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The MaxWave Project

A European Commission-funded research initiative that used satellite radar data to confirm giant ocean waves occur far more frequently worldwide than pre-1995 wave models predicted.

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Events

  • The Draupner Wave1 January 1995

    The MaxWave Project is based on The Draupner Wave — Launched partly in response to the 1995 Draupner measurement, to determine whether such waves occurred commonly worldwide.

Science & Technology

  • Rogue Waves

    The MaxWave Project investigated Rogue Waves.

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What Are Rogue Waves, and Why Were They Dismissed as Sailors' Myth?

What rogue waves are, why oceanographers dismissed sailors' reports as myth for decades, and how the 1995 Draupner wave finally confirmed them.