The oil freighter Esso Languedoc outside the coast of Durban (1980). The man who took it, Philippe Lijour, estimated the mean wave height when this occurred to be about 5-10 m. The mast on the ...

“We were in a storm and the tanker was running before the sea. This amazing wave came from the aft and broke over the deck. I didn’t see it until it was alongside the vessel but it was special, much ...