A stock image of a big ocean wave. Large waves were forecast to hit San Francisco this week, with 10 foot waves ending up crashing into the shore.

Ocean waves help quake scientists make predictions for the Big One Shown is a department store at the Northridge Fashion Center that collapsed after the 1994 Northridge quake.

Get ready to witness the sheer power of the ocean like never before — these are the biggest waves ever caught on camera, and they’re nothing short of terrifying. From monster swells towering over 100 ...

San Diego got another taste of big ocean waves this week. People gathered near the Children’s Pool in La Jolla to get a glimpse of rough surf and the seals sleeping peacefully on the pocket beach.

The surf on Tuesday at Mavericks was “as good as it’s been in 10 years,” big-wave pioneer Jeff Clark said. Clark ought to know. He was the first surfer to ride Mavericks, the formidable reef ...

Big ocean waves whipped up by storms hundreds or even thousands of miles away from Earth’s poles could play a bigger role in breaking up polar sea ice and thus contributing to its melt more than ...

Climate change has warmed the ocean and is transforming wave conditions. The coming years and decades could provide big-wave surfers with some of the biggest rides of their lives.

By Andrea Thompson. Follow @AndreaTWeather. Big ocean waves whipped up by storms hundreds or even thousands of miles away from Earth’s poles could play a bigger role in breaking up polar sea ice ...

Brazilian big wave surfer and seven-time Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Award winner, Maya Gabeira is on a colossal mission. Her objectives are so ambitious, they might just be bigger than the 73 ...

I imagine somewhere there is a cold-war era control room in a deep bunker where an alarm bell starts ringing every time a giant ocean wave is detected. When the World Meteorological Association ...

Big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as "spring tide" crashed into coastal parts of South Africa over the weekend, leaving two people dead and injuring several, authorities said Monday.

Evan Slater tries to catch a giant wave in the first heat. Surfers from around the globe braved the 50-foot-high swells at Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Saturday, February 13 ...