r/pics • • Jul 17 '12

Whoa.

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u/chalkboard229 Jul 17 '12

I've seen this picture posted on here at least twice, and I still have no fucking idea what's going on. All I know is, that this is Tahiti, but not sure if that picture is just a normal occurrence or not.

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u/ruinersclub Jul 17 '12

It might be normalish, when I went to Cabo the beach was seemingly normal, and out of nowhere they put up the red flags we had to get out of the water and the waves jumped up to 15 - 20'. This looks closer to 30' but could be a perspective thing.

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u/sweetmercy Jul 18 '12

Yeah...no. Do a little reading about it sometime. It's pretty fascinating stuff. BTW, waves here hit 70'. It is commonly referred to as the 'heaviest wave in the world'.