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=== Assistant: Uncomfortable? ===
Uncomfortable? That depends on whether you’re surfing, swimming, or just trying to stand there pretending the ocean isn’t actively trying to kill you. But here’s the physics stripped of romance:
* Wave power scales roughly with H² × T (height squared times period).
* 2 ft @ 2 s → 22×2=82² × 2 = 822×2=8 (basically sloshy bathwater).
* 4 ft @ 4 s → 42×4=644² × 4 = 6442×4=64.
* 6 ft @ 6 s → 62×6=2166² × 6 = 21662×6=216.

So no, 2 ft @ 2 s is not in the same universe as the other two. The short, weak chop of a 2-second wave can be annoying because it feels like standing in a washing machine, but it doesn’t have the same raw push. The 4 ft @ 4 s combo is eight times more powerful, and 6 ft @ 6 s is nearly thirty times stronger.

If we’re talking “uncomfortable,” the tiny 2-second slop just agitates you, while the 4- and 6-second waves can actually move you, dump you, or knock you off your feet.

Do you want me to plot a few of those side by side so you can see the massive energy gap?