Why do we study ocean waves?

Monitoring ocean waves and learning to predict them can be useful and helpful to many others, not just oceanographers. It can be useful to average people who don't even know a thing about the ocean. When people study the ocean they find extremely useful information. They can warn everyone if there is going to tsunami so normal, everyday people can prepare and be ready for anything. Studying the ocean and its activities is more than useful to people who take it for granted.