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?

The same storm that destroyed the Santa Cruz wharf may have also created the largest wave ever surfed — bringing the record to California.

An increasingly ferocious and volatile surf is raising questions about the future of the state’s piers, which have defined ...

A surfer in California might have beaten the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed on December 23, with one estimate placing it at 108 feet tall, substantially above the current 86-foot ...

If the wave's height is confirmed by Guinness World Records and the World Surf League, Slebir will hold the record for the largest wave surfed -- a title currently held by Sebastian Steudtner, who ...

An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future. Rodeo Beach, Calif., one of the beaches ...

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left ... caught a towering wave at the Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay that was recently ...