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This model assumes that waves vary in a regular way around the average (so-called 'significant') wave height. In a storm sea with a significant wave height of 12 metres (39.4 ft), the model suggests there will hardly ever be a wave higher than 15 metres (49.2 ft). One of 30 metres (98.4 ft) could indeed happen â but only once in ten thousand years (of wave height of 12 metres [39.4 ft]).
1. Mark Parsons, Cortes Bank. In reality, the official record for the highest wave ever surfed goes to Mike Parsons for the 70-plus-footer he surfed off California's Cortes Bank on January 5, 2008. (Ken Bradshaw reportedly surfed an 80- to 85-foot wave off Oahu in 1998, but the photos taken from the beach were too far away to determine the exact size.) Parsons's ride netted him a Guinness World Record, $15,000, and a Honda jet ski from the Billabong XXL Biggest Wave Award, which has been handing out prizes to surfers who have conquered the world's largest waves since 2001.