On land, you’ll get to trek up to the world’s second-largest volcanic caldera ... The Tahitian village of Teahupoo is famous for its heavy waves, which can sometimes be over 20 feet tall. The reef’s ...

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

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.” ...

It took 18 months of review before the Guinness World Records anointed the current biggest wave ever surfed, Sebastian Steudtner’s 86-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal. Slebir told SFGATE Monday ...

A Santa Cruz man may ride into the history books for taking on what could be the world’s largest wave ever surfed. 23-year-old Alo Slebir caught the estimated 108-foot wave earlier this month ...

But a jaw-dropping photo of Slebir’s relatively tiny form racing down a collapsing mountain of ice-cold Pacific Ocean water has gone viral, with knowledgeable big-wave surfers around the globe ...

Waves reached heights of 50 feet Sunday during the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational in Hawaii that produced epic rides and ...

Hawaii’s Landon McNamara made waves—literally and figuratively—after capturing the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday at Waimea Bay. The North Shore surfer joined Kelly in the ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big wave surfers caught bombs on December 23 ...