Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07886-z Published online 14 September 2024

In the version of the article initially published, there was a typographical error where in the Fig. 5 title, now reading “For 3D waves, breaking onset does not limit crest height,” the word “not” was missing. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.