in Interstellar the crew lands on the water planet ,right, but how can there be such huge waves with no water seen rushing to “feed” them?

Question

How do they have 1.2km high waves but the level of the water is beneath their knees and no water is seen to be moving at all?

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Answer 1

Extreme tidal forces. The wave is constant, it just moves around the planet with the gravitational pull, and never breaks. It’s really a swell, not a wave.