A storm far to the north of the state had an area of high winds pointed mostly south and pushed the large long-period swell toward the islands, according to Harry Durgin, a citizen meteorologist and ...

MetService has issued a heavy swell warning for Wellington and Wairarapa. Rain is expected to become heavy between Cape Terawhiti and Mataikona on Friday afternoon, with a possibility of ...

Late last year, a massive ocean swell caused by a low pressure system in the North Pacific generated waves up to 20 metres high, and damaged coastlines and property thousands of kilometres from ...

Montara on a big swell can be as spectacular as closed-out Pipeline. When the ocean mellows a bit, Montara ranges from deadly to excellent, depending on the bottom contour and swell direction.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A huge coastal swell has caused landslips underneath beachfront properties on parts of the Central Coast at the heart of a heated ...

Residents, government officials and shoreline property owners are struggling for solutions after trees fell into the ocean ... heavy ongoing erosion in the area due to a large number of summer swells.

while also demonstrating that wave energy can be captured in a region with some of the strongest ocean swells on Earth. “Waves reaching Albany have travelled uninterrupted for thousands of ...