People watch as waves crash against a sea wall at an Auckland beach as a cyclone hits the upper parts of New Zealand, Sunday, February 12, 2023. New Zealand's national carrier has canceled dozens of flights as Aucklanders brace for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle, two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped the nation's largest city and killed four people. (Photo by Brett Phibbs/NZ Herald via AP Photo)





This photograph taken in Plobannalec-Lesconil, western France, on March 9, 2023 shows a high wave hitting the coast. (Photo by Fred Tanneau/AFP Photo)





A surfer crashes while riding a wave at Praia do Norte, or North Beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Monday, January 9, 2023. (Photo by Armando Franca/AP Photo)





A surfboard flies over the head of a surfer on the Mediterranean sea shore of Ashkelon, Israel on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





A surfer looks at a drone while riding a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Nunes/Reuters)





A believer dips into a wave during a ceremony marking the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the Black Sea resort city of Saky (Saki), Crimea on January 19, 2023. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A person looks at waves from the heavy sea during a high tide in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Authorities have announced snow and extreme low temperatures for the next few days across the north of the country. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)





A person stands as a wave crashes against the sea defenses at the promenade of the beach in Rabat, Morocco, Thursday, February 9, 2023. (Photo by Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)





The DFDS King of seaways enters the Mouth of the Tyne on the North East coast in Rough sea on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





Hawaiian surfer Mark Healy rides a wave during The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest on January 22, 2023, at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. (Photo by Brian Bielmann/AFP Photo)





A person takes a picture of the waves crashing on to the shore as ice forms on Oak Street Beach Friday, February 3, 2023, in downtown Chicago. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





Waves crash on a sea wall as a boy runs during a windy day in the southern Athens coastal suburb of Flisvos, Greece, Thursday, January 19, 2023. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





High waves crash along the shore as Cyclone Freddy nears the island at the village of Sainte-Anne, on the French overseas island of La Reunion on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Richard Bouhet/AFP Photo)





Waves crash over the Tynemouth pier lighthouse as a boat approaches the mouth of the river Tyne from the North sea in North East England on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





A group of women swimmers brave the freezing conditions as they gather to celebrate International Women's Day at King Edward's Bay, near Tynemouth on the North East coast of England on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)