Drake Passage

Suppose you are a fan of extreme weather, rough surf, hampered visibility, and ghost stories, then, in that case, Drake Passage, Antarctica is your thing. The swells here are some of the world’s choppiest, and that alone is major a deterrent to most. Still, if that was not reason enough to give this channel a wide berth, it is also spectacularly frigid and deep.

Waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and southern seas meet in this spot and give each other high fives while high waves batter crossing vessels. Hands down, Drake Passage, is not a place to swim or to test man vs. nature.