Waves crash over the seawall in front of homes in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA, 13 February 2024. A Nor'easter storm brought high winds and snow to the region. (Photo by CJ Gunther/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Waves turned mud brown by storm runoff water hit a pier as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a “Pineapple Express” weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said “the largest storm of the season” would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by David McNew/AFP)





A view of men surfing under the Golden Gate Bridge during rainy weather in San Francisco, California, United States on February 20, 2024. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People watch waves in front of a lighthouse near the central beach, in Biarritz, southwestern France, on February 11, 2024. In the Basque Country, with its 35 kilometres of sandy and rocky coastline, more than 500 individual and collective dwellings and around 40 businesses are threatened within 20 years by rising sea levels and their consequences, according to the “Communaute d'agglomeration”. (Photo by Philippe Lopez/AFP Photo)





Waves break over the end of the runway at Sumburgh Airport in Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on January 31, 2024, as severe weather from Storm Ingunn affects flights and ferry travel. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP Photo)





Winter returns to Southwest Michigan Wednesday, February 28, 2024, as surfers brave cold and windy conditions along Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, Mich. (Photo by Don Campbell/AP Photo)





Waves hit the shore in the port of Le Guilvinec, western France on February 10, 2024. The seafront of Britany will be in orange alert for flooding on February 11, 2024, due to the storm Karlotta in the UK. (Photo by Fred Tanneau/AFP Photo)





A surfer falls in an artificial wave in the river 'Eisbach' at the 'Englischer Garten' (English Garden) downtown in Munich, Germany, Monday, February 26, 2024. (Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)





Surfers on March 12, 2024 in Minsterworth, Gloucestershire ride the Severn Bore, a wave generated by the Atlantic Ocean entering the Bristol Channel and forcing its way into the Severn Estuary. As it nears this narrow section, the water speeds up and creates a wave as the surface of the water travels faster than the base. (Photo by Lee Thomas/The Times)





Giant waves crashing against the harbour wall in Folkestone, Kent, UK on Monday, February 26, 2024. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images)





Huge waves hit the promenade at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, England late Monday afternoon, March 11, 2024, with some people braving a walk along the seafront. (Photo by Ian Sproat/Picture Exclusive)





An old American car passes along the flooded malecon due to a cold front in Havanna, on February 5, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Surfers paddle over the top of a wave in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sunday, January 13, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Cole/AP Photo)





Surfers and kayakers ride the Severn Bore surge wave, a natural phenomenon occurring according to the lunar cycle where a set of waves push through the Severn River estuary and upstream on a high tide, on the only day in 2024 where it is given a five star size status, at Newnham, near Gloucester in Britain on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





Huge waves crash against the sea wall near Whitley Bay, UK on Sunday, February 11, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)