A new wave measurement technology developed by Porsche measured a giant wave by Sebastian Steudtner in February.

Garrett McNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. Last year he claimed to have surfed a 100-footer also at Nazare, but the height hasn’t been ...

Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazaré Read more ...

Little did he dream that—after two years of mental work to rebuild his confidence—he would beat McNamara’s own record for the largest wave ever surfed. Brazil's Rodrigo Koxa sets record for ...

Scenes of carnage, fueled by a humungous and treacherous swell, have been filtering through social media feeds from Australia’s east coast, and the area surrounding Sydney in particular. Coastal ...

A bomb cyclone back in November caused some of the largest waves ever recorded, including one massive 75-foot swell off the coast of California.

In 2011, the American surfer Garrett McNamara broke the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed – officially judged to be 78ft (23.8m).

Aside from Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, Chicama, and a select few other transcendent pointbreaks, waves are hopelessly ...

Recently, astronomers detected the strongest gravitational wave ever recorded. It came from two gigantic black holes merging billions of years ago, creating a massive black hole with an energy ...

Maya and the Wave, which premieres today at the Toronto International Film Festival, follows the world record-breaking surfer’s journey through the male-dominated sport Sean Neumann is a ...