# Kayakers survive tsunami by going out to sea

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**Created:** [January 6, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayakers-survive-tsunami-by-going-out-to-sea/283305 "2005-01-06T00:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayakers-survive-tsunami-by-going-out-to-sea/283305/1 "2005-01-06T00:13:56Z")

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Link: [http://news.bellinghamherald.com/stories/20050104/TopStories/224950.shtml](http://news.bellinghamherald.com/stories/20050104/TopStories/224950.shtml)

Brian

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**Author:** ![wonder9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@wonder9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder9)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayakers-survive-tsunami-by-going-out-to-sea/283305/2 "2005-01-06T00:37:59Z")

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Help me out here. How long was it between:

A) the sea receding prior to the first wave

B) the first wave hitting

C) the subsequent waves

I can’t get a grip on the time frame.