Is something like this considered a bug or a glitch? Not sure if things like this are worth reporting as a bug.
Ah... nice work there Moses! It's considered abysmal wave algorithms. Keeping in mind of course, the only gameplay benefit of adding the waves (even if they were remotely good) would be to stall your framerate on approach.
This...Issue...happens also in other Games. Like 7D2D. Sometimes you see/find it. Sometimes you don't.
Ahhhh... that... yep, I've seen that before... the Wall of Water effect is cool, but inappropriate without either some good high-tech or some good old fashioned sorcery to sustain it though.