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. Gigantic, 80-foot ...

This striking satellite snap highlights the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast and ejecting massive sediment plumes under the sea. The same day this photo was taken, a ...

Green means go, as the World Surf League has called the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge on, with a potential start on Saturday, December 13th at 9:00am GMT. Expectations are high, tensions are raging, ...

All eyes are turning towards Portugal, as the biggest swell of the year is percolating in the Northern Atlantic, swirling seas, and sending massive surf to Nazaré. Hence, the WSL has called a “Yellow ...

The Atlantic big wave season is slowly stirring to life, as the first substantial swell of the 2025/26 winter period hit Nazaré recently, awakening the Portuguese beast. Perennial chargers were on ...

Teammates Clement Roseyro of France and Nic von Rupp of Portugal, and France’s Justine Dupont stole the show at the World Surf League’s 2024-25 Tudor Nazaré Big Wave Challenge, held in massive, ...

Nazaré has been bustling. I’m not just talking about the thousands of spectators who lined the cliffside above Praia do Norte last weekend. After Garrett McNamara put Nazaré on the big-wave map in ...

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Feb 18 (Reuters) - France's Justine Dupont overcame tough conditions and waves of up to 35 feet to win the Tudor Nazare Big Wave Challenge on Tuesday, with countryman Clement Roseyro taking the men's ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a surfer rode a 101-foot-tall wave at Nazaré, setting a new world record. When ...