Je pa to še dokaj neraziskano področje.
Šele v zadnjem obdobju so s pregledovanjem satelitskimi slik dokazali obstoj "gigantskih valov" - freak waves.
Še ne dolgo nazaj so pričevanja mornarjev o velikanskih valovih znanstveniki jemali kot plod njihove domišljije in pretiravanj.
Celo izračunali so, da naj bi se "freak wave" zgodil le na vsakih 10.000 let.
"The evidence in the photographs, showing abnormally large waves out in the deep ocean, where science, using the linear model had predicted that such extreme waves were extremely rare, to the extent that a 30 metre crest to trough wave would occur only once every 10,000 years"