In November 2020, a rogue wave lifted a buoy off British Columbia’s coast 17.6 meters high, confirmed in February 2022 as the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded. Such events are thought to occur once every 1,300 years. Rogue waves were considered folklore until 1995 when a 26-meter wave hit an oil platform off Norway. Since then, many rogue waves have been recorded. The Ucluelet wave, while not the tallest, was nearly three times the size of surrounding waves, making it the most extreme proportionally. Physicist Johannes Gemmrich highlighted its unprecedented nature.