In early 2024, German surfer Sebastian Steudtner caught a 93.73-foot-tall wave at Nazaré’s Praia do Norte, what might be the ...

More recently it is Nazare that has become the focal point for the big-wave community and like many others, Tim has become obsessed with the almost gothic quality, of the enormous, toothy peaks that ...

When To Surf Nazaré The swell season is the same as all other spots in the northern hemisphere, from late September through to March. However, the biggest waves are surfed in the height of winter ...

Some of the biggest waves ever surfed break off the now-iconic coastline of Nazaré, which is Portugal's charming little town, packed with terracotta rooftops and dramatic cliffs.

Elite Big Wave Surfing The TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge is a premier surfing event on the Big Wave surfing calendar. The event draws elite surfers from across the globe to the treacherous ...

Big-wave surfers, photographers, and safety personnel watch from the channel as Santa Cruz’s Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rides a wave at Mavericks, located off the coast of Half Moon Bay, that ...

The TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge is one of the most dangerous contests in all of sports. Off the rocky cliffs of Praia do Norte in Portugal, legends of the sport of big wave surfing are made.

The waves at Nazare are super-charged by a canyon up to 5,000m (16,000ft) deep that ends off the coast, funnelling huge winter swells from the Atlantic Ocean into enormous and often unpredictable ...

That year he rode what was later ratified as a world record 78-foot wave. The video of his ride made jaws drop around the world and inevitably led to a big wave surfing stampede to Nazaré.