Deep in the wilds of Alaska lies the Turnagain Arm – aka “one of the world’s biggest bore tides.” It’s a waterway, not too far from Anchorage, naturally constructed between two snow-coated slopes, ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — The full moon and its alignment with the sun combined to send a short wall of water rushing back into a narrow Alaska inlet, creating the largest bore tide this year and an ...

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The Alaskan Turnagain Arm bore tide is a picturesque wave in Alaska, set against a stunning, snowcapped backdrop. Kristofor Swanson posted a video to Facebook of a surfer riding the wave in October, ...

A handful of surfers paddled out into Turnagain Arm’s muddy waters Thursday evening in hopes of catching a large bore tide. “It was like a freight train,” said first-time surfer Chris Brown after he ...

A tidal bore is when an incoming tide meets an opposing current, and in a few places around the world it creates low-level waves that can be surfed for amazing distances.

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) – Mother Nature put on a show near Anchorage, and it had nothing to do with Venus and the sun. The largest bore tide of the summer arrived in Turnagain Arm on Tuesday evening, ...