* 24 August 2007: A large buildup of sea foam occurred on the coast of Yamba, northern New South Wales.
* January–February 2008: Sea foam occurrences at Caloundra and Point Cartwright on Queensland's Sunshine Coast attracted world-wide media attention.
* December 2011: The coast road at Cleveleys, Lancashire was swamped by meter-high drifts of sea foam.
* 2012: During live coverage of Hurricane Irene in Ocean City, Maryland, Tucker Barnes was covered in sea foam.
* 24–25 September 2012: Following storms and high winds, the beach front of the Footdee area of Aberdeen was engulfed with sea foam.
* 27–28 January 2013: The Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia had masses of foam wash up on land from ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.
* June 2016: Sea foam occurred across the East coast of Australia, whipped up by storms.
* 28 March 2017: Sea foam was generated by Cyclone Debbie at Sarina Beach in Queensland, Australia.
* 16 October 2017: Hurricane Ophelia covered Cleveleys, Lancashire with spume.
* January 2018: Storm Eleanor causes widespread foam to appear across coastal Europe.
* 11 October 2019: Subtropical storm Melissa brought sea foam to Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts.
* 21 January 2020: Storm Gloria floods Tossa de Mar, Spain, with thick sea foam on top of major flooding. 
* 11 May 2020: Five surfers die in The Netherlands, presumably upon drowning after becoming disoriented in over 2 meters thick sea foam.
* 13 July 2020: The Cape Town storm, South Africa