A record-setting marine heat wave has formed off Southern California, and the next few weeks may determine whether it fades or deepens into summer.

The ocean is an intriguing and mysterious place. For every new species of sea creature we find, there are an untold number of others waiting to be discovered. But it isn't just sea life that has kept ...

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, ...

There's a huge amount of clean energy locked away in ocean waves, if only we could find a way to harness more of it. A new ...

A tsunami triggered by a 2025 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula carried a second, shorter wave signal that exposes rupture within 6 miles of the trench. That hidden tail, discovered in a new ...

Both winds and tides inject energy into the ocean. Much of that energy is then transported up to thousands of miles by internal waves: large-scale underwater waves that can travel between ocean basins ...

Measuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the ...

The sea is getting angry, my friends. Waves and surf along the California coast are getting bigger and taller because of global warming, a new study released this week suggests. In fact, winter wave ...

Ocean waves along the California coastline have long symbolized the best the state has to offer: surf-ready swells at Malibu and Rincon; the misty beauty of breakers crashing along the North Coast; ...