#big-waves

10 photos

Water safety crew in orange Nazaré vests stand on the beach watching enormous waves crash on the shoreline, mist and spray filling the air behind them in a wall of white chaos.
Nazaré Crew
A surfer threads the line beneath the feathering lip of a massive Nazaré wave, the crest already tipping over into spray, reducing them to a tiny speck on the vast grey face.
Under the Lip
A surfer carves down the face of a towering Nazaré wave, the wall of grey-green water rearing above them at terrifying scale, a jet ski standing by on the far side.
The Giant
A figure sprints across the wet sand toward a jet ski in the surf, a towering wave looming behind them, the whole beach lit in a cold glittering haze.
Sprint
A figure works with a jet ski at the waterline as enormous waves detonate behind them, mist and spray filling the air in a towering white wall of force.
The Weight of Water
A beach patrol buggy is parked on the sand watching a surfer ride enormous waves — walls of white water that dwarf everything, the sky heavy and overcast.
Watching the Giants
A jet ski is flung near-vertical by the impact of a colossal Nazaré wave, a wall of white foam and spray exploding around it, the whole scene shot through with dramatic storm light.
Flipped
A small group of spectators watches from the dunes as an enormous wave detonates in the shallows, spray thrown high into the air, dark mountains lining the horizon behind.
Giant Swell
Two figures stand at the shoreline watching monstrous storm waves detonate on the beach, a jet ski buried in the white water behind them — the raw power of the Atlantic on full display.
Storm Watchers
A tow-in jet ski disappears into a wall of churning white water under a pewter sky, the scale of the swell reducing it to a tiny speck against the chaos of the Atlantic.
Into the Storm