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Wavelength, makes the wave steeper and starts to break. the rogue waves, not that there are more rogue waves there, there are more breaking waves in these areas. >> we also saw i guess it was a rogue wave or big waves in san francisco just i think it was last month. you had people riding these 50-foot waves and some spectators were hurt when a big wave came ashore, unexpectedly, knocked a lot of people down. do rogue waves ever reach the land? >> they do. there's a variation of wave size. if you have a day that has ten-feet waves, some of the waves are going to be five feet and some are going ...

The form of white water and hits the boat, sets it back and can literal literally situation it, break it. >> if the boat is to the side of a breaking wave then it can be broken? >> that's right. a swell, it's no problem. so waves break. when waves break depends on their steepness. that's effected by a current. if waves are going into an oncoming current it shortens the wavelength, makes the wave steeper and starts to break. the rogue waves, not that there are more rogue waves there, there are more breaking waves in these areas. >> we also saw i guess it was a rogue wave or big waves in san fra...