Published Feb. 8, 2022 2:42 p.m. PST. Occurring off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 2020, it reached a height of 17.6 meters (58 feet). What is a Rogue Wave and why they are so dangerous By David Grossman. Just another site. Marine biologists have confirmed an enormous wave off the coast of Canada in 2020 was the largest "rogue" wave to ever be recorded. The Draupner wave, for example, measured a much more considerable 84 feet (25.6 m) high. Marine Scientists Say This is the Largest 'Rogue Wave' Ever Recorded Image: MarineLabs. In 2004, a 50 feet devastating earthquake-generated Tsunami wave hit off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. However, it is by no means the tallest ever; 1995 saw an 85-foot wave, the Draupner wave, strike a massive oil-drilling platform off Norway's coast. Researchers say it's the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded and was measured off the coast of Vancouver Island, near Ucluelet, B.C., by Victoria-based MarineLabs Data Systems. Marine Scientists Say This is the Largest 'Rogue Wave' Ever Recorded. The most recent rogue wave boasts the name, Ucluelet. The wave, measuring 17.6 metres - which is as high. Scientist Confirm the Largest Wave Ever Recorded Researchers have announced that the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded has been measured off the coast of Vancouver Island, near Ucluelet, B.C. Such an exceptional event is thought to occur only once every 1,300 years. But Lituya Bay also sits atop the Fairweather Fault. It was 25.6 metres, just over twice the size of the average 12 metre waves surrounding it. Most extreme 'rogue wave' on record confirmed in North Pacific Ocean sailing in the Rockall Trough west of Scotland encountered the largest waves ever recorded by scientific instruments in the open ocean, with a significant wave height of 29.1 metres (95 ft) and individual waves up to 18.5 metres (61 ft). Incredible video and. This list of rogue waves compiles incidents of known and likely rogue waves - also known as freak waves, . It is believed to be the largest ever documented in the southern hemisphere, beating out the 72-foot wave that was recorded in Tasmania in 2012, the BBC reported.