Harrowing footage shows towering Southern Ocean seas battering a ship in one of the world's most dangerous crossings.

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm "messengers," carrying a storm's power across entire oceans. Observations from the ...

The South Pacific has been on a heater lately. While the official start to summer is still a few days away, a series of powerful storms has sent long-period swell radiating across the ocean, lighting ...

During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 meters high—as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the largest ever measured from space. Moreover, satellite data now ...

Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t ...