Monster 63-foot Wave Measured in Southern Ocean 400 Miles South of New Zealand

The southern-most wave buoy in the Southern Ocean, some 400 miles south of New Zealand, just recorded a monster 63.6-foot wave, four times the height of a single-story house. “This is one of the largest waves recorded in the Southern Hemisphere,” says Oceanographer Tom Durrant. The wave buoy was just recently moored in 492 feet of water about six miles south of Campbell Island,  pictured above, in a joint effort by the New Zealand Defense Force and MetOcean Solutions, to get accurate readings of wave and air-sea interactions in that remote part of the world. So far, wave heights from 16 to 32 feet are not unusual. It will be a while before scientists can determine if 60-foot monster waves occur more often than we think. For more: http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/monster-wave-measured-southern-ocean-wave-buoy-one-largest-recorded-southern-hemisphere-0