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A BRITISH tourist has died after being swept into the sea by a wave in Tenerife. The holidaymaker, 63, was one of three ...

Multiple piers have come and gone along the Santa Cruz coast, and in the last two columns I have slowly meandered south from ...

The fact that Olivier Eustache is alive and able to thank his rescuers is nothing short of a Christmas miracle. Nearly 20 ...

The jagged fragment has an area of roughly 31 sq miles (80 sq km) - just a fraction of the approximately 1,297 sq miles ...

It looked and suddenly felt like a very bad place to be. The ocean swells made the ship’s stern lift high into the air five ...

On December 23 2024, 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir rode a wave at Mavericks ... the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Its hurricane-force fury manifested in huge swells that carried thousands ...

One visit to the Venice Beach boardwalk and it's easy to understand the appeal of the Los Angeles coastline. The Pacific Ocean sparkles in the sunshine along stretches of white sand before dazzling ...

Massive wave surges occur when a large amount of water is displaced, either by something falling into the ocean or by displacing the land underneath. Tsunamis occur globally but are most frequent ...

Basque Country hydrofoil hellman, Matt Etxebarne Aguirregomezkorta, goes big during a historic California swell.

Although a concrete wall protects bathers, online travel site warnings advise tourists to stay out of the pool when ocean waves are high because they can wash back. Local officials have been ...