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11/14/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2026 20:38

Rob Brown's Big-Wave El Niño Photo Lookback: '98-'16

Photographer Rob Brown has been documenting giant waves for decades. His recent book, "Pacific Quests" highlights hundreds of amazing moments. And given that the first XL swell of an El Niño fueled season is on its way to the West Coast (check the Incoming for details), we figured it'd be worth cherry-picking a few classic images from the book from the '97/'98 and '15/'16 El Niño winters just to get everyone psyched. Or scared. Or both. All photos: Robert Brown/ @pacificquests.

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