The world Meteorological Organization establishes record oceanic wave heights. The current world record wave height is 62.3 feet measured by a buoy in the North Atlantic Ocean at 6am UTC on February 4 ...

To harvest whales, seals or walruses, Wainwright hunter John Hopson goes out at sea. He leaves the bluff area next to the village and travels farther from shore, where the waves often become rough.

LOLA wave height chart as the storm moved through this past weekend. The wave buoy is located in the heart of one of the most active and strongest storm tracks on earth. Image: MetOcean Solutions A ...

The measurement took place between December 21, 2024, and January 6, 2025, when Storm Eddie generated waves that traveled more than 15,000 miles (24,000 kilometers) across the globe. ESA scientists ...

North Slope whalers might be able to know wave height and direction before going out to the ocean this summer, thanks to the new initiative aiming to make the subsistence lifestyle safer and to ...

A record-shattering Pacific storm in 2024 unleashed waves so massive they were visible from space. In December 2024, a ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service is asking boaters for feedback on an experimental program to measure waves and ocean conditions. The National Weather Service in Upton is using forecasts and ocean buoys ...

The Thanksgiving-week “bomb cyclone” storm that drenched California not only set a record for the lowest pressure recorded in the state, but also generated a 75-foot wave off Cape Mendocino. At 7:33 p ...