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What makes the world's biggest surfable waves?

  • Written by Sally Warner, Assistant Professor of Climate Science, Brandeis University
imageSome places, like Nazaré Canyon in Portugal, produce freakishly huge waves.AP Photo/Armando Franca

On Feb. 11, 2020, Brazilian Maya Gabeira surfed a wave off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, that was 73.5 feet tall. Not only was this the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman, but it also turned out to be the biggest wave surfed by anyone...

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