Mark Ratcliffe, 67, braved horrifying 12ft waves in Withernsea last Friday afternoon after seeing a 15 year old girl cry out ...

Victims Sarah Keeling, 45, and 15-year-old Grace Keeling, have been named and pictured alongside Mark Ratcliffe, 67, who died ...

Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace, 15, have been named by police after being swept into the sea at Withernsea. Mark ...

On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck—but its ...

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a ...

The open ocean can get fierce and wild. There, whipped into a frenzy, ocean swells and troughs can create walls of water that dwarf our puny seafaring vessels, and wreak peril on the humans brave ...

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 ...

We finally know the forces behind an 80-foot-tall wall of water that rocked the North Sea in 1995. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 5, 2025 12:30 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t ...

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A size comparison of the "Draupner Wave" to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another. On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil ...

Researchers have used lab models to study how rogue waves form, but these don't always transfer over to the natural world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...