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Gateway to the world’s biggest waves

Natural Monuments

Gateway to the world’s biggest waves

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Gateway to the world’s biggest waves

Name: Gateway to the world’s biggest waves
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Location: Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal

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1. View of the Coastal Shore – Nazaré Big Waves Viewpoint loop from Salir do Porto

45.9km

03:29

770m

Expert mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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2. Nazaré Big Waves Viewpoint – Nazaré loop from Pataias

31.6km

02:06

410m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. View of Nazaré – Rua Couto Ferreira loop from Nazaré

30.7km

01:56

340m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Vince

May 15, 2024

Although big wave surfing in Nazaré is recent, Portugal's most famous fishing village has been a popular surfing spot for decades, with video recordings showing American surfers enjoying the waves here in the late 1960s.

Over the past decade, interest in Nazaré as a surfing location has increased, particularly attracting the attention of giant wave surfers from around the world.

The first surfer to gain attention was Hugo Vau, who on January 17, 2008, rode a wave that many of those present that day consider to be the largest wave ever surfed in Nazaré. Known as "Big Mama", this wave is the largest ever recorded by the Portuguese Navy's ocean buoys. There is a video of Hugo Vau surfing it, but the poor quality of the images is cited as a reason for not awarding the Portuguese surfer a world record.

It was only in 2010, with the arrival of famous American big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara, that the world's attention was once again focused on Nazaré. Especially after McNamara won the Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed in November 2011, after catching a 23.77 meter swell.

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Location: Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal

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Gateway to the world’s biggest waves

1. View of the Coastal Shore – Nazaré Big Waves Viewpoint loop from Salir do Porto

2. Nazaré Big Waves Viewpoint – Nazaré loop from Pataias

3. View of Nazaré – Rua Couto Ferreira loop from Nazaré

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