Given that Hs represents the significant wave height, what are the corresponding average wave height and the maximum wave height values?

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19 Jan 2019
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If Hs denotes the significant wave height, then the average wave height is approximately 0.6 times Hs, while the highest wave height can reach up to 1.87 times Hs.

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