A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a ...

Along Portugal’s Atlantic rim, Nazaré has become shorthand for oceanic extremes, where 7‑story waves rise like moving ...

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, ...

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 ...

A size comparison of the "Draupner Wave" to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another. On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil ...

Few people have the surf skills, or the guts, needed to paddle out into the world’s biggest, heaviest waves. But for people who have always dreamed of getting up close to the bombing barrels in Tahiti ...