Dear Iskander Abroug, Nizar Abcha, Armelle Jarno, and François Marin,

Thank you for the submission of your manuscript “Laboratory study of non-linear wave-wave interactions of extreme focused waves in the nearshore zone”.

As you know, two reviewers have now provided detailed reviews, which you have replied in detail to. Both reviewers recommended minor revisions and therefore I would like to invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript.

Would you please also provide an ‘author’s reply’ to the reviewers (feel free to use the same words that you used in what you have already uploaded) and include, in the same author reply document, a track changes document between the old manuscript and the new one.

I look forward to seeing the next version of your manuscript.

Regards,
Ira Didenkulova
NHESS Editor

Dear Iskander Abroug, Nizar Abcha, Armelle Jarno, and François Marin,

Thank you for the submission of your manuscript “Laboratory study of non-linear wave-wave interactions of extreme focused waves in the nearshore zone”.

Your manuscript is greatly improved after the revision, however I am missing strong connection of your research to natural hazards. I suggest to add a separate paragraph in the Conclusions, discussing how your results can be applied to shallow water freak waves, and may be even to tsunami of volcanic origin. Please, think, how your findings can impact their monitoring, assessment, etc. This will make your manuscript much more attractive to NHESS readers. I suggest also to include 1-2 extra lines in the abstract as well.

Minor comment for Line 14 of the abstract: unfinished statement "approaches 1 just"

Please be aware, that this is most likely the last possibility for you to change and improve the manuscript. Thus, I suggest that you carefully go through the manuscript again and improve everything which you still find useful to improve.

For all changes, please, include author's reply with the track changes.

I look forward to seeing the next version of your manuscript.

Best regards,
Ira Didenkulova
NHESS editor

Dear Iskander Abroug, Nizar Abcha, Armelle Jarno, and François Marin,

I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript nhess-2020-209 can now be accepted for publication in our journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS).

You will soon be contacted by the journal publication office for the preparation of the final version of your manuscript. Please respond promptly to the requests of the publication office, as this will condition the time of your publication, and read carefully any copy-editing recommendations that they make. I also kindly ask you to double check your list of references and citations in the text.

Do not forget that as an open-access journal you can freely distribute your paper once it is published.

I take this opportunity to thank you for having selected Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) for the publication of your scientific work. I look forward to receiving further contributions to our journal from you.

Sincerely,
Ira Didenkulova
NHESS Editor