From A-frames to tsunami, here’s everything you need to know.

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The National Weather Service warned California beachgoers on Wednesday to stay out of the water due to hazardous swimming ...

King Tides and good waves in California can block the flow of the creek to the ocean until it becomes so full that it floods ...

As the early surf pioneers began to observe, and as advances in more recent wave forecasting has confirmed, there are a few ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — Winds generated by winter storms and high tides combined to create ocean tidal surges, as well as waves breaking between 20-30 feet along the coast of central and northern ...

A tsunami is a series of waves generated by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean. Large earthquakes below or near the ocean floor are the most common cause, but landslides, volcanic activity, ...

Are rolling ocean waves and tidal forces New Jersey's next sources of renewable energy? That is the question being explored by officials at the state Board of Public Utilities, which met earlier this ...

The power of the Pacific Ocean eludes no one who witnesses it. And soon, that energy may be harnessed to make emissions-free electricity. That’s the hope of the California Energy Commission, which, ...

Eco Wave Power’s technology is deployed near shore, attached to seawalls or jetties, where paddle-like devices are driven up and down by wave action, to generate electricity. Photo courtesy of Eco ...