No sooner had the tsunami watch been issued than the text messages began coming in. Friends and family wanted to know if I was safe. Would the waves reach me? Should I drive, or even run, to higher ...

From tsunamis, to barrels, bong hits, and big airs, the last 365 days had a little bit of everything for the surf world.

Surfing has many different types of waves. Some are named due to what’s happening on the ocean floor, others are named for the look of the wave or some simply by geographic location. There are many ...

Does this claim sound grandiose? Might it seem more cloaked in modesty if I say it took me more than 30 years to screw up the nerve to tell my story? Back in the day, I had good reason for reticence.

The “king of storms,” some have called Typhoon Ragasa. After wreaking havoc in the Philippines, the storm – which at one point had winds the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane (150 mph) – moved onto ...

Last month, a massive earthquake struck in Russia. The tremor was an 8.8-magnitude, hitting off the remote coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, sending all of Pacific Ocean communities on high alert for ...

A tsunami warning was issued for California's North Coast, after a massive earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia. A tsunami warning was issued for Del Norte County and Humboldt County north of ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I ...