The business of measuring big waves is sorta like the hunt for Big Foot. Both are ephemeral in nature, meaning only those who were there to witness these mythical beasts have a firsthand account, ...

German surfer Sebastian Steudtner may have broken his own record for riding the biggest wave in history earlier this year. The monster wave in the famed surfing sport of Nazaré, Portugal was ...

Rogue waves, which are any waves considered to be at least two times the height of the tallest waves around them, can be terrifying to those working at sea. Long reported only anecdotally by sailors, ...