On January 17, 2018, Hugo Vau was in the right spot at the right time to do what no other surfer had done before: Ride a wave measuring more than 100 feet in height. To the surfing world, that barrier ...

To harvest whales, seals or walruses, Wainwright hunter John Hopson goes out at sea. He leaves the bluff area next to the village and travels farther from shore, where the waves often become rough.

If you had to guess who holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed, you’d probably say it was a Hawaiian, or at least some gnarly dude from California. But you’d be wrong. The biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black holes and other massive objects create ripples in spacetime when they merge. Victor de Schwanburg/Science Photo Library via ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A drone video from the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab shows a 28-foot wave in Hurricane Milton as it passed through the Gulf of Mexico. On Wednesday, NOAA’s ...

Thanks for the "How Buoys work" posting. One thing that is not explained though, is how does the buoy differentiate the different swells in the water? For instance if you have a 4 foot 20 sec swell ...