Harry Krause wrote:

Gee, where does a sudden onset tostito fall, with its 30-foot waves?

On the Beaufort Scale, that would need to be about a Force 10 or Force
11.
Force 10, 48-55 knots, is classified as a "storm", with waves of 6-9
meters- and 9 meters is close to 30-feet.

Force 11, 56-63 knots, is classified as a "violent storn", with
"exceptionally high" waves of 9-14 meters.

Oh, and as I'm sure you know the only thing beyond Force 11 "violent
storm" is a Force 12 "hurricane".

I wouldn't recommend anybody go boating in any sort of boat in Force
10, 11, or 12 conditions. :-)

Being something of a wuss and remembering that this is supposed to
"pleasure boating", you won't find me out, except by accident or poor
planning, in much of anything above Force 6- and Force 6 only
reluctantly. Every once in a long while I find myself involved with the
Truly Nasties, and it always reminds me why I try to avoid those sorts
of conditions. The first level where I refuse to tread, Force 7 ("near
gale") is not for the faint of heart.

I thought Tostitos generated 50-foot waves, and were only survivable in
a 23-foot trailer boat with fuel cans lashed to the gunwales. See how
the mind plays tricks when it comes to remembering wave heights?