In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet).

Large wave in Nazaré, Portugal, where the record was set for the biggest wave ever surfed in 2017. (Alexander Ehlers/Getty Images Plus) At the time, the so-called Draupner wave defied all ...

A 2020 study predicted that wave heights in the North Pacific are likely to increase due to global warming, suggesting that ...

On the night of February 8, 2000, the crew of the British research vessel, Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery, were braced ...

Data buoys withstood intense weather, remained operational and continued delivering crucial data’ - Marine Institute ...

“For me, it’s like the ocean is a battery pack,” says ... at a 90 foot drop — he holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed, after riding a 26-meter behemoth at ...

Its hurricane-force fury manifested in huge swells that carried thousands of miles through the ocean ... wave, beautifully ridden, that could put them both in the record books forever for the ...

A sleepy Portuguese town has become unmissable for surfers as its home to some of the biggest and most dangerous waves in the ...

Slebir’s ride was captured on video and is under review by the World Surf League and Guinness World Records. The world record currently stands at 86 feet. Mavericks, the legendary Northern California ...

The current holder of the surfing “the largest wave (unlimited) — male” is Sebastian Steudtner of Germany, who broke the previous record in October 2020 at Praia do Norte in Nazaré ...