To harvest whales, seals or walruses, Wainwright hunter John Hopson goes out at sea. He leaves the bluff area next to the village and travels farther from shore, where the waves often become rough.

Surf’s up: map showing the change in extreme (90th percentile) wave height between 1985-2018. Red indicates increasing values, whereas blue indicates decreases. (Courtesy: University of Melbourne) ...

North Slope whalers might be able to know wave height and direction before going out to the ocean this summer, thanks to the new initiative aiming to make the subsistence lifestyle safer and to ...

The National Weather Service is asking boaters for feedback on an experimental program to measure waves and ocean conditions. The National Weather Service in Upton is using forecasts and ocean buoys ...