Tallest waves in the world 😱

[@williamhanley7031]

They did not invite surfers here to save their town. It just so happens that someone realized there was a big surfable wave here and the surfers started to pour in. It wasn't a plan to save the town.

[@xConoooR1]

As if you know anything William Hanley lol. That’s a right proddy name there🤣 clueless individual

[@DaniSC_real]

yeah i think that part was obviously fake..

[@frankthespank]

Wasn’t this place mentioned in the movie Point Break? When they’re naming places with the biggest waves they mention a place in Portugal, is it this place? That movie came out like, over 30 years ago. (God damn I’m feeling old)

[@jkizzle9953]

I don’t think a single person was confused about that part. I really fucking hope not at least

[@MikeNolan_councilman]

Exactly, at first the locals hated him because he was playing with the thing that had killed so many local fishermen. It wasnt until the news of giant waves to be surfed started drawing in surfer and tourist's that they embraced it, thinking it would be good for the economy.

[@nunovilela1360]

Nobody was invited to save the town, it's a lie. Greetings from Portugal.

[@steampunker8872]

I just came back. Its absolutely beautiful there. Sintra was my favorite but I did go to Nazaré tho it wasnt the big wave season unfortunatly

[@nunovilela1360]

@@steampunker8872 maybe next time. ☺ Keep well.

[@Iesous27]

Nem sei onde essa historia veio. Nazaré sempre era uma cidade com muitas turistas

[@Readysetgo2007]

But maybe it became more and more popular as people were spreading the word about the big waves?

[@vik8218]

Went to Portugal once and stumbled upon Garratt. Super cool fella.

[@heldersilva6672]

Gareth wasn't "invited" to go there "save the town"... He just went there and surfed, and people in Nazaré still fish (and there's butchers, bakers, teachers, doctors, construction workers, etc... Just like in any other town).

[@Svenshine]

No they actually did invite Garrett to save the town in a massive plan

[@MistressGlowWorm]

That Gareth fella is just barking mad. Who surfs waves as tall as a Los Angeles High Rise? Foolishness is what it is.

[@51515123]

Nice 👍 love hearing the truth. In these days of disinformation

[@DevinMcSalty]

How tf do they fish there?? Only thing I can think is that those big waves are super infrequent

[@heldersilva6672]

@@DevinMcSalty Hello, Devin! Yes, You are correct. It isn't a frequent phenomenom, and those waves tend to happen mostly in one of the beaches of the town - "Praia do Norte" (the name of the beach literaly translates as "Beach of the North", or, if you prefer, you can soft the translation to "Northern Beach"). That beach has a very specific nature, it has an underwater Canyon that ends on the beach.

[@oscarsantos2608]

No one was invited, but they are welcome here.

[@MariaNunes-po5rc]

What a audacity...to save the town?? Save the town for what?? In the summer we visited Nazareth for vacation.... winter time everything is calm...but people manager their lives here for centuries.... If you come with an attitude to save us please go home.... We like it simple here.

[@Raidenshogunslay]

@@MariaNunes-po5rcNazaré*He said to save the town because at that point in history the commerce was being destroid by those giant waves.they needed help at that time because of the fish.They did not invite anyone to save them but if they did it would be because of that. It is no "audacity"as you say. I would recommend soeaking portuguese in portuguese comments as there are lots of grammar mistakes there.

[@CrAzYDUde2587]

@@MariaNunes-po5rcnon Europeans think they are doing Europeans a favor by flooding the continent with foreigners when it is quite the opposite

[@Svenshine]

No they actually did invite Garrett to save the town in a massive plan

[@51515123]

👍 nice

[@realhawaii5o]

Hey I'm Portuguese. Nazaré has always been touristic. Town was doing fine. Surfers weren't invited. They're always welcome tho 🤙

[@brunetteordie]

Yet we saw 100 times more of you than we did of the waves.

[@jaex9617]

This video really sucks 🍡

[@darlynderamas4218]

😂😂😂😂

[@The-Epic-clone-royal-flower]

Is anyone else scared of the ocean?

[@craigevans8912]

100ft Wave, Fantastic insight into the lives of the determined big wave surfers who put Nazare on the world map. The town welcomed surfers but didn’t invite them.

[@xkimikimjax7768]

Ive seen and enjoyed it. Still stunned as what I saw. Best surf movie ever.

[@giarc0]

Thanks for showing us two short clips of the massive waves

[@MiguelDS5547]

Where did you get those informations dude? The economy wasn't destroyed by overfishing, overfishing didn't even happen. Portugal economy just changed from agricultural to tourism. Young people stopped fishing as a job and choose to have a "higher" education. That's it.

[@jackvolkwyn470]

Imagine back in the day being a fisherman coming in with a nice haul of fish and you decided to stop at the beach when there’s a lull. In a moment there’s a shadow cast over your vessel and you look back to see the ocean opening up. Sure it would also be terrifying now I can testify to that- but back then you would literally think it’s some sort of oceanic monster and the end of the world

[@bigchunguscultmember1267]

Nazaré is an amazing town even without the massive waves

[@shawnpitman876]

Nazare has always had the massive waves, so how would you know?

[@jeffw2228]

@@shawnpitman876I believe he meant before the town’s secret was let out.

[@Readysetgo2007]

​@@shawnpitman876Maybe he just meant that Nazaré has more to offer than just the big waves?

[@HippioKass]

Alternate reality: "Pissed off fishermen raise billions of dollars to fill an underwater canyon with dirt"

[@derekmeadowcroft2432]

I went there and stayed on the upper town, if you go down on the walk to the lighthouse there are litterally signs warning you about tall waves washing over the cliff. Insane and we werent even there in peak season.

[@alexandros8361]

Yeah, I looked at it carefully and realised they were cross-currenting. That's the only way you get those huge, fast peaks. You'd have to really brave to take those on. Respect.

[@Hornytt]

Love from portugal

[@bike_life_aze2968]

fax we love portugal

[@culturalappreciation]

I just visited Nazare this summer! Beautiful spot.

[@aixelsyd867]

The technical term for the two unique waves meeting is called the superposition theorem. It's used in audio or signal engineering quite often. It is also believed to be the cause of a phenomenon known as "Rogue waves" which can sink ships in the middle of the ocean

[@EstrelaPray]

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[@dreammaker9642]

Anyone who surfs especially in shallow conditions will tell you superposition or as we call it a double up is terrifying. Paddling for or away from it, wave goes from 6ft to 10ft just like that and you there wondering “hey you aren’t supposed to do that” before getting smashed

[@UnwaveringBackBone]

When both my mom's swell and my Dad's swell connected, she became pregnant and I came out her canyon with a wave of other stuff so I definitely relate to this.

[@Madmun357]

I could watch surfing videos all day.

[@CindyLouWho77]

Same. Been at it for over thirty years, watch big wave surfing from the shore or someplace safe, but even though some are so loud, your whole body shakes, you can’t appreciate how steep at tall some are without watching them on video.

[@cindysalt6328]

I would never be able to surf waves that high. They are beautiful to watch❤️💚

[@brunol-p_g8800]

Nazare was surfed long before him by locals and bodyboarders. What he did was shine the light on it for international surfers.

[@EstrelaPray]

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[@jakefrost7108]

Now I wanna know how underwater canyons are even made.

[@nunovilela1360]

Martians did it. 😊 Just joking...

[@alexanderzippel8809]

Tectonic movement is the primary reason for huge rifts and canyons. When 2 plates (often 2 continental or 2 oceanic plates drift apart a new rift will appear (that later turns into another oceanic plate which has canyons if it moves under another plate) Tectonic movement is in general really fascinating and more complex than one thinks

[@margaridafurtado8779]

The locals did it, so they could invited the surfers

[@DelusionalArsenalFan]

@@faded87bro are u like 6 it’s Tetonic plates bozo

[@valeriuginghina5648]

​@@alexanderzippel8809I would go rather with the erosion origin, since the time that landmass was above the water, many of today's big rivers of Europe have their waterbeds going far off the shore, from back when Europe - and the Earth, for that matter - looked way different from today. Having a river that carved a canyon wouldn't be surprising, what's baffling is the age of that event...

[@-.TS.-]

Since no one has mentioned this, you read it here first. No one was “invited” to the town. The surfers found the waves.

[@maryclairedoyle22]

Omg hi Harshil!!! Best surprise ever, scrolling through shorts 😊

[@Grimace7000]

The stories fake but it’s amazing about how large these waves get

[@langdalepaul]

Phenomena

[@Life_on_my_earth]

Best countrie🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@northbasestrikers]

Portugal crl love you man thx for recognizing Portugal

[@batatix5838]

Ha pois portugal forever❤

[@SM0SHTASTIC]

I’m going to Portugal soon. May visit this place!

[@KX5Kat]

FYI, no surfer describes waves as 'tall', we just say big.

[@jakel9030]

“They’re as tall as 10 boxes that you might be moving”

[@yu.czennie]

Grew up with Nazaré being so close by, never really had the notion how special it was

[@blindbrad4719]

Any idea how often the big waves would come? Can't seem to find anything that tells me. 👍

[@untoldhistory2800]

I remember in early 2000s a friend of mine, a bodyboarder had a video of bodyboarders surfing 20ft Nazaré. Nobody knew about it really back then

[@christinaalameda6206]

Thank You for Sharing very interesting 🤗⚘⚘⚘

[@kingerproblox351]

wave? *thats a goddamn tsunami*

[@SonnyKaze]

i dont think people understand how terrifying a seeing the ocean hundreds of feet up coming at you

[@darkhalf81]

Gnarly , yet awesome waves! Glad Nazare was able to pull through hard times!

[@pheonixflames7914]

That surfer that fell over no longer exists

[@Alberts_Stuff]

Tbf, this was really good 👌🏼

[@zackgillotti]

Surfs up is real ?!??!?

[@JustSpeakingFacts_]

I would freak tf out if I was in water and there was a canyon underneath me. Jesus my heart would probably just explode and I’d die right then and there.

[@Abyss8564]

That’s actually so cool

[@modguy9894]

looks beautiful

[@AndieZ4U2]

Wooooo hoooooo Nazare ! 🫶

[@Gon_Martins]

Before McNamara locals were already surfing waves there, Especially bodyboarders. But yes McNamara brought tow in there especially in big wave conditions

[@jecfboi-od1ch]

Surfers did not save the town that is fake garret found the wave but surfing at nazare has led to many great Portuguese big wave surfers that now have a great career they couldn't have if no surfers had surfed there. Fun fact: a Brazilian surfer died surfing the massive wave a couple of months ago. And many other people have been knocked unconscious there. Most People made it but some are not so lucky.

[@FatTonyCat]

Nah Poseidon just has a good time with himself

[@DrSongs-rg4ry]

It gives the tsunami effect on waves.

[@HelgaCavoli]

Portugal DO know their sh*t in regards to water/navigation. Much respect for that! ❤👏

[@davidbeattie4294]

Thanks for explaining the natural phenomenon that makes these waves possible. Very interesting.

[@nevermind7516]

That's Godzilla home right there....

[@minsugar1660]

Are u indian or American because your English accent is so good

[@blacksorrento4719]

There is a reason for everything, thank you for explaining about the underwater canyons.

[@EstrelaPray]

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[@billydrybread7876]

That surfer is a stud!

[@horvathhcsongor5664]

He was not invited dude stop lying. One of his friends working in the city sent him a picture of a wave to analyze and he came here searching for a 100 foot wave. By his actions he actually made Nazare a surfing town and all of Nazare respects him bringing here life.

[@EstrelaPray]

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[@savageantelope3306]

This is just so cool

[@effkay3691]

When you were pointing at the general ocean, that was so scientific.

[@austind9712]

This was one of the stops when I visited Portugal and when I was there the surf was 5ft or less. Unfortunate, but it was still a cool and beautiful place to visit. It would have been even more fun if the waves had been bigger.

[@jones616]

Thank you. I hope to visit Portugal some day, they seem to have a progressive and happy population

[@paulafrazao7245]

I'm living 50 km from Nazaré and actually rarely go there.... I rather go to Peniche Beach. All Portugal Coast is amazing.

[@anthunnad5570]

God bless the surfers and the locals. It’s a full circle

[@BravoMcNugget]

That's a tsunami 😂

[@aryaa7334]

3x deeper than grand canyon is fucking wild

[@dookieshoe2905]

Dude on the pink board just disappeared into that monster. I wonder if he was even able to take a breathe before going under...or into the wave. Those have to be insanely powerful, I can't even imagine the punishment you would receive after falling into that immense wall of suck.

[@Owl325]

Good way to put it at the end. Such an awesome and beautiful natural phenomenon ✨

[@ashleyd1375]

Very interesting interview with 2 amazing surfers on 60mins Australia about riding these monster waves absolutely fascinating ❤❤

[@pratiknazareth3217]

That's my ancestral town❤

[@iMoreno]

Same. On my mum’s side 😊

[@markrowland1366]

The beautiful fishing town of Kaikoura, New Zealand, too, has such a canyon. Whales populate the area and enjoy visits from people.

[@wesshannah-hs3cm]

Amazing!! Thanks for the knowledge!!

[@bd3897]

Any easy way to go to Nazare from Fstims or Lisbon?

[@JB-fp5ud]

Incredible well researched and informative video .. Thanks buddy

[@EstrelaPray]

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[@hvqistaken]

Oh wow

[@blackflag-bountyboys]

Great video, maybe inaccurate in some details but great video 3 times deeper than the Grand Canyon.. 😮 Mind blown

[@emmapeel8163]

it wasn't "overfishing" that killed their livelihoods .. EU regulations, fees, permits, etc. did same to farmers.

[@samrosthstein6385]

Cool I never knew that. Thanks 👍🏽

[@CalvinWauchope]

awesome narration, very enjoyable 😂 very odd to care about this 😂 but it matters, KeepItUp.

[@andrejansen1118]

Thank for this short film.

[@tyrellgraham8027]

Did that surker on the red board just become one with th seas🤔

[@Sphyxx]

Nazare is my neighbour, beautiful place.

[@oneeyedjack8525]

Wow this is nothing but nice thanks for sharing

[@LarissaLourenco-ow3jj]

Im portugese and thus made me happy

[@EstrelaPray]

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[@EstrelaPray]

Portuguesa

[@davidmarvy6788]

And i just thought the ocean made big waves. Great info

[@Abyss8564]

“As tall as buildings” Sir that is called a *tsunami.*

[@codlover4073]

You kinda looked like rwj for a second

[@LadyNikitaShark]

Fun fact. People from Nazaré have their own dialects that they only speek among them selves

[@Goldenlegend1000]

Top 3 cap stories I've heard

[@determinant5231]

Surf’s up Dude!😎

[@addiec.m1403]

Those waves are scary

[@scoops8597]

Since you were actually there, how come you can't show an actual massive wave?

[@bobsmoot8454]

These are true monsters, I’d love to see a boogie boarder or better yet a body surfer tackle some of the “smaller waves” there

[@richardwhatley4009]

I went there it was a calm day apparently and the waves were so big

[@billyshaw1996]

How someone can surf a wave almost as tall as a tsunami is beyond me 😅

[@moriscoley5328]

Pretty Narly Dude, I grew up in Huntington Beach

[@lisabagdonjones1950]

That is a hell of a break Frightening

[@SofiaMokou]

Pov: You didn't understand what is going on with the waves

[@prashantpatel9038]

Hey Harshil ,back after so long

[@CuriosityCulture]

Hi! It’s been nice to be back this year :)

[@GroovyKing-fy4tm]

How couod even that surfer even fight with that wave 😂 saving villagers it seems ....

[@StephStruble]

That place looks BEAUTIFUL. Where is it exactly on the map? Can someone help me? Thank you

[@atorrres]

Nazaré, Portugal. Google it, you'll find it

[@XofHope]

Just Google Nazaré, Portugal. It's in the center of the country, westernmost part of Europe.

[@tomanycooks]

This is so interesting

[@dfernandez3482]

Those underwater canyons probably have Egyptian artifacts in em 🤔🙂