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  2. WATCH: Surfers ride monster waves at Hawaii competition that ...

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    Hawaii’s Landon McNamara, 28, won with a three-wave point total of 135.8 points. That included a perfect score of 50 on the highest-scoring wave of the contest. He won $50,000 and 350,000 miles ...

  3. 50-foot waves forecast to slam Hawaii as 'The Eddie' surfing ...

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    The forecast for these massive waves in Hawaii prompted the organizers of The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, which KHON2 reports is the premier surfing event in the world, to schedule the ...

  4. Hawaii beaches threatened by 35-foot waves as dangerous surf ...

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    HONOLULU, Hawaii – Dangerous surf is anticipated to impact the Hawaiian Islands in the coming days, prompting residents and visitors to prepare for large waves potentially reaching 35 feet.. A ...

  5. Amphidromic point - Wikipedia

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    The ocean reacts to this external forcing by generating, in particular relevant for describing tidal behaviour, Kelvin waves and Poincaré waves (also known as Sverdrup waves). [8] These tidal waves can be considered wide, relative to the Rossby radius of deformation (~3000 km in the open ocean [9]), and shallow, as the water depth (D, on ...

  6. Rip tide - Wikipedia

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    Rip currents can flow quickly, are unpredictable, and come about from what happens to waves as they interact with the shape of the sea bed. In contrast, a rip tide is caused by tidal movements, as opposed to wave action, and is a predictable rise and fall of the water level. [3]

  7. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami - Wikipedia

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    The wave came out of the lower part, and looked like the smallest part of the whole thing. The wave did not go up 1,800 feet, the water splashed there. [11] The wave made its way to his boat 2–3 minutes after he saw it and carried the Edrie down to the southern shore and then back near the center of the bay. Ulrich was able to control the ...

  8. Hawaii beachgoers injured while surviving harrowing encounter ...

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    Video of the frightening encounter showed waves reaching three stories high, making the men appear minuscule right before slamming into them on the Hawaii beach. Waves about to crash onto the ...

  9. Kai eʻe - Wikipedia

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    "Kai eʻe" (Hawaiian for: "Tidal Wave") is the fifteenth episode of the first season of Hawaii Five-0. It aired on January 23, 2011 on CBS. The episode was written by Melissa Glenn and Jessica Rieder, and directed by Duane Clark. [1] The episode holds the record for the most watched Hawaii Five-0 episode in the series history with 19.34 million ...