A little more than 12 years ago, legendary boat captain/ big-wave photographer Robert Brown ... I truly felt it was right at the 100-foot mark. It was so big and so loud and it took forever ...

Size estimates ranged from 20-30 foot waves, with some reports claiming ... with the dredge crew worked tirelessly to move boats, collect big debris and prevent further damage to vessels on ...

In the last hours of daylight with thunderstorm-driven waves lapping at his boat ... he learned of the couple's larger plan to take the boat home to Big Creek, Mississippi, a town of about ...