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 ...

A sigh of relief washes over the crew. The sun peeks out from the angry clouds. They made it, they think. The small fishing vessel survived amidst a storm of biblical proportions and unfathomably ...

Much like mermaids, the kraken, or the hafgufa, rogue waves have been regarded as a maritime myth. These waves do not always leave a lot of data behind, making it feel as if they spring up from the ...

Rogue waves are not anomalies but the result of normal ocean dynamics. New data reveals they can be predicted. On January 1, ...

The ocean off the coast of Ucluelet, Canada, was the scene in November 2020 of an episode that science has yet to explain. A ...

“Rogue waves are, simply, a bad day at sea,” Fedele concluded. “They are extreme events, but they're part of the ocean's ...

On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck—but its ...

Giant waves crash over the lighthouse in Sassnitz, Germany. Due to a storm on October 20, 2023, the first streets and shore areas on the Baltic Sea coast were flooded by high water. However, one ...