28-foot rogue wave reportedly hit Tampa Bay. Could one hit SWFL?

Some media outlets have reported that a 28-foot wave hit Tamps, but experts say the wave was closer to 2 or 3 feet, not 28, ...
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28ft rogue wave slams Florida beach ‘like a tsunami’ (video)

Beachgoers were shocked when a rare rogue wave ripped through Fort De Soto on the Gulf Coast of Florida, demolishing their ...
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A 84-Foot Wave Hit An Oil Platform - Then Scientists Finally Admitted Sailors Were Right

For centuries, sailors warned about rogue waves that appeared from nowhere and vanished just as fast. Scientists dismissed ...
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A ‘rogue wave’ struck Fort De Soto. Bird nests, beachgoers’ stuff washed to sea

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The Old Sailor Myth Satellites Actually Confirmed Is True

Sailors have long told tales of giant waves that spring from nowhere in the ocean, threatening to destroy ships entirely. Despite what sailors claimed, rogue waves were thought to not be ...

Study from Oxford suggests rogue waves are random

New research out of the University of Oxford in England is giving weight to a theory held by some mariners in the province: that rogue waves come with no warning, and are often preceded by much ...