where did the world's largest recorded wave occur
Lituya Bay in Alaska
title: Rodrigo Koxa text: Monica, CA-based Big Wave Awards as the biggest wave ever surfed in history. He now holds the position in the Guinness World Records with the biggest wave ever surfed in the history of the World Surf League. Koxa surfed the wave on November 8, 2017, in the village of Nazaré, city of Leiria, in Portugal. The feat was declared as the new world record, the wave's height having been about , supplanting the previous record of an estimated set in 2011 by Koxa's mentor Garrett McNamara. In August 2010, Koxa had reached a previous record. In Chile, he surfed the title: Garrett McNamara text: Entered into Guinness World Records for Largest Wave Ever Surfed of 78 feet - Nazaré, Portugal Billabong XXL Awards – Biggest Wave Award Billabong XXL Awards – Wipeout of the Year Award Billabong XXL Awards – Ride of the Year Nominee Surfed 78 foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal that will later be entered into Guinness World Records Exploration of Praia do Norte (Nazaré) - Portugal Billabong XXL Awards – Monster Tube Nominee Billabong XXL Awards – Ride of the Year Nominee def 2nd Place Puerto Escondido, Mexico SUP Contest Billabong XXL Awards – Performance of the Year Award Billabong XXL title: Mike Parsons (surfer) text: surfed a 64-foot wave during competition at the Jaws break on the north shore of Maui. It was filmed by helicopter and used as the opening scene of the 2003 film "Billabong Odyssey". A usually uncredited clip of this sequence has gone on to become a viral video. Parsons later broke his record on January 5, 2008, at Cortes Bank, when he was photographed surfing a wave that the Billabong XXL judged to be 77 feet, which put him in the Guinness Book of World Records, officially, for biggest wave ever surfed. Nearly 4 years later Garrett McNamara improved on title: Nazaré, Portugal text: and entered the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed. Social media wrongly attributed a footage of German surfer Sebastian Steudtne surfing another big wave also in Nazaré to Koxa; both have made public statements in attempts to correct the original misinformation. In the meantime, Portuguese surfer Hugo Vau surfed a potentially high wave, known as "the big mama", on 19 January 2018. This achievement yet to be validated. The waves at this point can also be dangerous to those ashore. In August 2012, a freak wave killed a 5 year old British girl and her grandfather walking title: Praia do Norte (Nazaré) text: Praia do Norte (Nazaré) The Praia do Norte ("North Beach") is a Portuguese beach located in Nazaré, Portugal, which due to its great conditions of surfing and its giant breaking waves was listed on the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest waves ever surfed. Praia do Norte’s very high breaking waves form due to the presence of the underwater Nazaré Canyon. The canyon creates constructive interference between incoming swell waves which tends to make the waves much larger. In November 2011, surfer Garrett McNamara, who resides in Hawai'i, surfed a record-breaking giant wave: from trough to crest, at Praia