The world's "highest significant wave height as measured by a buoy" was 62.3 feet, located in the (very) high seas between the UK and Iceland, and occurred in 2013, the World Meteorological ...

Aug. 7—BAUDETTE, Minn. — A new wave buoy system now in place on Lake of the Woods aims to improve safety, planning and experiences for boaters who cross the big lake. In a news release, Lake of the ...

In order to predict where the waves are going to occur and what the size and quality will be - you need to be able to interpret wave buoy data. Kev 'Doc' Child explains the part they play in Wales.

A popular, yet troublesome, ocean monitoring buoy went back in service this spring in southern peninsula waters after being out of service for a year and a half. The Lower Cook Inlet Wave Buoy is ...

After years of stalled plans and scrapped projects, the Coney Island ferry effort is moving forward once again — this time ...

In November 2023, violent Atlantic storm “Domingos” struck the northern coast of Portugal, generating record-high waves and leaving a path of destruction across much of Western Europe. People on land ...

PORTLAND, Ore — Crews on Swan Island have been slowly and steadily constructing a massive building-sized structure that some believe may be the future of wave energy. In the next few weeks it's ...

NEWPORT – Two and a half years after a wave energy test buoy sank off Newport, the drive to harness energy from the ocean is heating up again with plans for at least one buoy to be deployed off the ...

Harnessing wave power can be a tricky business. It's one thing to build a device that simply moves up and down with the waves, but another to build one that's efficient enough to be cost-effective.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The first test buoys designed to convert ocean waves to electricity will be deployed a few miles off the Oregon Coast within a few weeks. They won’t supply power yet but they are ...