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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
Rogue waves are found on lakes with seawalls. Directly north of Rattlesnake Island are several Tuftonboro homes with near-continuous rows of seawalls.
Missouri's "Lake LOTO" has significant rogue waves, which are blamed on the many seawalls there. A few years ago, a LOTO rogue wave overtook an anchored cruiser: it sank the cruiser, and drowned a passenger below decks.  That wave was said to be twice as big than the one RG saw.  |
Large cruiser wakes can make for waves on the rebound on sea walls. Not Rogue waves per se, but they can bounce back. If you look at inlets in the ocean, you can witness this phenomenon. Waves from boats and incoming surf will wash to one side of the inlet, and bounce back, changing direction, and making for a huge wash-like effect against the incoming waves.
Waves like that usually are short-lived, and don't have the same continuous cycle as normal waves. What RG probably saw was a larger than normal wave, possibly induced by a quick, strong gust. At places like LOTO, most of the huge waves are caused by huge cruisers. Se walls can indeed cause a wash-like affect that makes for rough waters, but I doubt a rogue wave in the true meaning of Rogue.