Nic von Rupp has surfed a lot of huge waves in his life, but Storm Herminia created one wave so big it eclipsed all his ...

With the end of 2024 looming large, an extraordinary storm was raging far from shore ... fire across one of the world’s most renowned big wave spots, Maverick’s near Half Moon Bay.

Waves in the Pacific Ocean were as big as 60 feet high. The storm was gaining strength as it made its way through California and the Pacific Northwest. Many in California were ordered to evacuate ...

A powerful storm pummeling the West Coast churned up waves as high as 60 feet, killing one man, sweeping another out to sea and prompting multiple rescues when a pier collapsed in Santa Cruz ...