A possible rogue wave sent headlines around the world last week after it broke windows on a cruise ship off the coast of Argentina, killing a woman and injuring four others. Such freak accidents may ...

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 ...

The ocean is an intriguing and mysterious place. For every new species of sea creature we find, there are an untold number of others waiting to be discovered. But it isn't just sea life that has kept ...

In 2022, a large, unexpected rogue wave struck the Viking Polaris, breaking windows. One passenger died and others were injured. (Alexis Delisi/AFP/Getty Images) Huge, freak waves that seem to come ...

Gigantic waves can seemingly come out of nowhere, threatening ships and oil rigs. Now, an AI system trained on centuries of data has been able to predict when these rogue waves will occur, revealing ...

We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue ...

Also known as freak or killer waves, rogue waves are those that pop up suddenly as a great deal larger than others in a given set, posing serious danger to any ships or infrastructure unfortunate ...

Over the weekend, yet another tragedy struck the Canary Islands. A group of tourists were swimming in Los Gigantes – a ...

It sounds gnarly, but this is one wave you would never want to surf. Rogue waves (also called freak or killer waves for a reason) seem to appear in the ocean out of nowhere. These extreme phenomena ...

One passenger died after a "rogue wave" struck a cruise ship sailing for Antarctica. Four others had "non-life-threatening injuries," a spokesperson for Viking said in a press release. Rogue waves are ...

On the high seas, 64% of ship sinkings are due to a single phenomenon. They’re not caused by mechanical defects, nor crew error, but by “rogue waves.” These monsters, which can tower over 100 feet ...

Huge, freak waves that seem to come out of nowhere and endanger ships at sea could someday be predicted with enough advance warning to let sailors get ready. That’s because researchers have developed ...