An analysis of 33 years’ worth of data finds that ocean winds and wave heights are becoming more extreme worldwide, with the Southern Ocean seeing the largest increases. In order to examine long ...

Maximum Wave Height (210 kB PDF) Travel Time (280 kB PDF) These maps show modeled maximum wave height (top) and travel time (lower) for the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004.

The significant wave height for the storm on May 9 was 48.9 feet, also a record for the Southern Ocean. But the global record belongs to the 62.3-foot significant wave height measured in the North ...

Wave heights of 70 to 90 feet have been reported, but never confirmed. However, the record significant wave height confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization Commission for Climatology’s ...

On December 26, 2004, a series of devastating waves attacked coastlines all around the Indian Ocean, taking the largest toll of any tsunami ever recorded. The surges decimated entire cities and ...

Around 2 a.m., the buoy measured a 78-foot wave near Campbell Island, the largest ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. And since the buoy doesn’t stay on 24 hours a day, even larger waves ...

Extreme ocean winds and wave heights are increasing around the globe, with the largest rise occurring in the Southern Ocean, University of Melbourne research shows.

Ocean researchers generally focus on "significant wave height," which is the average of the highest one-third of waves, he said. Within that average, there can be a much larger waves.

The potential of high waves in several Indonesian waters could pose a risk to maritime safety.

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...