Anyone experience a tidal wave, rogue wave, storm or tsunami?

[livingonthebeach]

Not sure a modern ship today would have the fate of the Poseidon Adventure. Here's a short clip of when it capsized in the movie. (Some 70s nostalgia) This of course is a movie and unrealistic but was wondering what the biggest wave to hit a ship has been.  The QE2 in 1995 caught a 95 ft wave and survived -- not sure if bigger waves have been documented.  The Anthem was caught in a bad storm a few years ago.  Was anyone on it and what did you experience? 

 

 

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

It was not the biggest wave documented by any means, but I was on the Explorer in November 2014 when it was hit by a rogue wave, pre-dawn.  Many CCers were on board with me and will probably chime in.

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

[1ANGELCAT]

Not RCCL, but SS Rotterdam in 1976 was hit by a freak wave off of Casablanca. The ship rolled to 43 degrees before it righted itself. 

[lovelife]

 

21 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

It was not the biggest wave documented by any means, but I was on the Explorer in November 2014 when it was hit by a rogue wave, pre-dawn.  Many CCers were on board with me and will probably chime in.

 

 

 

I was there!

[Seville2Cabo]

Ship at sea would not feel a tsunami.  We have been on the beach and gotten a tsunami warning (No tsunami) and another time had a rouge wave come in.  

[hallux]

I was on the Explorer of the Seas (seeing a pattern already) in April of 2014 and was unable to be outside for much of the time at sea.  I recall one lunch in Windjammer while watching lightning strike the water behind the ship (not super close, but we could see it).  During that lunch we also felt the ship hit a big wave, after which we could feel the throttles pulled back some.  I also recall feeling the ship shudder when hitting waves while I was trying to sleep.

[CruisenOne]

Going across the Drake Passage from Ushuaia to Antarctica.

 

Had the "Drake Quake" both ways.

[Lindypops]

Not a rogue wave  but...

we were on Costa Classica out of Hong kong  a few years ago the week after it had a crash with a freight ship in Shanghai.

we were 2 days late in boarding due to the ship being repaired

there was a hole in the ships aide on deck 4 , 12 cabins long which had been covered over   with a welded  on plate .
we had a force 8 gale for 4 days and 3 nights on  returning from Vietnam to Hong kong ,Water was pouring under the doors into the corridor and all along deck 4 .

water was pouring through the ceilings on the deck underneath the top outside deck.
the officers were nowhere to be seen , there was a huge bowl of sea sickness tablets on guest services desk but no  staff.

The ship also rammed a pier in Hanoi which made another dent in  the side.

During the storm we honestly though we were going  to die.

 

Needless to with this  and other issues  no amount of money would persuade me to go on a Costa ship again.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Lindypops

[shipgeeks]

Not on RC, but on a freighter crossing the Pacific.  One night we were tossed out of our beds.  The next morning we learned that a wave had turned the ship around so drastically that we were heading back to where we had come from.

[Merion_Mom]

Then there was the "famous" List Cruise on the Crown Princess.  I "live-blogged" it, back in 2006, but alas, no pictures.

 

It was not a natural disaster, but a manmade one.  The Coast Guard report afterwards said that the ship listed over 24 degrees.  A full account is on wikipedia, and it is pretty accurate.

 

Oh, here is a link to the official report:  https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR0801.pdf

 

And here is my CC thread:  darn.  I can't find it.  And my bookmark is gone.  If anyone else has it, please post it.

[Arzeena]

1 hour ago, Merion_Mom said:

It was not the biggest wave documented by any means, but I was on the Explorer in November 2014 when it was hit by a rogue wave, pre-dawn.  Many CCers were on board with me and will probably chime in.

 

 

We were on the same cruise.🙃

[Langley Cruisers]

1 hour ago, Merion_Mom said:

It was not the biggest wave documented by any means, but I was on the Explorer in November 2014 when it was hit by a rogue wave, pre-dawn.  Many CCers were on board with me and will probably chime in.

 

YES! Wasn't that something? Apparently we were the talk of the ports! I know many didn't feel it, but I definitely felt "something". I remember being tossed in my bed, rolling from side to side.

 

As well, on our Jewel repo as Hurricane Sandy hit the East coast, we finally pulled out of Boston two days later and ran into a rogue storm at sea with very high swells. We were leaving our cabin at the time, looked back into our balcony room (probably at least Deck 8 ) and saw nothing but water - that's how far we were listing. Scrambled up to the Viking Crown to watch the show! 🌊

Edited July 18, 2020 by Langley Cruisers

[Baron Barracuda]

12 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

Then there was the "famous" List Cruise on the Crown Princess.  I "live-blogged" it, back in 2006, but alas, no pictures.

 

It was not a natural disaster, but a manmade one.  The Coast Guard report afterwards said that the ship listed over 24 degrees.  A full account is on wikipedia, and it is pretty accurate.

 

Oh, here is a link to the official report:  https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR0801.pdf

 

And here is my CC thread:  darn.  I can't find it.  And my bookmark is gone.  If anyone else has it, please post it.

Not long  after this incident we had a similar experience on (of course) Explorer out of Bayonne.  Sunday morning around 9am was in store on promenade deck when ship began to lean to starboard.  Expected her to recover, but instead list slowly increased.  Could barely stand upright.  Liquor display carts rolled out of shops and across promenade.  Broken bottles everywhere.  Tropical fish from tanks flopped on deck.  DW exiting Windjammer saw piles of shattered plates in Portofino.  Only one who kept cool was dd who went to casino and scooped up bucket of quarters that fell from coin pushing machine.  After a while ship righted herself.  Captain later announced problem was caused by failed stabilizer. 

[death_star]

In keeping with the theme my first cruise was on Explorer leaving Bayonne the night before Sandy struck. Had waves above our porthole on deck 2 that they then closed up. 100+ kt wind kept blowing water in for most of the storm. Regularly 30-40 ft seas. Confined to cabins mostly as we sailed south. The other shot is from deck 4 when we could get up to take a picture.  Breakfast in the dining room there was a big wind that caused enough list to make things fall over and chairs tilt. 

[livingonthebeach]

54 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

Then there was the "famous" List Cruise on the Crown Princess.  I "live-blogged" it, back in 2006, but alas, no pictures.

 

It was not a natural disaster, but a manmade one.  The Coast Guard report afterwards said that the ship listed over 24 degrees.  A full account is on wikipedia, and it is pretty accurate.

 

Oh, here is a link to the official report:  https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR0801.pdf

 

And here is my CC thread:  darn.  I can't find it.  And my bookmark is gone.  If anyone else has it, please post it.

 

Interesting report.  Looks like it was a steering error by one of the officers.  The ship went back to Cape Canaveral to let off the injured, right?  I read that people who were in the pool were thrown out and all the water went out as well and flooded some floors.  Wow -- were you hurt at all? 

[IndyCapt]

2 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

It was not the biggest wave documented by any means, but I was on the Explorer in November 2014 when it was hit by a rogue wave, pre-dawn.  Many CCers were on board with me and will probably chime in.

 

 

We were onboard as well! We happened to see the Captain the next day inspecting the work being done at drying carpets etc and asked him about the wave. He said it was the roughest conditions he'd experienced in his 30 years at sea....he also told us how many "tons" of water had come inside the ship from the wave but can't remember how much he said....

[Merion_Mom]

20 minutes ago, livingonthebeach said:

 

Interesting report.  Looks like it was a steering error by one of the officers.  The ship went back to Cape Canaveral to let off the injured, right?  I read that people who were in the pool were thrown out and all the water went out as well and flooded some floors.  Wow -- were you hurt at all? 

 

EVERYONE had to get off in Port Canaveral.  NTSB and Coast Guard people sailed the ship back to Red Hook (Brooklyn port) with the crew.  Princess had to pay to fly all of us home; the vast majority of the cruisers had driven to the port.

 

I was not personally injured.  My cabinmate lost some clothes that were drying on our aft balcony 😄 and I ruined her white pants when my glass of red wine flew out of my hand and landed on her.

 

It was definitely officer-error.  The Crown Princess was brand-spanking-new.  Had a brand new, "high tech" auto-steering system.  The second officer on the bridge "saw" us heading into shallow water, and "yanked" the "steering wheel" (we all know that there isn't a steering wheel) to avoid the shallows, but the ship was autocorrecting already.  He sent us hard to port then hard to starboard (or vice versa, doesn't matter), and the ship just heeled alllllllllllllllllllll the way over.  People were contemplating whether to leap off their balconies to safety; the water was that close.  The piano in a bar flipped over.  The TV sets in the cabins were on high shelves, not low like RC, and were not bolted down.  Many of them flew off those shelves, some striking the passengers in the cabin.  People were in elevators.  Water poured out of the swimming pools, pouring down the stairs and elevator shafts.  People were washed out of the pool, and others grabbed for them.  (of course, there are walls on the deck that would have prevented anyone from actually being washed overboard).  EVERYTHING in the shops flew over - display cases crashed into the glass fronts, and shattered those.  There was glass EVERYWHERE in the plaza.  In all of the bars, the glassware went flying, the blenders crashed off the shelves.  When I had first boarded, I was "impressed" that the buffet had real china and glasses, unlike RC that has melamine and plasticware.  Well, when the ship listed over, all of those pieces of china and glass basically became shrapnel.  Many of the wounds were cuts, some severe, on people's legs, as the pieces crashed to the floor and bounced up.  The gaming tables in the casino weren't bolted down yet, and some people were hurt by sliding (flying) large heavy tables.  One guy was slammed against the wall, pinned between a table and the wall.  A girl had a vital artery severed, but fortunately, the ship had A LOT of doctors and nurses on vacation, and they set up triage in the MDR.  Total lack of supplies: they used tablecloths and napkins to wipe up blood and bandage wounds.

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

2 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

 

By the way, I neglected to mention that this was MY lifeboat.

 

But Captain Rick promised that I could go in HIS lifeboat.  😉 😄 

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, Merion_Mom said:

Then there was the "famous" List Cruise on the Crown Princess.  I "live-blogged" it, back in 2006, but alas, no pictures.

 

It was not a natural disaster, but a manmade one.  The Coast Guard report afterwards said that the ship listed over 24 degrees.  A full account is on wikipedia, and it is pretty accurate.

 

Oh, here is a link to the official report:  https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR0801.pdf

 

And here is my CC thread:  darn.  I can't find it.  And my bookmark is gone.  If anyone else has it, please post it.

 

Where's Bob when you need him.

[ThirstyCruiser]

I once forgot our anniversary. I don't know if it was a tidal wave, rogue wave, storm or tsunami that hit me later that day, but man, it was rough going for a while there.

[Baron Barracuda]

Despite all the Explorer stories I still maintain she handles the rough seas around Cape Hatteras much better than Anthem.

[MommaBear55]

1 hour ago, Langley Cruisers said:

 

YES! Wasn't that something? Apparently we were the talk of the ports! I know many didn't feel it, but I definitely felt "something". I remember being tossed in my bed, rolling from side to side.

 

As well, on our Jewel repo as Hurricane Sandy hit the East coast, we finally pulled out of Boston two days later and ran into a rogue storm at sea with very high swells. We were leaving our cabin at the time, looked back into our balcony room (probably at least Deck 8 ) and saw nothing but water - that's how far we were listing. Scrambled up to the Viking Crown to watch the show! 🌊

We were also on the Hurricane Sandy repositioning and had wave spray come over our balcony on deck 8. I remember a couple of 40 foot waves, deck dropped about 5 feet one night while we were walking out of the theater. Lots of people were sporting new wrist casts by day 5 of the cruise. It was DH's first Royal Caribbean cruise, he loved it!

[Newleno]

2 hours ago, CruisenOne said:

Going across the Drake Passage from Ushuaia to Antarctica.

 

Had the "Drake Quake" both ways.

yeah i was on a little "ship",  no stablizers, nasty stuff crossing the drake

[livingonthebeach]

1 hour ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

EVERYONE had to get off in Port Canaveral.  NTSB and Coast Guard people sailed the ship back to Red Hook (Brooklyn port) with the crew.  Princess had to pay to fly all of us home; the vast majority of the cruisers had driven to the port.

 

I was not personally injured.  My cabinmate lost some clothes that were drying on our aft balcony 😄 and I ruined her white pants when my glass of red wine flew out of my hand and landed on her.

 

It was definitely officer-error.  The Crown Princess was brand-spanking-new.  Had a brand new, "high tech" auto-steering system.  The second officer on the bridge "saw" us heading into shallow water, and "yanked" the "steering wheel" (we all know that there isn't a steering wheel) to avoid the shallows, but the ship was autocorrecting already.  He sent us hard to port then hard to starboard (or vice versa, doesn't matter), and the ship just heeled alllllllllllllllllllll the way over.  People were contemplating whether to leap off their balconies to safety; the water was that close.  The piano in a bar flipped over.  The TV sets in the cabins were on high shelves, not low like RC, and were not bolted down.  Many of them flew off those shelves, some striking the passengers in the cabin.  People were in elevators.  Water poured out of the swimming pools, pouring down the stairs and elevator shafts.  People were washed out of the pool, and others grabbed for them.  (of course, there are walls on the deck that would have prevented anyone from actually being washed overboard).  EVERYTHING in the shops flew over - display cases crashed into the glass fronts, and shattered those.  There was glass EVERYWHERE in the plaza.  In all of the bars, the glassware went flying, the blenders crashed off the shelves.  When I had first boarded, I was "impressed" that the buffet had real china and glasses, unlike RC that has melamine and plasticware.  Well, when the ship listed over, all of those pieces of china and glass basically became shrapnel.  Many of the wounds were cuts, some severe, on people's legs, as the pieces crashed to the floor and bounced up.  The gaming tables in the casino weren't bolted down yet, and some people were hurt by sliding (flying) large heavy tables.  One guy was slammed against the wall, pinned between a table and the wall.  A girl had a vital artery severed, but fortunately, the ship had A LOT of doctors and nurses on vacation, and they set up triage in the MDR.  Total lack of supplies: they used tablecloths and napkins to wipe up blood and bandage wounds.

 

 

WOW!! What a harrowing experience.  I guess I'm lucky I haven't had anything quite close to this happen.  Thanks for sharing.