Imagine a person is sailing across the Pacific Ocean and the deck of the boat is suddenly swamped by a wave twice as high as the waves have been during this entire journey. They have encountered a ____________wave.

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The description of a wave that is twice as high as the others and comes unexpectedly would suggest a rogue wave, which are rare but not unheard of in the open ocean. A tsunami is a series of waves caused by an earthquake, while a swell is a regular and predictable increase in wave height due to wind patterns. A seismic wave is a wave that travels through the ground, not water.

Imagine a Person Is Sailing Across the Pacific Ocean and the Deck