How do the World Surf League (WSL) judges analyze and measure the largest waves ridden each year? The professional surfing circuit developed a new formula for wave height measurement. In order to determine – or estimate – and formalize wave height measurement standards, WSL teamed up with researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego in La Jolla and the University of Southern California, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in Los Angeles. The collaboration was initiated to help WSL identify the winner of the 2020 WSL Big Wave Awards’ Women’s XXL event.

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How are big waves measured in professional surfing?

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