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by lmilcin 3907 days ago
Not largest human-made waves by any definition of largest or human-made.
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Largest I can think of are waves produced by underwater nuclear tests. Wikipedia claims the Operation Crossroads test produced 29m high waves, and that was only 23kt yield.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads#Sequence_...

Those are not active right now. It's the difference between oldest living person, and longest a person has ever lived.
yeah. I dont understand what they are basing this on. Largest for testing purposes maybe? There are certainly larger wave machines (thrill rides, wave pools, etc..).