Gemmrich, a University of Victoria physicist, has partnered with two graduate students to develop a real-time public monitoring and forecasting system for rogue waves, which are usually more than twice the size of their surrounding waves, and typically surface every couple of days. Gemmrich said "people can get washed off fairly safe locations," and these waves are also known to suddenly damage boats and off-shore structures. UVic graduate students Leah Cicon, left, and Carmen Holmes-Smith, right, work on a camera installation used to collect wave data. 'I thought I was dead,' says rogue wave survivorUcluelet resident Kyla Macgregor says creating a system to forecast massive wave events is a huge development. Parks Canada using real-time data for public safetyGemmrich said building public awareness of these kinds of dangers is very important.

Source: CBC News January 05, 2021 10:52 UTC