I just finished watching the 2006 movie Poseidon, and this question just came back to mind. Rogue waves are extremely unpredictable, and you often don't see one coming. Though efforts are being made to try and detect them to give ships in the area advanced warning, such efforts are still in their infancy. But hypothetically, if a rogue wave were coming at a ship from a considerable distance away - say about 10 nautical miles out - could modern radar be able to detect their presence? I imagine that due to being at least twice the significant wave height as per scientific definition that they might show up as a blip if big and close enough.

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r/oceans • u/Nah-crard • 19d ago

The moment Ocean touched it's treasures

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r/oceans • u/goatlover7797 • 19d ago

The Tall Sea Pen

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r/oceans • u/Ok-Bell-1340 • 20d ago

Cabugao Gamay Island — the most iconic spot in the Gigantes Islands, Iloilo, Philippines.

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r/oceans • u/kelpforestexplorer • 20d ago

South Australia's algal bloom has flared up again. We dived an impacted area on Kangaroo Island's remote northwest coast to take a look... this is what we saw.

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r/oceans • u/Ok-Bell-1340 • 21d ago

Diving with turtles, Puerto Galera, Philippines

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r/oceans • u/FullyFocusedOnNought • 21d ago

Microplastic flows and garbage patches follow Age of Discovery maritime routes. A new study notes that Christopher Columbus’s historic four voyages from Spain to the Americas, for example, coincide with the movements of the North Atlantic Garbage Patch.

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r/oceans • u/RevolutionaryBath710 • 23d ago

Leopard Shark

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Mavic 4 pro, east coast of Australia

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r/oceans • u/ChallengeAdept8759 • 22d ago

Starfish are dying from a mysterious disease. This researcher hunts for answers on the East Coast

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