"heavy waves" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to describe large, powerful waves, such as those found on the ocean. Example: The heavy waves crashed against the rocky shoreline.
The ice in the fall used to protect our coastline from heavy waves.
In the fast 49er class, most of the fleet of 10 boats capsized repeatedly in the heavy waves and wind.
In a 1934 anthology, he complained about "the strong odor from the stockyards rolling in heavy waves all the way from the South Side".
Nyad first tried the crossing from Cuba in 1978 at the age of 28, but failed in the face of winds and heavy waves.
Each summer, schools of striped bass gather in the heavy waves that wash over these rocks, completing migration routes they have traveled since glaciers changed their world.
If the wind picks up you can see an increase in the waves and you do get heavy waves in that area.
Then came the heavy wave of suicide bombings, which Bassem termed "the big mistake".
Engineers say that such a thing is a result of pneumatic action — the sudden back draft created by the recession of a heavy wave combined with the abrupt release of pressure on the outside of the door.
To counter any surge by Mr. Kerry, Republicans who discuss campaign strategy with the White House said they expected Mr. Bush to begin a heavy wave of critical advertising against Mr. Kerry and his running mate come August.
In the winter, a bluster of whipping wind and sideways-slanting rain, Khayelitsha flooded, and sometimes the makeshift shacks dissolved wholesale, their tarp roofs and cardboard-box sidings disintegrating like sandcastles in a heavy wave.
So, many cases of mooring failure due to heavy wave loads are recently being reported in harbors.
