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I also yell out "big wave coming" to alert crew -
To many words and complex to process. The listener has to wait until the end of the sentence to digest the concept. And that is when you are not actively in a conversation and you are requiring that they context switch their focus.
By the time you've gotten to 'big' you've only just got their attention, but scope hasn't been conveyed yet. By wave, they're starting to get it, but you could be talking about anything at this point. By coming, ok, this might be a warning and not conversation.
Much more effective would be to SHOUT
"Brace! Brace! Brace!"
By the first Brace, everything has been conveyed. By the second brace it's reinforced. The third brace is for those not really paying attention.