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What is the record breaking wave at Nazaré?

Sebastian Steudtner rides a wave in Nazaré, Portugal, in October 2020. Sebastian Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. At 26.21 meters (86 feet), it is equivalent to surfing an eight-story building.



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Tributes have poured in for Marcio Freire after the legendary Brazilian died while surfing the giant waves at Nazaré in Portugal.

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Nazaré is famous for its massive waves. Surfers come here from all over the world to ride the big waves and some of them even make the world record! A German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rode the world's biggest wave here which was measured to be 26.2 m (86 ft).

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The latest attraction of Nazaré, Portugal - the giant waves - is both unique and uncertain. Well, the big waves are not always there, they depend on the storms on the high seas that bring the big swells.

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But this one was different. “I observed a sea of unusual height,” Harrington wrote in an understated logbook entry. In 1914, Fred Harrington looked out this window and saw a 200-foot wave coming in his direction. The red brick and stucco lighthouse is 25 feet tall, with its light shining from 196 feet above sea level.

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Nazaré is most famous for its tow waves — you gotta do what you gotta do when the waves hit a certain size — but people paddle there, too.

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The Nazaré Canyon is an undersea canyon just off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest submarine canyon in Europe, reaching depths of about 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) deep and a length of about 230 kilometres (140 mi). The Nazaré Canyon off the coast of Portugal.

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