Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of the U.S. drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte, in Nazare November 1, 2013. McNamara, who lives in Haleiwa, Hawaii, won the Biggest Wave title at the 2012 ...

Video captures her sitting at a vantage point on top of a rock and seconds later she is swept away by crashing waves. Her mat was later found floating in the water, shortly after the tragedy unfolded.

The weather service called the rough surf “dangerous and life-threatening.” This footage filmed from the coastline along Santa Cruz shows massive waves crashing into the cliffs and shooting spray high ...

(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Waves crash over the bluff on West Cliff on Friday near Columbia Street. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Work to armor West Cliff from previous years ...