Giant rouge wave in Fiji captured on EPIC X in a custom built water housing.

[Daniel Russo]

I was in Fiji the other week working on a new surf film for the Vans Surf team. This wave came through in the afternoon and almost caught everyone inside.
As I swam in position with only a pair of swim fins I held the camera just above the water and filmed this once in a life time wave. This was one of the best waves to ever
break on the reef pass called Cloudbreak.

https://vimeo.com/44214955 password: wave

Thanks Everyone for viewing it.

 

[Sven Seynaeve]

OMG

 

[Zeb B]

that's a big set wave . . . but not a rouge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave

 

[Ivan Kovax]

Daniel... that was awesome. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Nick Gardner]

that's a big set wave . . . but not a rouge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave

+1 using the right words to describe things is important.

Nick

 

[Jon Jones]

Very cool man, good job!

 

[Daniel Russo]

Well Cloud break is about 15 miles out to sea from land. It was also a random wave that caught everyone off guard. But you are right we were not in a ship.

 

[Joseph Coleman]

Even a rouge wave reaches shore at some point...This video was not long enough to say that it wasn't a rouge wave. "Therefore rogue waves are not necessarily the biggest waves found at sea; they are, rather, surprisingly large waves for a given sea state". By definition we would have to know the mean height of the waves that day to know if it was a rouge wave or not. If everyone was surprised by its size then I'm assuming that this one was much larger than the mean wave height of that day and by definition would be considered a rouge wave that made it to shore. So give the man a break and enjoy the video.

 

[Timur Civan]

big waves scare me. I will never go near the ocean again.....

 

[M. FERGUSON]

Aloha Daniel,

That's beautiful Daniel! Great to see such an amazing shot with your new housing. You had the right settings dialed in and were in a perfect position to get a real classic. What an amazing wave! Seeing "Cloud Break" going off like that's a treat - very nice - thanks for posting it.

All the best...

Aloha,
Mike

 

[Mike Garrick]

As a surfer with 40 years in the water...there is nothing like a rouge set to sort out the men from the boys. But with this sucker when your "caught inside' duck diving is not going to get you out other side. I luv the sight of the other cameraman scratching up that face trying to push thru & .................just making it. I wonder if he would've made it if had an Epic ; ) !

Nice camera work, floating around in the impact zone waiting for sets never easy with a high end camera like Epic . Hah ! Having said that an Alexa would be impossible!

 

[Kwan Khan]

Daniel... that was awesome. Thanks for sharing.

++1

 

[Tom Hamilton]

Great shot Daniel!

(PS Rouge is something women wear on their lips, I think you mean 'rogue')

 

[Jim Hoffman]

wow. Being a city boy that would scare me. Cool

 

[Shyam Kanchi]

AMAZINGGGGG!!!!!

Great work Dan!!!!

 

[Steve Gibby]

Great sequence Daniel! Conditioning, timing, experience, and preparation are critical for all action sports shooting - especially for shooting "in the pit" with big waves. All those elements came together real well for you for this shot!

I've been surfing since 1959, shooting surfing stills since 1969, and shooting surfing film and video since 1972. I've shot surfing worldwide. In my opinion your stills and motion work is way good! Keep it up braddah

 

[Jaakko Rinne]

Here, I made it rouge.

Awesome shot, by the way.

 

[Terry VerHaar]

Here, I made it rouge.

Awesome shot, by the way.

Now, THAT's a rouge wave!!

 

[Harrison Diamond]

This was one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

 

[Scott Miller]

Shivers!!