Waimea Bay continues to evolve. El Niño conditions in 1969 and 1983, for example, triggered massive winter swells that ...

Fringe, novelty, yet steeped in tradition. These might be a few ways to describe the current world of outrigger canoe surfing. But it wasn’t always this way. Riding waves in canoes is an ancient ...

HONOLULU– The first waves of a tsunami have hit Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes in history struck off Russia's eastern coast. Haleiwa, Hawaii measured a tsunami at 4-foot wave amplitude, ...

It started slow and tedious, got weird in the middle, then concluded with screaming, high-fives and hugs. No, that’s not a reference to an annual company holiday party. I’m talking about the first day ...

What was once a category 4 hurricane, and has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, Kiko is on its way out from the Hawaiian Islands on a northerly path. As forecasted, with winds from Kiko ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

It seems like, by some cosmic intervention, big swells drop on holidays. Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July – quite often, big waves correlate with these holidays. Or perhaps it’s just ...

HALEIWA, Hawaii (Island News) -- In the event that the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational is a “go” this winter, these talented surfers are expected to participate in the 2025-2026 surfing competition ...