The Nazaré Big Wave Challenge is officially a go. The World Surf League has issued a green alert for a potential run day on Saturday, but event organizers will provide a final competition update ...

NAZARÈ, Portugal – Off the coast of Portugal, a quiet fishing village has progressively evolved into the premier venue for big wave surfers looking to catch the wave of a lifetime. For decades, thrill ...

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 ...

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, ...

Surfers Lucas Chianca, 30, of Brazil and Justine Dupont, 34, of France were crowned champions at the 2025-26 TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, on Saturday. Nic von ...

(Reuters) — Brazil’s Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca survived two brutal wipeouts to claim another Nazare Big Wave Challenge title in huge, clean waves in Portugal on Saturday, while France’s Justine Dupont ...

A British woman is waiting for confirmation that she has broken the world record for the biggest wave ever taken on by a female surfer. The 30-year-old believes the wave was bigger than the 73.5ft one ...

Over the weekend, one of the biggest swells in recent memory hit surfing’s home of the world’s largest liquid mountains: Nazaré, Portugal. It was so big, so unwieldly, that some even questioned the ...

Garrett McNamara, 55, is an extreme surfer who in 2011 set a world record in Nazaré, Portugal, for the largest wave surfed, at 78 feet. He co-stars in the second season of the HBO documentary series ...

Oftentimes, in the big wave realm, massive surf is likened to double black diamond peaks. The analogy makes sense – both have tall, steep slopes, and are reserved for experts only. And one mountaineer ...