A beach hazards statement was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 1:01 a.m. valid for Thursday, Jan. 8 ...

Building a surfable ocean wave in the Arizona desert went against everything people thought they knew about water, climate, and feasibility. Engineers had to solve problems that nature usually handles ...

Some of the heaviest, scariest, most mutant slabs on earth are hiding in the wilds of Western Australia – for instance, The Box, The Right, Cyclops, et al. It’s a rugged region, known for its sharky ...

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 ...

A search stretched into its second day on Sunday for a man who was swept into the Pacific Ocean by a wave at the same California state park where a father and his 7-year-old daughter died under ...

The incidents both occurred at Garrapata State Park near Big Sur. A search stretched into its third day on Monday for a U.S. Army soldier who was swept into the Pacific Ocean by a wave at the same ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A 5-year-old girl is missing and her father is dead after they were swept into the ocean by a wave at Garrapata ...

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 ...

If you've been to Newport Beach, California, in the spring and fall months, you might have witnessed the wonderful phenomenon that is the bioluminescent waves. Every year, walking along the beach at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...

We’ve all paused our gaming session to hit up a browser for the solution to a puzzle or boss fight that we just couldn’t get past. The process is muscle memory for some of us: Put down the controller, ...

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 ...