Nazaré Spot Guide

While surfed sporadically earlier, the world's biggest, baddest, most oversized wedge, Nazaré took center stage in the big wave world after Garrett MacNamara was invited there to "surf the world's biggest wave" in 2011. Since then, Nazaré has become a household name, one of Portugal's main coastal tourist attractions, a (former) stop on the Big Wave World Tour, and ground zero for big wave tow surfing. On the days when the offshore canyon isn't focusing huge swells into 80-foot peaks, Nazaré's inside sand bar produces heavy, hollow tubes in sizes that mortals can appreciate (as long as those mortals are barrel-riding experts).