The ocean always gives you kind of triggers, a little sign. Like the watercolor starts to change here from this kind of aqua blue to this turquoise. And then you start the wind sometimes even shifts when a big swell comes in. It'll hear instead of the normal Northeast. You really do have all of your senses on higher alert.
What is the biggest wave in the solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of big waves with professional big wave surfer Kai Lenny.
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