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?

Fred Pompermayer's marathon quest to capture the biggest wave ...

On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?

On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave ...

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz Wharf snapped and floating in the ocean, Alessandro “Alo” Slebir pointed his surfboard ...

The Great Lakes make for ideal surfing, offering waves along about 3,200 miles of shoreline in Michigan, according to Pure ...

Regardless, it was undeniably big.) Related: Santa Cruz Wharf Collapses in “Life-Threatening” Surf (Video) “Dangerous waves brought down part of the Santa Cruz Pier on Monday and prompted ...

Earning a spot on the prestigious list of big-wave surfers invited to compete at “The Eddie” is considered among the greatest honors in surfing. For two decades, San Clemente surfer Greg Long ...

While strolling on a beach in Maui over the weekend before Christmas, admiring the massive waves that were pounding the coast ...

The National Weather Service issued high surf advisories for large portions Northern California Thursday morning, with waves up to 30 feet high expected to hit portions of the coast until Sunday ...