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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by ganeshkrishnan on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:43AM (#16229625)
Most big waves are only close to the beach when water breaks over the sand
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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by grogenaut on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:28AM (#16229774)
Can't reply to child asking about the pacific so here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHrCI9eSJGQ

That whole 30 days is calm.

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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by Flip-per on Thursday January 25, 2018 @08:21AM (#16230574)
Big waves travel over long distances in the open sea. But it's not the big waves that would disturb when you are floating around, they would just make you float up and down a bit. More disturbing are the small waves that are caused by nearby winds. At the ocean you very often have some wind nearby (depends on the region, season etc).
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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by basejumping on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:24AM (#16229763)
After watching the talisker atlantic challenge for the last month I think you're wrong. Or is the pacific much quieter than the atlantic?
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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by medion on Thursday January 25, 2018 @06:28PM (#16235745)
No.
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