Big Wave Profile

Homework:

1. Design a blog post on your blog of a big wave site from different parts of the world. Be sure to describe the geography and the topography of the ocean floor in these areas and how this helps create these massive waves. check out http://www.extremehorizon.com/surf-shop/big_waves.html for big waves around the world.

Teahupoo

Teahupoo is located off the South West corner of Tahiti. This wave is generated by open ocean swells hitting the coral atoll reef with Hawaiian type power. This wave throws forward an immense lip which constructs a tube that a truck could easily fit through.

Surfing at Teahupoo is very dangerous as it is a reef break and surfers must be cautious when paddling out as not to get hurt by the deadly reefs. It has taken a few lives as it breaks on a shallow reef.

The waves are formed by open ocean swells building up immense momentum before smashing into coral reef. Emerging from deep water onto a barely submerged reef, the power of the Pacific is suddenly concentrated, and the combination of heavy waves and a shallow shoreline is extremely dangerous. A wipeout can result in serious injuries or even death, and only expert surfers in peak physical condition stand a chance.

The shallow waters and the dangerous reefs make this big wave spot a very dangerous experience that results in great injury. The power of the wave with the huge mass behind it can shred a persons back very easily.