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A wave breaks over Kalk Bay harbor wall in gale force winds in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 15. Springtime in the Cape Peninsula brings regular gale force south-easterly winds which have been blowing for days. These winds were a contributing factor in the boating accident on Oct. 13 in Cape Town, where at least one person died after a tourist boat carrying 39 people capsized during a seal watching trip.
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Indians stand along the waterfront as a huge wave batters the sea wall in Mumbai on Thursday. The monsoon is described as the "economic lifeline" of India, which has a population of 1.2 billion and is one of the world's leading producers of rice, sugar, wheat and cotton.
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A kayaker rides the biggest bore tide of the summer as it roared into Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday.
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The biggest bore tide of the summer roared into Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Here a kayaker awaits the bore tide to ride it. Bore tides can happen all over the world, but Anchorage's Turnagain Arm and Knik Arms are the only places in the United States where they occur regularly, according to Michael Lawson a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage.
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Sightseers brave treacherous conditions at Bronte Beach on Wednesday in Sydney, Australia. Wind speeds of up to 127km/h were recorded last night as Sydney was lashed by wild weather caused by the arrival of a low pressure system. A high tide and a large swell is heightening the risk of sand erosion at local beaches on the New South Wales coast.
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Brazil's Jadson Andre competes in the round one of the Billabong Rio Pro men's surfing competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday.
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Big waves hit Nuevo Promenade in San Sebastian beach, Basque Country, northern Spain, Dec. 15. The area is on red alert due to strong west winds that could create waves of more than eight meters in coastal zones.
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Australian James McKeen falls off his surfboard while trying to ride an 8-metre wave at Shipstern Bluff near Hobart in Tasmania March 17, 2011. According to local media reports, surfers were towed by a jetski into one of the biggest swells seen at Shipstern Bluff, formerly known as Devil's Point, in 10 years. Picture taken on March 17, 2011.
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A bodyboarder rides a wave at Mackenzies Bay on May 1, in Sydney, Australia. A strong east-south-east swell has developed along the NSW coastline with waves between 6ft and 8ft expected to hit the coast for much of the weekend and into next week.
Initially I thought this person was riding one huge wave, but if you look closely, there are two waves in the frame.
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