I’ve hit the water so many times, really hard and had hundreds of mild concussions, perhaps even a thousand or more," says surfing legend Garrett McNamara ...

Garrett McNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. Last year he claimed to have surfed a 100-footer also at Nazare, but the height hasn’t been ...

It leveled everything in its path – forests, buildings, even two boats – and holds the grim title of the largest wave ever recorded. It wasn’t the only one. These aren’t your average tsunamis.

Large wave in Nazaré, Portugal, where the record was set for the biggest wave ever surfed in 2017. (Alexander Ehlers/Getty Images Plus) Some ships that went missing in the 1970s, for instance, are now ...

Talk about climbing (and descending) a mountain. Sebastian Steudtner of Germany currently holds the world record for the ...

the Ucluelet wave is likely the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded." He added that observations of rogue waves of this ...

“This is the first time we have ever measured a wave of 19 meters. It is a remarkable record,” said WMO assistant secretary-general Wenjian Zhang, in a press release. “It highlights the ...

A more recent and scientifically verified record was measured by a MetOcean buoy, which tracks oceanographic data.The tallest ocean wave ever officially recorded in the Southern Hemisphere reached ...

Little did he dream that—after two years of mental work to rebuild his confidence—he would beat McNamara’s own record for the largest wave ever surfed. Brazil's Rodrigo Koxa sets record for ...

Koxa was awarded the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed at the World Surf League's Big Wave Awards on Saturday night. Winning the award for breaking the record was "the best ...

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