Surfers enjoyed 4-foot waves in 67-degree water Saturday near Scripps Pier with a light east-southeast wind and 8- and 12-second swells from west-northwest and southwest, respectively. And for having ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part interview with famed Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist Walter Munk, which took place a week prior to his 100th birthday on Oct. 19, 2017.

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. As dawn washes over Bondi Beach, you can see the surfers beyond the break, gently rising and falling on their ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientist Walter Munk, often referred to as the world's "greatest living oceanographer," was honored May 11 by Majesty the King of Sweden with the ...

Walter Munk, the high-spirited scientist-explorer whose insights about the nature of winds, waves and currents earned him the nickname the “Einstein of the Oceans,” died Friday in La Jolla. He was 101 ...

Walter Munk, who gave the Allies a strategic edge in World War II, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography, died February 8 at his home in La Jolla, ...

The lamb heart arrived, without much warning, along with a full transfusion bag. Soon, Rasmus Munk would douse what looked like blood all over the heart while people just sat there and watched. The ...

Oceanographer Walter Munk (R) receiving the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Crafoord prize in Stockholm on May 11, 2010 As dawn washes over Bondi Beach, you can see the surfers beyond the break, ...

This article was originally published in 2017, celebrating Dr. Walter Munk’s 100th birthday. Dr. Munk passed away on February 8th, 2019 in La Jolla, CA at the age of 101. Surfline is honored to have ...

Linda Munk was married at 19 in dreamy resplendence, right down to hand-stitched Parisian lace and a ballroom filled with the elite of Toronto. It was 1956. A handful of years later, she had shrugged ...