wish they were never true and with that, the possibility to see them again in your sea life. They truly make you feel in place, and not just you but even your ship regardless sizes... they moved slower than those, towering above like an elephant passing by you, they were like deadly pyramids thousands of tons above passing by our Navy carrier. They were between two to three times our size, but "the valleys" we were forced to go through may have at times make them see higher. Once, all you could see of horizon all around us was a sea wall made from different ones, like if we were a rubber ducky going down the tub drain, it raised the hairs of my arms. Thankfully none of them crashed on us or dripped from their tops even a few hundreds of tons of solid spray our way upon our flight deck, it would have caused some major harm.
Wat een ding joh!
Perfect example of why you need to steer into a wave; if it hit sideways, the ship would either break or flip.
Imagine being in seas like this and seeing the front of the boat go under and the ship plow underwater. This actually happened on the mv Derbyshire
As long as you have a good ship and a reliable crew, these are the moments you live for. From the language I think it's a Dutch ship.
It is a Dutch crew.
Yes dutch !
@@Rogersb8 I guessed Dutch from your last name. I remember the Anglo-Boer Wars and how 'boer' was Dutch for farmer.
Imagine the feeling in your gut as the wave picks you up and drops 60ft in 5 seconds
It is a rollercoaster ride (and quite literally gut spilling if seasick) in 30/40 foot waves if you are at either end of the ship in particular, as I've experienced on a far larger ship (the good old QE2 to be precise before her retirement to Dubai in 2008). Using a lift/elevator in the above mentioned weather is a very strange feeling too and can be risky so far as the lift/elevator jamming in the shaft or otherwise stopping due to the ships movement.
60 foot waves would be the above magnified somewhat to say the least!
Spent 3 years in the U.S. Navy sailing the Atlantic and Pacific. We got involved in so many storms that it became like a walk in the park. Just turned over and went back sleep.
Yet another legendary video posted over 12 years ago
now search for icebergs flipping over. enjoy.
specifically Fleeing from an Iceberg Tsunami
"Wat een ding joh" lmfao
"moeje kijken"
Wat is er zo grappig?
lekker nonchalant
mis alleen nog de "wajoooo" maar misschien is die meer voor vuurwerk bestemd
@@ActuallyLemons eens
This one one of the many theories of how the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on that faithful evening in 1975,called a three sisters wave
+Robert Young It had it's back broken. The Great Lakes are some of the most dangerous bodies of water in the World in the winter. As huge as some of these ships are, there is always something out there waiting to sink it.
You can see the entire ship bending as the wave hit 🤯
The fact that's its in 240p. And that mechanical humming with the background noise sounds like the entire sea is growling at you.
Well I'm on an drunken quarantine hotel adventure and somehow I've been enlisted into the merchant marine.
Do you like it?
Really don't think anyone here has an idea of what a 30 metre wave would look like. MV Metsaborg is a small 137m long vessel, and while the wave shown is a larger that the average, no way is it 30m high. The leading face of the wave would be much steeper, so the crest would effectively fall onto the vessel - doing lots of damage, too. All that happened here, was a somewhat larger wave than the average started to break, and washed over the deck . . . bumpy day for seafarers . .
Shipping TV, fine 40 feet high
I agree, it was a freak wave since it was abnormaly higher than the other waves, but it wasnt anywhre near 30 metres. I dunno why this even is in the video description
Shipping TV that wave crested as high as the bridge. How high do you think that is? 19m or 60 feet trough to crest? It broke before it hit the ship. I know the rogues suspected of taking out big ships are 25-30m high but this is still significant.
waves are measured from the peak to the trough. So a 30m wave is only 15m higher than normal sea level. I do agree with you that it is still unlikely to be 30m
Man, the bridge is under golftop, so these are really scary big waves. When you've seen them real.. you would say the same i think :)
Went from a cruise ship, to a normal ship being hit by a giant wave, to this
Same mate
Really gives you an appreciation for ancient cultures that dared to enter the sea in wooden ships.
"does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours."
Certainly one of the most chilling lyrics I have ever heard. That song scared the hell out of me when it came out
To your mothers house.
@Trent McTrump Where is that cook now?
I first heard of the tragedy though the G. Lightfoot song.
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39
30 metre or not, they were in real danger as after the wave broke you can notice the ship undulating. This is how ships break in half when the structural safety limits are exceeded and the fate of all on board is then sealed.
These ships are like cities on the water. And these waves make it look like a toy. Now imagine being on that ship and seeing those waves in person. Terrifying
It’s really hard to contemplate the stresses put on these ships.
It's just water. It can't hurt you.
Shit you could see the hull torque
jonny Harrison when?
SJW Motorsport 46 0:32
Darth Cookie still can’t see
42 seconds looks it bends to left?
Yaaarrrrr, the seas were angry that day.
lmfao😂😂😂
David Coates we have the same name 😵😵, I'm the better David js
Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.
Yarrr
‘Wat een ding joh’ is not the reaction you normally have when your boat almost does a 90° turn lmaoo. Respect
hahah wat een ding joh. I saw this wave on the radar, then I started filming.
All i can think about is the crew standing at 15-20° having a casual talk 😂
That looks bloody scary.
Thanks for posting the statistics of your ship sounds like the size of freight ships that we get here in the Channel Islands (because of small harbours). I think I would have been seasick if I was on there in these waves.
Luckily you did not have to bail out into a liferaft or the waves would have looked a million times bigger.
Love how that monster wave looks menacing in the distance at 0:25
There’s a reason old maps have so many sea monsters depicted in deep oceanic areas. They had to imagine reasons for why no one returned.
Well how I ended up here at 2:30 am is beyond me😂
They got so lucky that wave crested before it got to them.
These waves put tremendous amount of strain on the ships hull, modern ship building is impressive, steel ships have broken in half before from 30 metre waves.
The Edmond Fitzgerald is one of them.
They are lucky they were not 10 seconds faster. That breaking wave had a ton of energy and was waning when ot hit them.
Seeing a video like this makes you appreciate the feat of Ferdinand Magellan and his crew in 1519 so much more. Truly an incredible feat
youtube algorhythm is a thing of beauty, isn't it
Yes it is! :)
11 years later. CZcams: I think it's time........
Yeeees :)
LMAO!
Wood tends to have natural floatyness to it while metal sinks like a rock. Idk.. people underestimate wooden ships. They’re more sturdy than they may appear. Tho I’d imagine that many were smashed by great waves too without a doubt.
Incredible! I've been searching the internet for a "true" rogue wave video and i finally found one!
What’s the chances of a wave like that coming at you in the whole ocean? They must be so frequent. Insanity
no one actually knows for certain, and no modern ship can withstand a direct impact of one
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave
Small chance. never seen this during my carreer. Only once.
At sea? Chance in a million.
Crazy how water gives life and can be so deadly.
It's unreal imagining the stresses on the hull of a ship. When stretched between two waves think of the weight in the middle. Then when balanced on a wave like a see saw imagine the force trying to break hull in half.
The fact that waves can move these 10,000 tonne hull ships like they're toys makes u realize how small everything is.
As big as that wave looked bet it was bigger to the seaman looking at it !!! Like a cliff Amazing seamanship! You have to admire the captain and crew and the ships themselves as well as the awesome ocean !
Unbelievably massive!!!The ocean is a force to be reckoned with.... Kudos to the brave souls who work in these conditions!
And yet, even the ocean submits to God.
I'm no captain but looks like he carefully negotiated with the wave to not snap in half but not get sideswiped.
I love the casual dutch chatting like they are watching this as if its a video
That wave was the size of a building! 😲
Much respect for all the saillors out there in there 40 ft boats, especially the solo once!
The ocean is the most terrifying on this planet. I'd take being lost in the middle of the woods hands down over being stranded in the ocean.
I thought the waves were scarey enough before the big one came!
Imagine taking a 💩 when a giant wave hits your ship
After getting back to port safely, I‘d write a thank you letter to the ship builder and designers.
I am amazed they were able to film this before pixels were invented.
How intriguing to watch a video regarding a situation I never want to be in.
11 years later I watch again in amazement.
Welcome back ! :)
0:16 the ship just bented!
I met a ship captain that showed me footage of a 100 ft rogue wave crashing into the 1000+ ft oil tanker he was piloting. It damaged several catwalks that went between structures on the deck. Crazy stuff!
Just one cubic meter of water weighs a metric ton, 2200 lbs.
I guess that was two or three waves that were "melted together". Like an old and slow from three weaks, putting a brake on the others. So a new and fast gets blocked by it, and a third catches up so they reach their peak together.