Satellites have confirmed what mariners long suspected but could never fully prove: the open Pacific can spawn waves as tall ...

Cortes Bank, a shallow seamount 100 miles into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, is a mystical place; a legendary, yet fabled spot in the world of big-wave surfing. But Cortes Bank is also ...

A fierce and persistent storm 800 miles off the California coast is continuing to churn water to dangerous levels across the Pacific Ocean – generating surf that will ease on Christmas Day but return ...

Two people are dead, including a 63-year-old Hollister, Calif., man, and one injured after being swept into the ocean by strong currents this week at Ke Iki Beach in Pupukea on Oahu’s North Shore ...

You may have seen a new group surfing the waves down at Cowell’s Beach this week. Some surfers received assistance, and others with visible disabilities used adaptive equipment. Whether beginners, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Waves can shape Hawaiʻi’s coastlines and culture; but when they grow too large, they can also threaten lives and property. During the winter and summer swell seasons, the National ...

Recently, however, all that changed at the hands of Storm Leonardo, a weather event that brought chaos across western Europe, ...

If you ever see the rare phenomenon known as square waves, also known as a cross-sea, in the ocean, get out immediately. While most waves form parallel to the shore and break at the coastline, square ...

A high surf advisory warning beachgoers of large waves with the potential to pull people into the ocean was in effect for all Pacific Coast beaches in the San Francisco, California, forecast region on ...