Case file · High strangeness
RRS Discovery measures 29 m waves
In February 2000 the British research ship RRS Discovery, near Rockall west of Scotland, recorded waves up to 29.1 m high, the largest then measured by instruments in the open ocean.
2000 CE · 57.60, -13.70 · status: explained
The account
Scientists found that wave models of the time had not predicted waves of that size for the wind conditions.