Monstrous and deadly waves that arrive without warning have been recounted in fishing and sailing lore for more than a century. These so-called "rogue" or "freak" waves have been seen from cruise ...

Until 1995, most scientists dismissed sudden, unexpected swells known as rogue waves as maritime myth. But on New Year’s Day of that year, a monitoring platform off Norway’s coast recorded a ...

It would have been the ride of a lifetime for any nearby Long Beach surfers—or maybe their last wave ever. A monster so-called rogue wave recorded off Vancouver Island measured 17.6 metres (58 ...