In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high. A ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a ...

Along Portugal’s Atlantic rim, Nazaré has become shorthand for oceanic extremes, where 7‑story waves rise like moving ...

The biggest wave ever recorded in the Mediterranean Sea.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A high surf advisory is in effect until Sunday for Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and crews worked throughout the day to create protective berms on the beaches. In Long ...

Green means go, as the World Surf League has called the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge on, with a potential start on Saturday, December 13th at 9:00am GMT. Expectations are high, tensions are raging, ...

Waimea Bay continues to evolve. El Niño conditions in 1969 and 1983, for example, triggered massive winter swells that scoured even more sand from the beach. In early 1983, Waimea saw 20 days of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Despite Hurricane Erin being hundreds of miles off the East Coast, the now Category 2 storm’s strength is still being felt along Florida’s Atlantic coastline. “It was rough, but ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes news on Erin for Tuesday, Aug. 19. For the latest news on Hurricane Erin, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, Aug. 20. Hurricane Erin slowly moved northward ...

One of the central tenets of quantum mechanics is the wave-particle duality. It tells us that even massive objects behave like both particles and waves. A number of previous experiments have shown ...

PACIFICA, Calif. (KGO) -- The warm weather coming this weekend could attract a lot of people to the California coastline, but they'll need to watch out for dangerous, large waves. Temperatures are ...