Waimea Bay continues to evolve. El Niño conditions in 1969 and 1983, for example, triggered massive winter swells that ...

The Big Island of Hawaii isn't as known for surfing as its other attributes, but there's a good surf break near Hilo at a friendly beach park with lava stones.

Since 1996, the Department of Land and Natural Resources has been required to hang signs at county and state beach parks to ...

Tsunami warnings were issued and evacuations were ordered across the Pacific after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote Far East. The tsunami advisory for the San Francisco Bay area ...

A ferry nearly overturned in the high surf off a Hawaiian beach over the weekend. The boat ended up running aground before it was towed ashore. The two crew members aboard the boat were not injured. A ...

WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaiian petroglyphs dating back at least a half-millennium are visible on Oahu for the first time in years, thanks to seasonal ocean swells that peel away sand covering a panel ...