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by ponker 2013 days ago
Couldn’t the waves originate elsewhere where it’s BF8? What’s going to stop a wave in the open ocean?
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Waves can travel, but big waves quickly spend their energy, because, unlike swells, they break. When the wind goes down, waves quiet down very quickly.
Other waves. The ocean is pretty disorderly