On Saturday, Laura Crane took part in the Nazaré Big Wave Challenge, where she caught a wave that may very well turn out to be a record-breaker.

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 ...

All the Great Lakes are forecast to have huge waves during the Sunday-Monday storm, but Lake Superior's are expected to be ...

Big wave surfing's totally predictable trend of immediately marketing the latest bomb of the day as a "world record" or ...

A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer. The World Surf League says Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed. At the group's Big Wave Awards in Santa ...

A new contender for the coveted, hotly-debated “biggest wave ever surfed” title has emerged. This time, from a familiar face in the race; but the location is no surprise. On December 19th, 2025, ...

The largest wave ever recorded off the Irish coast smashed into the island Tuesday during a raging storm. The wave clocked in at 67 feet as it passed a buoy 60 miles from shore, the Guardian reported.

Currently, the Guinness World Record for the “ largest wave surfed (unlimited) by a female” is held by retired Brazilian big wave surfer, Maya Gabeira, from a 2020 ride also at Nazaré, which was ...