A swirling monster of a storm lazily spinning off northern Vancouver Island Thursday helped contribute to jaw-dropping scenes of large coastal waves up and down the Washington and northern Oregon ...

During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 meters high—as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the largest ever measured from space. Moreover, satellite data now ...

Heat waves don’t just strike on land — they can also occur in the ocean. And roughly a third of marine heat waves aren’t detectable at the ocean’s surface, a new study reports. The findings, published ...

Large waves near San Francisco have prompted warnings for Californians to remain out of the water. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in San Francisco issued a beach hazards statement early ...

On the windward side of Oahu in Kaneohe Bay sits a giant buoy that could help move Hawaii’s electric grid toward more renewable resources by harnessing the motion of the ocean. The 826-ton buoy, the ...

What makes a memorable travel experience? The sights, yes, but the sounds of a place are just as powerful. This art ...

Under a hazy gray sky on the first day of 1995, the Draupner natural gas platform in the North Sea was struck by something that had long been relegated to maritime folklore: an 84-foot wall of water ...

Brazilian big wave surfer and seven-time Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Award winner, Maya Gabeira is on a colossal mission. Her objectives are so ambitious, they might just be bigger than the 73-foot ...