The project, called Nextwave Tempe, has started construction and is being developed by California-based Overton More ...

From Maverick’s to Jaws to Nazaré, new world record potentials for “largest wave ever surfed” have recently rolled in. But why are people still debating?

From world record paddles to tow-assisted giants, here are 10 of the biggest waves ever surfed at Jaws, Nazaré and Cortes Bank.

A Santa Cruz surfer rode a massive California wave last week that was estimated to be 108 feet tall, making it a potential ...

One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big ...

A surfer in California might have beaten the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed on December 23, with one estimate placing it at 108 feet tall, substantially above the current 86-foot record ...

A high surf warning remains in place for the north- and west-facing shores of most Hawaiian isles through 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Everest every day of the week for 100 years, it never moves,” Bill Sharp, who has spent decades orchestrating the world’s most rigorous big wave surfing awards, told the Los Angeles Times.

the contest’s organizer and an authority on big wave surfing. Sharp told SFGATE that while he thought Quirarte’s 108-foot estimation was “generous,” he added that the wave is “absolutely ...

Well, the wave pool industry at large is thriving across the globe, with new facilities being announced nearly every single ...

A wind advisory will expire at 9 a.m. Wednesday and a beach hazards statement is in effect until 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Photograph of Alessandro Slebir surfing on the potentially world record breaking wave taken by the Big Wave Challenge group. Photograph of Alessandro Slebir surfing on the potentially world record ...