16-Foot Great White Triggers Feeding Frenzy Just Yards From Perth Beach Crowd (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Multiple sharks descended on a whale carcass at Perth’s City Beach, some cruising only meters from the sand.
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Mahina Florence Makes History as Playboy’s 2026 Playmate of the Year (Photos) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Florence celebrates Hawaiian culture, surfing, and family in the magazine’s new feature.
5 Unlikely October Surf Escapes You’ve Probably Never Considered (opens Surfer in a new tab)
From Arctic Norway to the Black Sea, these off-radar northern hemisphere zones quietly switch on when October swells start marching in.
Why Are Some of the World's Best Freesurfers in Zarautz This Week? (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Clay Marzo, Tom Curren, Kepa Acero, Lee-Ann Curren, and more join Vol. III of William Aliotti's twin-fin event.
Tropical Storm Rachel Ignites Hyperactive Pacific Hurricane Rampage (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Rachel is strengthening behind historic Hurricane Polo as an already hyperactive El Niño season keeps producing storms.
Thinking About a Surf Trip to the Arctic Circle? (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Forget the tropics. A new expedition aboard the ice-strengthened vessel, the Vikingfjord, is opening up some of Northern Europe’s most remote coastlines.
Massive Hurricane Swell Slams Surfer Into Oceanside Rocks, Knocks Him Out (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Terrifying Oceanside footage captures the moment hurricane-driven surf sends a surfer headfirst into the rocks.
Monster Nor’easter Rips Open Nantucket Beach to Reveal 142-Year-Old Shipwreck (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Massive waves and beach erosion exposed remains believed to belong to the Warren Sawyer, wrecked in 1884.
Chris Hemsworth’s Carbon Fiber ‘Spaceship’ Surfboard Stuns Instagram (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
The actor’s new SJS Custom Rock n Roller looks like a spaceship — and it’s built to go extremely fast.
Mikey Wright, Kirra Pinkerton Win 2026 Natural Selection Surf (opens Surfer in a new tab)
After a week of camping, exploring, and surfing a myriad of setups in South Africa’s Western Cape, the two took the win in an event that came down to the final waves.
Still Stoked: The Festival Bringing Together Black Surfers From Across the Globe (opens Surfer in a new tab)
A Great Day in the Stoke returns to Huntington Beach as Nathan Fluellen works to expand opportunities for Black surfers and Africa's emerging surf community.
Jeff Bezos Drops $25 Million on Ocean Conservation (opens Surfer in a new tab)
The Amazon founder is directing $25 million toward marine protected areas in the Pacific. When you're worth hundreds of billions, apparently that's philanthropy.
Watch: Shark Rams 53-Year-Old Surfer Off His Board in Australia (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Another harrowing shark encounter at Cabarita Beach in New South Wales, as Matthew Devine was knocked off his surfboard by a suspected bull shark.
Shark Swims Through Flooded New Jersey Street as Deadly Nor’easter Pummels East Coast (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Footage captures a shark cruising through Surf City as a deadly storm buries coastal neighborhoods underwater.
15-Foot Waves Pummel Massachusetts Homes as Rare September Nor’easter Slams Coast (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Video shows giant Atlantic surf exploding over seawalls and tearing into houses along the Massachusetts coast.
700-Pound Sea Lion Riddled with Bullets and Left Dead in Seattle River (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
X-rays revealed numerous bullets inside the massive California sea lion, including multiple shots to the head.
NOAA Plane Punches Into Eye of Record-Breaking Hurricane Polo (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Step into the cockpit as NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters fly through Polo’s violent eyewall and emerge into the eerie calm at the center of a record Pacific storm.
Nor’easter Pummels Outer Banks With 18-Foot Waves and Road-Eating Floods (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Huge surf, flooding and ocean overwash have ripped apart N.C. Highway 12 as another brutal storm batters the historic surf zone.
Cruise Giant ‘Oasis of the Seas’ Battles 20-Foot Nor’easter Waves (Video) (opens Surfer in a new tab)
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas battled enormous Atlantic seas while returning to New York.
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