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These kind of waves you can write a book on, but they should not be compared with Tsunami waves. The Tsunami is an underwater wave of very high speed that builds up when approaching a shallow coast. At sea you can hardly see it.
The so called freak waves are built up by a irregular pattern of waves that can happen in a storm. They donīt travel that far and are not so wide, why a warning system only can be a general storm warning. To put it short.
Just recently another cruise ship in the Med was hit at the bridge and the water intrusion made her without control. Riding out a storm drifting sidewaves was not a nice experience, but they managed to regain control.
The latest incident was a 300 m long boat and compared to smaller yachts, she is not riding up on each wave why a hit is harder. Octopus is half the length and should probably got away better. In the past you always had storm shutters of steel on passages, but with bullet proof glass many yachts are sailing without these.
Safest is to avoid this kind of weather, sailing the known routes at the right time of the year.
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