A Rather Large Wave

[beer1234]

Would anyone know the height from the pool deck to the waterline on Explorer? Just off the June 3 trip through Trop Barry and we hit a wave that put alot of water up onto the glass at the scuba sales area on deck 11. Two people working there said they had never seen anything like it. I.m not good at judging height so if you know or would like to guess let me know.

[RCCLCARIB]

I would say that is anywhere from 100-120 feet above the waterline...using each floor as a 10 foot guideline.

[cb at sea]

Wow! Did the ship rock or anything? Seems a wave that would break that high would cause some instability on deck!

[beer1234]

It did a little shudder. I think they said 12 to 18 ft waves were the norm but this one had to be a bit bigger!

[bearsdad]

We too were up on deck 11 when the wave hit. It was rather large. I could not tell you how high it is but I know we had to stumble back to the room and change.

[MiniMom57]

12-18 foot swells? Yikes! That's about 10 feet higher than I prefer!!:eek:

[beach girl66]

My husband had his GPS while we were on the Jewel and he said it was 118 ft. altitude on the top deck.

[dna1990]

120' is a god average. There is a website (or old posts here) talking about far it is to the horizon when you're X feet above the waterline.

 

But water hitting the bridge or higher is no direct measure of the seas. Even a little 6' swell with the right period and wind, hit in a certain way - could put a splash on the top decks.

 

We love a little weather, lets you know you are at sea. We had one night where the captain reported 12', it was a lullabye for sure.

[B-52]

120' is a god average. There is a website (or old posts here) talking about far it is to the horizon when you're X feet above the waterline.

 

But water hitting the bridge or higher is no direct measure of the seas. Even a little 6' swell with the right period and wind, hit in a certain way - could put a splash on the top decks.

 

We love a little weather, lets you know you are at sea. We had one night where the captain reported 12', it was a lullabye for sure.

 

 

I agree. Bring it!

[cruiseman_tx]

We had 20-24 ft. seas with 50 mph wind on the Voyager in 2001, and had lots of water making it up to the glass around the pool deck. Nobody was allowed outside at that time, so we sat up in the Viking Crown lounge and watched mother nature in action. WOW, what a sight to behold.

[big al]

The canti-levered hot tubs on the Freedom & LOS are 112 ft. high from sea level..A "Rogue" wave is always possible,though VERY rare in the Caribbean...the last huge one hit the NCL Dawn 2 years ago and was estimated at 70 ft. high..some claim it went as high as Deck 10 on that ship-but she was still in Atlantic waters off the NE coast,which is more common....satellite images from space now can see huge rogue waves routinely..in one month,all over the Earth's seas,there have been as many as TEN waves over 75 ft. high! Some as high as 30 meters (100ft)..Don't worry though,these are mostly in the deep Pacific or North Atlantic,South Africa,or near Norway..in a typical storm,waves are rarely over 25-30 ft..Hurricanes can cause them to be 40-50 ft.In the "Perfect Storm" in '91,many waves were averaging 80-100ft....

 

Big Al

[MrPete]

Was this a direct wave, or deflected water off the bow or below the sides? :confused: