A helicopter transports lifeguards and a rescued person as people gather at Copacabana beach near the stage where Madonna will hold a concert, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)





Huge waves crash into the seafront in Shanklin on the east coast of the Isle of Wight during Storm Kathleen on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Jamie Russell/BNPS)





People are silhouetted as they take a bath in the Arabian Sea near Clifton Beach during a hot and humid day in Karachi, Pakistan on June 1, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





An aerial view of a surfer surfing among the giant waves of Atlantic Ocean in Dakar, Senegal on May 25, 2024. In Senegal, which has 724 kilometres of coastline, surf schools with large and small beaches along the coastline are flooded by surfing enthusiasts. Surfers gather at the beach at noon enjoy the sea until the evening hours as the waves grow. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Huge waves smash against the sea front at Whitley Bay in North Tyneside, UK on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





Brazil’s Gabriel Medina in action during the World Surf League finals in Teahupo’o, Tahiti on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Bevilacqua/Reuters)





HM Coastguard personnel look on as waves crash over the harbour wall onto the street on April 09, 2024 in St Ives, Cornwall, England. On Monday, the Met Office issued severe weather warnings for wind across the southern and western coasts of England and Wales, effective until Tuesday afternoon. This follows the turbulent weather over the weekend, when Storm Kathleen, combined with high tides, generated massive waves along the Cornish coast. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)





Storm Kathleen continued to pound Penzance in west Cornwall, UK on April 8, 2024. The emergency services had to close both the promenade and the main coastal road as tremendous waves crashed over the seafront opposite the Queens Hotel. (Photo by Kris Meaden/Apex News)





Waves to the height of 10m reaching 20-30m at the point of impact smashed against the coastline of the idyllic coastal city of Saint Malo, France on April 10, 2024. The extreme tidal waves were the result of Storm Pierrick. (Photo by Mathieu Rivrin/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A drone view shows a surfer riding a wave at Sunset offshore reef as seasonal cold fronts drive big swells into the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town, South Africa on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Nic Bothma/Reuters)





Waves crash over the harbour wall onto the street in the early morning on April 09, 2024 in St Ives, Cornwall, England. On Monday, the Met Office issued severe weather warnings for wind across the southern and western coasts of England and Wales, effective until Tuesday afternoon. This follows the turbulent weather over the weekend, when Storm Kathleen, combined with high tides, generated massive waves along the Cornish coast. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)





French surfer Vahine Fierro competes in the women's quarterfinal round of the Shiseido Tahiti Pro surfing competition against Australian surfer Molly Picklum (not pictured), in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on May 29, 2024. Teahupo'o will host the surfing event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jerome Brouillet/AFP Photo)





A man falls from his surfing board as he gets knocked by a wave in San Sebastian, Spain, 10 April 2024. (Photo by Javier Etxezarreta/EPA/EFE)





Tahitian surfer Vetea David trains for the World Surfing League (WSL) SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro May 22 to 31, and the Paris Olympics, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Brian Bielmann/AFP Photo)





US surfer Kelly Slater competes during the Margaret River Pro surfing competition at Margaret River, in Western Australia on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Colin Murty/AFP Photo)