NAZARE : THE BIGGEST AND SCARIEST WAVE EVER SURFED
The gigantic waves of Nazaré are located in Praia do Norte (north beach), in Portugal. This wave is the queen of big wave surfing. Since 2011, every year, the best surfers in the world come to Nazaré to master this mountain of water. Photo credit AFP or licensors, https://www.thesun.co.uk/ Who was the first to surf this wave ? In November 2011, Garrett McNamara decided to surf the giant with a technique call the tow-in. ( the surfer is propelled into the wave with the help of a person pulling him or her in a jet-ski.) With a 23,8m wave, he entered the Guiness World Record up to November 2017 where he was beaten by Rodrigo Koxa, a brazilian surfer that took a 24,4m wave ! Here is the wave of Rodrigo Koxa, known as the biggest wave ever surfed for the moment ! Photo credit Alvim/WSL The formation of the wave The very high waves of Nazaré are due to the presence of a huge underwater Canyon called Nazaré Canyon. The canyon increases and converges the incoming ocean swell which, i...
