In reply to Douglas Griffin: We had the same on the north coast of scotland last night and today. Lamp posts looked like they were going to snap and my shed took a serious pounding. I went down to Torrisdale beach today and it was an incredible sight, you would not want to be out in that sea in a boat!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21320364 Scientists at Lews Castle College UHI have been measuring what they described as "extreme" wave heights in the sea off west Lewis.
Arne Vogler, a senior research engineer and principle investigator at the Hebridean Marine Energy Futures project, said hurricane force gusts had also been recorded.
He said: "Today we are measuring some extreme wave heights with averages of 12m and maximum waves of 20m.
"The sea is still building up and even higher waves are anticipated during the day."
I've been offshore a fair bit myself and have seen what the North Sea can be capable of. But these waves on Lewis are being recorded in inshore waters!
In reply to Douglas Griffin: I came back from Shetland to Aberdeen on the night of the 29th...head on in to force 10 for 13 hours...quite something. We pulled in to the lee of Orkney for a while as the stabilisers had been damaged and needed fixing. It was good to be back on land in the morning!!
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