Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes ...

Off Vancouver Island, a single 17.6-meter wall of water rose from a winter swell and vanished within seconds, stunning ...

In December 2024, satellites captured an extraordinary phenomenon in the heart of the ocean—waves that soared to nearly 66 feet high. This event, which unfolded during Storm Eddie, shattered records ...

As the early surf pioneers began to observe, and as advances in more recent wave forecasting has confirmed, there are a few ...

Photographer Kevin Krautgartner spends a lot of time planning and waiting for ideal weather conditions and swells.

When thinking of rogue waves breaking out in the middle of the ocean, for surfers at least, one liquid monstrosity comes to mind – Cortes Bank, the mythical big wave gauntlet breaking some 100 miles ...

Recent advances in machine learning have revolutionised the prediction of wave heights, a critical parameter in coastal engineering, maritime navigation and renewable energy optimisation. Researchers ...

Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland have made a microscopic “ocean” on a silicon chip to miniaturise the study of wave dynamics. The device, made at UQ’s School of Mathematics and ...

In the deep blue of the tropical oceans, from the warm waters of the Indian Ocean to the vast Pacific archipelagos, lies a ...

Did you know that at least since the 17 th century, humans have studied how to turn ocean waves into energy? But like with many other renewable energies, it was only after the oil price crisis of 1973 ...