Bigger than anything in recent years, but as is the case at Nazaré, those huge swells often come with high winds. “Nazaré just saw one of the biggest and longest swell runs in recent history ...

Ocean waves, particularly long-period swells, lose very little energy as they travel. And unless they collide with an island and break, they are capable of traveling great distances. By comparison ...

The next time someone asks you where the biggest ocean is, point them toward Jupiter. While Earth harbors about 320 million cubic miles of water, our planet is practically a desert compared to the ...