Getting a new surfboard for Christmas? This will not be the week to hit the waves to learn to surf – and even experienced surfers should use extreme caution in the water. Big waves are slamming the ...

It isn't easy harnessing the power of waves in the sea to generate electricity, but a Spanish engineering firm is giving it the ol' college try with a giant floating buoy. Out on the Biscay Marine ...

Energy from Hurricane Narda brought big, bombing waves to the Southern California area the past few days, with the strong surf continuing through the early part of the week. The wild waves kept ...

A size comparison of the "Draupner Wave" to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another. On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil ...

We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue ...

Two college students lying on a Santa Cruz beach were swept as massive waves and dangerous rip currents inundated the coastline in recent days. By Ali Watkins and Amy Graff Two Bay Area college ...