Satellites have captured the world’s tallest ocean waves ever from space, breaking all records as reported on October 15, 2025. These observations include the largest ocean storm waves ever seen from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oceanic whitecaps, the ephemeral, frothy features on the crests of breaking waves, serve as critical indicators of air–sea interaction, energy dissipation and momentum exchange. This summary ...

Huge breaking waves — some as high as 10 to 12 feet — are expected to be crashing down in the surf zone along the Jersey Shore this week, even though Hurricane Erin will be swirling a few hundred ...

Researchers have used lab models to study how rogue waves form, but these don't always transfer over to the natural world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and closer together, causing choppy conditions and a rougher ...

On August 19 Hurricane Erin is crawling past the Bahamas as a strong Category 2 storm and is due to head toward the Carolinas and then veer northeast over the open Atlantic Ocean. Although the storm’s ...

Acting as a vast buffer, the ocean absorbs a substantial share of human-made CO2 emissions, thereby slowing the pace of climate change. How effective this buffering is, depends on how efficiently CO2 ...