"strong wave" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "The strong wave crashing against the rocks caused the sailors to panic."
There's a wave, a strong wave but we'll have to be careful and do it right".
A newly built cycle lane collapses after being hit by a strong wave.
If a strong wave caught them broadside, they'd just "power slide" sideways.
The strong wave of Surrealism that hit Czechoslovakia in the 1930's caught up Vobecky (1902-1991), a painter who used photography to document his images.
This time, Mr. Thune rode the strong wave of support for Mr. Bush, who won with the same 22percentt margin as he did in 2000.
Regardless of the level of real growth in the legal industry, a strong wave of consolidations has been creating a need for real estate services.
Big, strong, wave-the-flag-beer-drinking guys with classic American muscle cars; gay men with VW Beetles ( "Not that there's anything wrong with that," to quote Jerry Seinfeld).
Waiamea Bay is infamous for its deathly strong waves.
Before dawn, strong waves pounded beaches, rain fell in sheets and strong winds whipped palm trees.
As the first lifeguard of Waimea Bay, Eddie Aikau saved over 500 people from Waimea's strong waves.
For thousands of years oysters protected coastal regions from strong waves and storms.
