Tahiti’s Heavy Waves

The waves off the coast of Teahupo’o can heave a crushing amount of water toward the shore and onto unlucky surfers.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Tahiti’s Heavy Waves.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and bathymetry data from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 14, 2022
Data acquired May 2, 2022