Here’s a look at a negative-NAO pattern, one that delivered an October to remember across much of the Caribbean. Follow the ...

Photography by Dom Zapata, Logan Yandle, Graham Collins and Jason Thomas. When a west coast swell plays out like this it ...

Bodysurfing and hand-planing are making a huge resurgence. Especially when the surf conditions are kinda funky.

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“The more north you go, everything changes,” said Tim. “It’s a completely different weather pattern you need to understand.

“Krzysztof reached out and said he was from Poland, and we should stay in touch about swells. I asked about Hel cause it ...

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Directed by Hannah Anderson and Nick Carroll, edited by Hannah Anderson.

Ocean Beach, San Francisco is one of the best big-wave beachbreaks in the world. (It’s also one of the world’s worst ...

“Today was one of those peachy days, light offshores and a nice head high swell on tap,” said local surfer Simon Shields.

Photography by Audrey Lambidakis, David Martinez, and Pedro Bala. Sometimes, particularly at big-wave spots, it’s nice to have a non-triple-XL day to kick off the season. Sometimes, it’s nice ...

Photography by Jason Wagoner, Andrew Nichols, Ivy Scott, Alex Dantin, Valerie Rose, and Mark Townsend. In 1964, at 13 years ...