'We're under water on the third floor': 10-metre waves hit cruise ship

The footage, filmed on Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas in February 2016, shows water leaking through the lift shaft and huge waves battering a window on the third floor.

"Jesus Christ man! We're under water on the third floor," one of the passenger says, as choppy, foamy seas surround them.

"We're not even moving," he says.

"We're just standing in one place trying not to die," his fellow passenger says

Royal Caribbean were later forced to apologise to passengers for sailing into a storm in the Atlantic Ocean during the seven-day cruise from New Jersey to the Bahamas and back.

The cruise had to end early after 4500 passengers and 1600 crew members endured three days of wild seas.

"It was horrendous. At one point I thought I wasn't going to see my family again," one passenger, Maureen Peters, told CNN at the time. "I held on to the mattress so I wouldn't fall off the bed."

Photos showed broken banana chairs, smashed crockery and tables strewn around the ship following the storm.

For about four hours, the ship was listing at a 45-degree angle.

In the latest footage, an American man jokes about seeing passengers walking around at an angle.

"That gangster lean," he says.

"I don't like this listing thing. It's like being on top of a building and looking down," his fellow passenger says.

Winds of 193km/hr can be heard howling outside and the passenger says the water looks black.

"It might be safer to jump on a whale and ride our way out of it," he jokes.

Guests were given a full refund, NBC reported.

The latest footage was uploaded by Stephen Burke, who said he performs music on cruise ships and usually experiences perfect, tropical conditions.

He said the rough conditions lasted 14 hours.