Monster waves are not just big surf. They are forces strong enough to capsize rescue boats, trap surfers beneath breaking water, and devastate coastlines. This film follows the people who meet that force head-on: Coast Guard crews training in the surf at Cape Disappointment, big-wave cameraman Grant Washburn and surfer Jeff Clark at Mavericks, rescue swimmers preparing for extreme deployments, and tsunami forecasters trying to predict how far the next wave may travel and destroy.
From heavy-weather boat handling to big-wave riding, helicopter rescue drills, tsunami modeling, and laboratory wave tests, this documentary shows why these waves remain so dangerous even when people study them, train for them, and build for them.
Documentary: On The Inside: Monster Waves
Director: Kent Takano
Production: Michael Hoff Productions (2000)

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