Waves more than 800 feet tall have been found to form and break underwater in parts of the deep ocean. They would be the ultimate in big wave surfing. Scientists have discovered waves that rise up to be taller than some sky scrapers. However, rather than being found on sun kissed beaches in exotic locations around the world, these waves are three miles beneath the surface of the ocean. Researchers found the waves, which are also known as internal waves, form at the boundary between two layers of water with different densities in a deep ocean trench in the South Pacific Ocean.The waves rise up due to ridges on the ocean floor of a narrow channel to the north west of Samoa that forces cold, saltier water to rise up into the warmer water above.
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