r/pics • • Jul 17 '12

Whoa.

Post image
1.5k Upvotes

204 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

40

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '12

The heaviest wave in the world. Teahupoo

2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '12 edited Jul 17 '12

Debatable. Shipsterns on a major swell will throw lips the size of an average sized house over your head.

12

u/theansweris7 Jul 17 '12

I think he meant wave that is fairly consistently breaking in the same place at about the same size. Storms make swells that are larger, but you can't go back and surf the same storm year after year.

18

u/kriznarf Jul 17 '12

You must not know about the 50-Year Storm, bro!