A record-shattering Pacific storm in 2024 unleashed waves so massive they were visible from space. In December 2024, a massive Pacific storm generated oceanic waves of unprecedented scale, with orbiting satellites documenting swells that represent the largest ever recorded from space.

A father is dead and the search for a 5-year-old girl is ongoing after a large wave pulled them into the ocean in Monterey County, California, authorities said.

An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible

Internal waves moving through layers of ocean water break onshore in predictable ways, according to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. A pair of recent studies funded by California Sea Grant ...

Ocean waves are a ubiquitous part of coastal landscapes and beach vacations. But have you ever paused to ponder where a wave originates, how far it travels, or why it forms in the first place? A wave forms whenever energy passes through a body of water ...

Anzi Hu was identified on Monday as the seven-year-old who died in California after she was caught in a large wave at Garrapata Beach. Her father, Yuji Hu, also died after attempting to rescue her.

Sound waves traveling thousands of kilometers through the ocean may help scientists monitor climate change. As greenhouse gas emissions warm the planet, the ocean is absorbing vast amounts of that heat. To monitor the change, a global fleet of about 4,000 ...