The debate for “largest wave ever surfed” rages on. This time, it’s an absolute behemoth from (where else?) Nazaré, Portugal.

Although his February 25, 2016, Jaws ride is not the biggest wave ... This list might focus on the biggest waves ever surfed but don’t forget about other record heights out there.

Not only was Twiggy’s Jaws roll in one of the thickened ... So it’s fitting that at one point in his career, Garrett rode the largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré. Clocked at around 78 feet ...

The globetrotting big wave filmer is, of course, teeing up the conclusion of an all-time run of XXL surf at Jaws. It was five days straight of mint condition Peahi. The crescendo came on December ...

Begging the question: Did Jaws produce a new world record during ... As a reminder, the current Guinness World Record for “largest wave ever surfed” is held by Germany’s Sebastian Steudtner ...

The wave has since been estimated by some in the Mavericks Rescue Team to be an almost inconceivable 108 feet tall, which would make it by far the biggest ever surfed and the first to break the ...

On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational, lensman Fred Pompermayer was in the channel at Jaws ...

If confirmed, Slebir’s wave would easily beat out the current record-holding 86-foot wave surfed by Germany’s ... that “the business of measuring big waves is a tricky one,” with multiple ...

In a career full of era-defining and groundbreaking surfing at Jaws, this was Shane’s ... Garrett rode the largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré. Clocked at around 78 feet tall, it was the wave ...