People get too close to the huge breaking waves on Seaburn promenade in Sunderland, United Kingdom on May 7, 2023. (Photo by Simon Woodley/Animal News Agency)





Large waves crash over the breakwater this morning, as gales of 55mph hit the region in Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Bartlett/Cover Images)





The bad weather continues in some parts of the UK as waves crash over the piers at Tynemouth on Monday, July 24, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





High waves crash a shore as the tropical storm named Khanun approaches to the Korean Peninsular, on Jeju Island, South Korea, Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Dozens of flights and ferry services were grounded in South Korea on Wednesday ahead of the tropical storm that has dumped heavy rain on Japan's southwestern islands for more than a week. (Photo by Park Ji-ho/Yonhap via AP Photo)





A man stands on the waterfront as waves crash against a breakwater at high tide in Wimereux as gusty summer winds hit northern and western France on August 2, 2023. (Photo by Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)





South African big wave surfer Fabian Campagnolo rides a wave at Dungeons offshore reef as seasonal cold fronts drive big swells into the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town, South Africa on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Nic Bothma/Reuters)





A combination of high tide and strong winds in the coastal city of Saint-Malo, France, resulted in waves as high as apartment blocks on Friday, March 24, 2023. Waves 50 foot (15,24 m) high flooded the streets as they breached sea walls. (Photo by Mathieu Rivrin/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Surfers at Tynemouth Longsands beach on the North East coast, UK on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





This photograph taken in Plobannalec-Lesconil, western France, on March 23, 2023 shows strong winds and high waves hitting the coast. (Photo by Fred Tanneau/AFP Photo)





Waves crash against the harbour wall during strong winds in Folkestone, Kent on Friday, March 31, 2023. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Wire Press Association)





A surfer rides a wave as a big swell hits Teahupoo, Tahiti on April 30, 2023. (Photo by Brian Bielmann/AFP Photo)





Waves crash over Tynemouth pier on the North East coast of England on Monday, April 24, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





Storm Noa batters the south coast as waves break over Newhaven Lighthouse, on April 12, 2023. (Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP Photo)





Storm Noa batters the south coast as waves break over Newhaven Lighthouse, on April 12, 2023. (Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP Photo)





People play amongst the waves on Chiswell Beach in Dorset on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning across the Midlands for thunderstorms and the south of England for strong winds. (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)