From coffee pots to shark attacks, for 30 years, the now-ubiquitous surf cam has been transforming the sport and community of wave-riding.

Hughie Vaughan and Kash Brown won the 2026 Quiksilver Festival as surf, skate, music, and art get their day in the European sun.

A “powerful and unusual” nor’easter battered the East Coast, then briefly flipped into clean, heaving New Jersey surf. Ben Gravy was there to film it.

Jet ski riders buzz a small tinnie on the Nerang River until it flips, tossing two kids into the water and sparking online outrage and a police investigation.

How far would you go for the wave of a lifetime? Miguel Blanco shares hard lessons learned Indonesia, Australia, and Fiji in the first episode of Swell Diaries.

A fisherman’s Malibu kayak mission turned violent when a hooked mako reportedly bit him twice offshore. Here’s what officials say really happened.

A van ends up in the Malibu surf with a dog still inside as waves slam the wreck and rescuers scramble over rocks to reach the trapped animal.

Wild new footage shows dolphins launching sky-high off Orange County as strange warm-water marine visitors keep stacking up along the Southern California coast.

Marathon swimmer Catherine Breed is linking the entire California coast when Carlos Gauna’s drone finds exactly what everyone has been asking her about.

Inside Todd Glaser’s new film that contrasts Kelly Slater’s heaviest Teahupo’o waves with tender moments chasing his young kids around Tahiti.

Thinking about paddling into your first real big wave? From boards and breathwork to fear and wipeouts, here’s how to stack the odds in your favor.

Near the disputed Dongsha Islands, a Taiwanese patrol ship unleashes a sustained water-cannon barrage on a Chinese fishing boat, all captured on video.

Cunard’s flagship plows through towering North Atlantic seas as its bow disappears into dark water and the ship proves what a true ocean liner can handle.

At a Portuguese lagoon bursting after 10 days of storms, a raging river wave turns into a terrifying conveyor belt straight out to the Atlantic.

A juvenile great white comes blasting out of murky Cape Cod water, rips a hooked fish from an angler’s line and vanishes, all captured in rare underwater footage.

On a quick detour from the fairways of St Andrews, Kelly Slater sneaks in a chilly sunset session at East Sands before teeing off at the Alfred Dunhill Links.

Supercharged by Super El Niño, Hurricane Rachel hurls 25-foot surf at Cabo and sends solid long-period swell toward Southern California.

Nearly 100 shallow quakes, a 3.4 jolt and fresh lava fountaining have Kīlauea restless again, forcing closures as scientists watch for the next move.

Calling all surf photographers, the Surfer PhotoContest powered by SwellCo is now live, and we want to see your shots.

Red Bull's new Teahupo'o film is so immersive, people may never need to paddle out again.

A pod of sperm whales struck a 52-foot yacht in the remote South Pacific, cracking the hull and forcing four sailors into a desperate fight for survival.

A high-stakes lawsuit over pneumatic wave tech pits American Wave Machines against WhiteWater’s Endless Surf and could reshape the future of surf parks.

A beloved Laguna Beach lookout crumbled into the ocean as Super El Niño surf and extreme tides chew away at the Agate Street bluff, with more erosion looming.

At 54, Kelly Slater is teaming with Tru Niagen, the NAD+ supplement once warned by regulators over COVID claims. Here’s what the science actually says.

A look at the historic moisture plume coming to the Southwest U.S. from Hurricane Polo and Hurricane Rachel.

Beyond the WSL and 10-point rides lies a story of ancestral connection, unequal access, and the movement to restore Indigenous ocean stewardship.

Viral footage shows a 40-foot rogue wave rising like an aquatic cliff before detonating against a cruise ship as stunned passengers scramble inside.

A giant oceanic manta glides into San Diego’s warming waters, hinting at how El Niño and a long marine heatwave are reshaping life off Southern California.

Los Angeles shaper Matt Pagan thinks his Mini Piper twin fin can replace your whole quiver. Hunter Jones’ all-time session makes a strong case.