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MarineLabs: Rogue Waves, Rockets & Reef Sharks...Oh Buoy!

Ocean data shown at the workbench, not in a dashboard.

MarineLabs: Rogue Waves, Rockets & Reef Sharks...Oh Buoy! promotional image

Under 1 min walk. 4 locations within 5 min.

When
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
11:30 to 13:30, Pacific Time (PCT)
Where
MarineLabs Data Systems Inc (its map, in a new tab)
2100 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8T 4L3
Cost and entry
Free
Tour · Climate & ocean · In person
Area
Victoria (YYJ)

The most extreme rogue wave ever recorded, 17.6 metres off Ucluelet, was caught by one of their buoys, and a UVic researcher put the odds of it at once in 1,300 years. Now the people who built that instrument are opening the door and standing next to it. Easy yes.

Who’s involved

MarineLabs (their website, in a new tab)
Noelle Quin

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From MarineLabs’s page on luma.com (the organizer’s page, in a new tab) · Listed Sep 3 · Updated Nov 2, 06:17