From world record paddles to tow-assisted giants, here are 10 of the biggest waves ever surfed at Jaws, Nazaré and Cortes ...

One of the great swell events in my history of shooting surfing (for) over 49 years,” says Tim Bonython, not mincing words. “This is probably one of the top five swell events I’ve got to document.” ...

A Santa Cruz surfer rode a massive California wave last week that was estimated to be 108 feet tall, making it a potential ...

From Maverick’s to Jaws to Nazaré, new world record potentials for “largest wave ever surfed” have recently rolled in. But why are people still debating?

A surfer in California might have beaten the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed on December 23, with one estimate placing it at 108 feet tall, substantially above the current 86-foot record ...

Everest every day of the week for 100 years, it never moves,” Bill Sharp, who has spent decades orchestrating the world’s most rigorous big wave surfing awards, told the Los Angeles Times.

One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big ...

Measuring and certifying a surfing world record is difficult for a LOT of reasons, mainly due to it being insanely hard to accurately measure the height ...

American surfer Alessandro Slebir is believed to have conquered the biggest wave of all time, successfully riding an ...

A high surf warning remains in place for the north- and west-facing shores of most Hawaiian isles through 6 a.m. Wednesday.

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 ...

The project, called Nextwave Tempe, has started construction and is being developed by California-based Overton More ...