Hercules 2014: Huge waves in Sagres, Portugal (Cabo São Vicente) 6/1/14

[@ElDesmadreGriego]

If this video was 12 hours long, I would watch it for 12 hours.

[@TheLocalTruth]

hehehe thanks! Me too! (even though I have the possibility of watching it live for several hours which is a bit better ;)

[@tomcoppola3313]

ElDesmadreGriego ? hbcdst6? devi 6677 84_@ 😊👖👗👔👑

[@pwengineering9070]

Those waves are so big they look like they are moving in slow motion, 80 foot plus here but about 200 feet of white water when they slam into the cliffs. Nazare, which is a popular HUGE wave surf spot in Portugal has had waves over 100 feet and has had the biggest wave ever rode that was ridden by American Garrett MaNamara estimated at 93 feet! I've ridden waves as big as 20 feet but 90 feet plus I could not imagine the power something like that can produce. 20 foot has enough power to rip and tear muscles, ligaments while also able to break collarbones, backs, necks, give you concussions or hold you down long enough to drown you.

[@radada86]

Yep, maybe, but could'nt put up with 12 hours of waowww...

[@larryslemp9698]

EIDesmadreGriego.....OMG, you said it brother!! My sentiments exactly!!

[@SyNcLife]

the waves are so huge the video almost appears to be slow mo

[@Sirbadone]

Imagine a 14th to 20th century ship being obliterated against those cliffs in storm seas like this ... This cape is the southwestern most point in Portugal and next to a huge shipping lane. Now the Cabo São Vicente lighthouse is the second (?) most powerful in the world. It can be seen 60 kilometers away. Many centuries of history here. Aweinspiring video = )

[@TheAbderaman]

on that day january 7th in casablanca morocco we had 13 meters waves never seen before ! everitying on the coastline restaurants swiming pools were destroyed and flooded i have come rapidly to take pictures of those awesome waves it was extraordinary it started from december 2013 the tides rises at night on those days

[@Sirbadone]

Wow, thank you for your reply! I think this video is the only one posted on KZbin of those cliffs during the storm. I will now watch it again knowing now that the waves are 13 meters.

[@aDarkRedJungle]

Have to imagine that shippers back in the day probably knew well enough to stay away from the coast until they were ready to go into port.

[@TheLocalTruth]

We were hoping for similar waves some weeks ago but the wind got very much in the way, also, the swell wasn't as big...

[@p2pfilmcomp]

maybe friday!

[@CF-cm2ye]

I don't feel like a swim anymore.

[@sebastianhagedorn5916]

I've been there this year. I cannot imagine how high waves can get. That's absolutely stunning.

[@aquasight1019]

And there's life under all of that!

[@Ντιμις]

It's full of sargus 100%😁😁😁

[@AlexBoultz]

Very strong and hard animals will live their

[@DieFlabbergast]

The fish probably don't know there's a storm up at the surface.

[@E3ECO]

It's amazing to think you could be on top of those cliffs and still get wet.

[@whyyouwei_2191]

Look at those tiny humans walking on the cliff edge... These waves are HUGE

[@jpmtlhead39]

Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.

[@franklincordeiro]

Imagino aqueles navegadores loucos do séc. XV enfrentando estas ondas no mar tenebroso. Uma bússola, e as estrelas. Povo de coragem!

[@Prunesqualler]

That near cliff has to be 100 meters high, and the waves are breaking way over the top of them. I saw waves almost as high when I was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico in 1985 due to s hurricane 300 miles due west in the Pacific Ocean. There were no cliffs for the waves to break over as spectacularly as these. Although it is dramatic to view on video, it is much more impressive to observe in person. You really begin to understand the power of Mother Nature from watching this spectacle. Surly the technology exists that could harnessed that power on most coasts around the world to provide power to thousands of Las Vegas size cities.

[@ggexpeditions867]

These waves aren’t 100m tall there more like 50ft and also there’s only ever been a couple 100ft waves let alone 100m!and puerto Escondido can only get so big because once it gets 25ft it only goes 1ft higher and then that’s it

[@holaatyaboy6765]

That’s well over 100 meters dude

[@ripwednesdayadams]

those are in no way 100m tall lmfao. they’re not breaking over the cliffs either, they’re smashing into the lower part and it’s causing the water to rise up to the cliff top.

[@clarkewi]

You would not want to fall into that.

[@123TauruZ321]

Why not? Sounds like fun.

[@richardmollberg3096]

Its raging, dont get to close!

[@sharp9563]

If you somehow manage to survive the fall without drowning you have a face-to-face meeting with the cliffs to look forward to!

[@tima.478]

Yeah that 'spin cycle' is a bitch!!!!

[@bugraucoz28]

@amine dz fuck are these made up horror shit

[@veronicathecow]

That spray is over 100m high! (Comparing it to the people eon the top

[@staceyvickery6142]

Always have heard that Portugal has some if the largest waves

[@MaritsView]

Yup Portugal and Hawaii and probably some other places too.

[@angellacanfora]

Parts of the California coast such as the Palos Verdes peninsula will look like this one day as sea level continues to rise.

[@2thesheriff947]

Sagres sea use to be a very calm sea. You can go there on the summer, and swim like if you were swimming on a pool, despites the water be very cold. Man this is brutal, the nature is very unpredictable.

[@Seracdog]

LOVE the big waves... Check out the Giant wave explosions at Shore Acres In Oregon. Also, absolutely jaw dropping stuff!

[@jetpowered1]

If you look there are people standing on the next hill over. Comparing the waves to that reference, you come up with about 40' swells that break and peak over 100' high. That is impressive.

[@trading-university.]

Much higher than 100ft. Scale a person up at 6ft. The cliffs are nearer 250-300 ft I would guess

yes easily 40metres waves

[@fernandobernardo6324]

Not quite as they jump a lot hitting the wall but as they hit they go to that height. But this is a normal day. Not a storm. One can imagine.

[@thecocksaysmoo]

Wow! 130ft waves?! This has to break a record, right?

[@jeankeats3200]

Yes, extremely impressive.

[@dzott75]

Unbelievable video!!That must have been incredible live, Thanks for Upload....

[@TheLocalTruth]

Dan Zotter I deed it was :) you're welcome!

[@jpmtlhead39]

Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.

[@TheWanderingWife]

A little north of here, in Nazaré, they are known for their waves up to 100 feet high.

[@franklincordeiro]

Era conhecido como "mar tenebroso" pelos antigos navegadores.(It was known as the "dark sea" by the ancient navigators)

[@eL3ctric]

Hey SxAndTheVillage would i be allowed to use parts of this video in one of my new videos? I will redirect my audience here and wont use more than 40-60 seconds of the footage! If you have any questions message me here or via email :[e-mail] have a great day, eL3ctric

[@TheLocalTruth]

Hi, sure! Nature is everyone's :D

[@Greggg57]

Wow. Bad day for throwing a fishing lure out there I think.

[@mycroft16]

That is an angry ocean and those cliffs are taken a brutal beating. The raw energy expended on that rock is insane.

[@BlockHeadProductionss]

It's super fascinating!! It's crazy to think about how long those cliffs have been standing, and how strong they are to resist the power of the sea! Amazing that they don't just crumble away instantly before our eyes, and that just shows how tough the rock really is :D

[@steffiefree56]

Give thanks to the Lord---who is MORE POWERFUL than these waves HE created!

[@TheLocalTruth]

"God" is a woman, just so you know ;)

[@alexandermaffucci3151]

@@TheLocalTruth so you have met God?

[@numbereightyseven]

@@TheLocalTruth Deciding what God is like, is effectively playing god, which seems oxymoronic under the circumstances.

[@jaycal1920]

Unstopable force, immovable object.

[@123TauruZ321]

Immovable object wins, but get eroded with time. So it slowly loses... but then it reforms at the bottom of the sea in form of tectonic activity, and rises as mountains... so the immovable object is really not immovable... It's all a cycle.

[@898voltaire]

Do you realize you have some of the best footages on Hércules ?? Unbelievable storm..... Thanks

[@TheLocalTruth]

Hi there! I don't know about one of the best footages, but I do know that seeing all that power strikes a chord…. We get big swells here in the winter but NOTHING like this one was :) thanks for watching!

[@andybowman7462]

I’ve been there and those are high cliffs !!!

[@cementworks]

And what exactly is going on around the world at a deeper level that hasn't been going on for the last four billion years? And do you know what it will continue to go on long after we become extinct as a species.

[@PedroMiranda]

Awesome footage, congrats ! And thanks for sharing ;)

[@jpmtlhead39]

Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.

[@Luzitanium]

imagine how much energy Portugal could have from these waves

[@TheLocalTruth]

Very good point

[@makeminea9959]

I very much doubt this is a daily sea-state, more likely very rare, and no machinery could be set up to utilise this power without being ripped apart.

[@TheLocalTruth]

Well we have swells like this one every winter, sometimes more than a couple per year, but in this particular day other conditions came to be (wind, period between waves, etc) that created this particular spectacle. And yes, no one was out there because you would definitely get ripped apart

[@TheLocalTruth]

makeminea99 Well we have swells like this one every winter, sometimes more than a couple per year, but in this particular day other conditions came to be (wind, period between waves, etc) that created this particular spectacle. And yes, no one was out there because you would definitely get ripped apart 

[@Luzitanium]

we have always waves, so it will generate energy, in this case i was meaning the amount of energy we could acumulate on that day. But Portugal get this kind of waves more than once in a year.

[@dinoaplz]

Nothing but respect for the ocean. What a beauty!

[@user-vq1vt1lm3my2]

I was in Sagres 4 times, but only one time i see huge waves like this - only from the south side, not from atlantic. Portugal great country!

[@johnprendergast1338]

This is where the European discoverers viewed and headed out to New World ….I was there 15yrs ago....beautiful, historic place.....

[@johnprendergast1338]

@Mahesh M V U Who could possibly give a woot ....! It's an ocean seascape !

[@williamvalmadre556]

Not the Europeans, but an Italian, Colombo, and thanks to the Vikings because he heard about them going to West.

[@nunomadeirapereira9627]

@@williamvalmadre556 italian Colombo, LoL, get it right dude

[@williamvalmadre556]

@@nunomadeirapereira9627 baby he was Italian, himself always said that. Tho he mostly lived in Spain he was born in Italy and by a mostly Italian family. Cristoforo Colombo is 100% an Italian name.

[@nunomadeirapereira9627]

@@williamvalmadre556 his family was Portuguese he worked for the Portuguese crown, learned the art of sailing in Portugal/ Madeira his letters all in Portugal. Born in Cuba Portugal. Get it right. That Genova nonsense

[@_Mr.D]

I am 56 and have seen so many waves live, seen pictures of waves, watched videos of waves, but THIS.....this is the most dramatic video I have ever seen! Just the magnitude and size of the waves and then the clarity of the video and having objects to provide perspective. It is just a wonderful video. THANK YOU for knowing how to video tape, and not jiggling around or missing the best parts of the display. Thanks for sharing, you have my vote for the best wave video!

[@TheLocalTruth]

Thanks so much this is the best comment and I think you're about the only person who noticed the objects for reference :D

[@jpmtlhead39]

Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.

[@milansavic380]

​@@TheLocalTruthPortugal is beautyful country, greetings From serbia 😉.

[@ostreds]

i could watch this all day

[@TheLocalTruth]

+Jim Hey that was so funny

[@Ok-xw4el]

+A Thompson lol you made me laugh

[@siriosstar4789]

What , no surfers ?

[@NoSoup4U2]

Keep in mind, some of those cliffs are over 150ft high!! That is a HUGE HUGE amount of water! I doubt you'll see many surfers on those bad boys!! Mother Nature at her most immense.... No? LOL

[@ThePoptartster]

If Magellan had seen this he might have stayed home. XD

[@luismartinspoucochinho6183]

Magalhães . Wtf is Magellan ?!!

[@ceekaye.3523]

@@luismartinspoucochinho6183 lmao

[@bicimotoworld4115]

You know the waves are huge when the water is moving in Slow Motion 🤣

[@jamesscott6238]

google nazare, in Portugal to see people surfing waves like these and bigger

[@andy99ish]

The mythical Cabo de São Vicente.. Which was the last sight of Europe for Portuguese explorers who set out to find a nautical passage to the fabulous riches of the East. And they found it. They even were the first to navigate around the globe. The names of Diogo Cão, Vasco da Gama, Fernão de Magalhães entered the Valhalla of seafarers. The astronomical knowledge and nautical skills of the Portuguese was unsurpassed in these times. That is why they turned down the idea of a certain Cristoforo Colombo from Genua, who foolishly maintained that one can get to China sailing due West in just one month. They correctly estimated 3-4 months for such a journey, which made it seem practically impossible. I have rounded the Cabo in my sea kayak in tranquil weather, which nevertheless was awe inspiring. And I visualized that when things get really rough the foam from crashing waves might reach even halfway up the enormous cliffs. Never I imagined that these towering cliffs can be dwarfed by waves as captured in the video. They are colossal, gigantic, titanic. Thank you so much for sharing this magnificent sight !

[@jb-ik8sj]

awesome waves. thanks for the video

[@TheLocalTruth]

You're welcome :) I was expecting a dumb-ass comment to be honest hahaha

[@jb-ik8sj]

+SxAndTheVillage lmao. I guess most people do. thanks again

[@TheLocalTruth]

;)

[@heldersilva6672]

There's a famous Portuguese poem that starts with these words: "Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal são lágrimas de Portugal!" (Translation: "Oh salty sea, how much of your salt are tears of Portugal!"). And i dare to say every portuguese knows these words. Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal São lágrimas de Portugal! Por te cruzarmos, quantas mães choraram, Quantos filhos em vão rezaram! Quantas noivas ficaram por casar Para que fosses nosso, ó mar! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Quem quer passar além do Bojador Tem que passar além da dor. Deus ao mar o perigo e o abismo deu, Mas nele é que espelhou o céu.

[@giovannicherico3837]

Does her voice sound like Gal Gadot? She is the actress who plays Wonder Woman. Aside from that, this is a beautiful spectacle of nature.

[@TheLocalTruth]

hahaha thanks for the compliment ;) I think I sound a bit like her because I'm Israeli too ! Must be the accent

[@454875333]

Awesome

[@juanjuanez920]

Espectacular!!!

[@natemcdonagh3760]

While those waves may look beautiful from a distance it’s beyond dangerous if your in water with them because your technically just swimming in a rouge wave generator

[@eddievanlingen1935]

nature is not dramatic it's God's masterpiece

[@aronchavez3121]

El poder de la naturaleza es imponente imaguinense el poder de aquel que creó el mar y el cielo

[@remolalougarou6512]

That is sooo beautiful. Youse are lucky to be there I’m jealous

[@gugs4]

One of the places I love most here in Portugal . Sagres is where the land ends and begins the endless sea . I still have this medieval Portuguese feeling on this place.

[@aahpoiseeh]

"Where the land ends and the sea begins" is not related to Sagres, but to Cabo da Roca (which belongs to Sintra and Lisbon). Cabo da Roca is the most western spot in Europe, not Cabo S. Vicente.

[@dasilva207]

@@aahpoiseeh como é que a terra acaba no cabo da roca ?? se ainda existem 300 kms de terra até sagres .....

[@bellycurious]

@@dasilva207, o cabo da roca é o ponto da Europa continental mais a ocidente.

[@payares164]

Really it was belived in Roman era that it was Cape Finisterre in Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain

[@milansavic380]

​@@aahpoiseeh ❤

[@Hooverdarnit]

Surf's up and up and UP!

[@naifasanaconda]

You do realize the cliffs are over 40 meters, right? That's some huge waves.

[@TheLocalTruth]

Yes! It's hard for people to realize really how big are the waves because seeing it in a video (or even when you're there) you don't really have a big perspective. But if you know how high those cliffs are, it certainly takes your breath away :) thanks for watching!

[@stephenrichards5386]

I ate some wonderful garlic prawns at sagres. Pronounced SHARGRESH

[@MaritsView]

I'd love to see this as a 5 hour relaxing video just pure nature. Amazing footage.

[@breeze344]

On the north coast of Barbados during a passing hurricane the waves hit the cliffs even bigger than this, the reef is a bit shallower so the waves barrel and you could fit a bus in the tube. when it hits the cliff the water reaches a couple hundred feet in land.

[@rafaelpfranco]

... and sometimes, they fell because of winds. (True story there... i'm from same country.)

[@f.maximo7760]

That's one of those videos I could watch for hours and hours, and never get tired of watching!

[@ridefast0]

So those waves in the next bay are splashing maybe 100m into the air (behind the people on the cliff)? That is astounding. I bet they didn't expect to get splashed up there.

[@johankamar1729]

The cliffs are only 20m so to a height of 40 meters

[@ForARide]

​@@johankamar1729 The cliffs are around 60m in height. Just compare them to the people on that opposite cliff. There are always morons that have to downgrade everything. Get a grip.

[@TheAirperri]

''Is good for a paddle''...

[@geraintdavies5042]

Recently come back from Portugal, amazing country and the friendless people I've ever met. Must visit...

[@dragonlover7196]

As someone who isn't the most efficient or experienced swimmer- basically I know how to get from Point A to Point B without drowning, that's about it- the amount of power behind the ebb and flow of the waves is preeeetty terrifying... well... I mean, on the subject of "oh yeah if I don't kill myself by falling off the cliffs, the rip currents will do a fine job at keeping me underwater... wow suddenly I feel a lot less enchanted..."

[@TheLocalTruth]

***** Well, that's why I was filming it from waaaaaay back ;)

[@GordiansKnotHere]

That footage is incredible,! I wonder what it would've sounded like without the "Whoa, whoa, whoa..." "Wow, wow, wow..." sounds.

[@TheLocalTruth]

🙄

[@grahamwishart4832]

Wow! Usually a woman either screaming, shouting about some imaginary sky fairy, or just making an unnecessary noise!

[@KralGur]

Belas, mas perigosas.

[@bullfrog4005]

If your enjoying this give us a huge wave! ........ thank you, good night, I will show myself out

[@jeanttecalimag]

Future me: Okay kids pack you're things were going to Portugal! Kids: Daddy I don't like there! Future me: *shows video* Kids: *LETS VISIT IT DADDY!!!*

[@davidrichardson4361]

Finally a lady who doesn’t scream

[@traceygurica1378]

The power of God's awesome creation! Praise His Holy name!

[@mdaley4390]

I keep returning to this video over and over again.

[@TheLocalTruth]

I hope next winter will provide us another mesmerising video!

amazing and scary

[@jorgekouta]

i love my country

[@sonofdurin8044]

It’s like this from autumn until the end of winter from Portugal all over northern Spain

[@markusoebelsberger728]

wow Wow WOW woW...

[@TheLocalTruth]

wow

[@TheHappyhorus]

My word, what's it like when it's really bad??!

[@TheLocalTruth]

Well that's the biggest it has been since then... so it's like that :D

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Beautiful Video. As other have already stated here. More please and much longer.

[@rachidboutoughmas7642]

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@kornofulgur]

These are low key the biggest coastal waves crashing on cliffs of all KZbin, it's not even an exageration.

[@celinachalela426]

The ocean is alive and pissed off.

[@michaelastandley8531]

Yes but perhaps without the commentary of the Canadian ‘wows’!

[@happinessisnow4142]

Amazing place! When we were there, it was calm.

[@robertskipcurran8401]

"Dramatic" is right on! Wonderful video. Thanks.

[@TheLocalTruth]

Thanks for watching!

[@jpmtlhead39]

Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.

[@asesuvartotojas]

Beautiful :) Wish i could see this live

[@bipolatelly9806]

What happened to the beach!? I was swimming there last week! Where's the kiosk gone!? The toilet block!?

[@adrienebaroni5559]

Sou apaixonada pelo mar. MARAVILHOSO!!!!!!

[@goldenthang]

Mother nature so spectacular..

[@TheLocalTruth]

Thanks for watching!

[@johankamar1729]

If it weren't for the moon, there would be no waves

[@tammygronskei1993]

That's beautiful watching the waves hit the rocks

[@MrBrumlad]

I went to sagres a few years ago and it was still the same then just as impressive

[@jcdevarg864]

Lo he visitado personalmente y es un lugar espectacular lleno de encanto y magia.

[@Blake4625kHz]

From the very beginning, life was meant to be dramatically awesome!

[@LisaSmith-tb8bb]

Dude I’m in, Let’s go surfing now everybody’s learning how!

[@JoeMmt347]

Enough energy to power a large country for weeks in that one swell!

[@H0TWHEELS]

SpongeBob would not like it

[@dfmalo8]

Fantastic! love such huge waves! Merci from France!

[@emrazum]

wow

[@theresedignard4267]

Wow, remind me to never drop anchor off those cliffs. Amazing footage.

[@badgercatpictures9023]

You don't see any surfers on these waves. Surfers are crazy but not stupid.

[@deepfriedmackerel2263]

Wow, imagine the wind you feel on the coast.

[@TemanAlamOfficial]

The waves are huge, and I love the sound of the waves

[@jpmtlhead39]

Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.

[@dutrareis]

lol that guy @0:30 must be having some epic feels