A sleepy Portuguese town has become unmissable for surfers as its home to some of the biggest and most dangerous waves in the ...

Only experts, like Portugal’s own Nic Von Rupp, tempted fate in search of glory and motored out to have a crack at what Rupp called the “biggest swell in years.” Check out his video recap below. “Some ...

Garrett McNamara is widely recognized for putting Nazaré on the map as a world-class big wave. Since first venturing to Portugal in the mid-2000s, the Hawaiian has dedicated his life to surfing ...

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet).

It became the Olympus of surfing in the 2010s. Monster waves roll ashore here between late autumn and spring. They are the largest in the world, so Nazaré is a hotspot for big wave surfers such ...

Uruguay The surfer “Pepe” Gomez slid this week what may be the biggest wave ever surfed by an Uruguayan. He did it in Nazaré, Portugal, where a submarine valley creates the necessary ...

That world record currently stands at 86 feet, held by German big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner after an incredible wave at Portugal’s famed big wave break, Nazaré, in October 2020.

If confirmed, Slebir’s wave would easily beat out the current record-holding 86-foot wave surfed by Germany’s Sebastian Steudtner off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal.