These types of waves form where a river meets the ocean. Waves break down the sand bars by the mouth of the river or next to a channel that the river has cut out. They can be similar to pointbreaks, ...

To the layman, many of these terms make absolutely no sense when taken out of context, but to any surfer, these 10 words have simple and specific meanings. Since the early days of the sport, surfers ...

The earliest scientists first observed the waves that earthquakes produce before they could accurately describe the nature of earthquakes or their fundamental causes, as discussed in Lessons 1–5.

The waves you see at the shoreline are actually wind waves and are the sum of many components that were generated by the wind at a distant site. These components travel at different speeds, depending ...

For decades, physicists searched in vain for evidence of gravitational waves, the stretches and squeezes in spacetime that were first predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity a ...

Waves transfer energy from one place to another. Light from the Sun travels through space and through the atmosphere, transferring energy to the Earth and other planets. Sound travels from a ...

Heat waves, also known as excessive or extreme heat events, are abnormally hot stretches of weather that usually last for two or more days. Wondering how hot heat-wave hot is? The answer varies from ...

In this webinar recording from March 21, we answered one of the most common question I am asked. “How do I know where to begin counting waves using Elliott Wave Theory.” It is a good question and much ...