Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré Nov 13, 2019

Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré

Today"s image captures Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa in action, surfing a record 80-foot wave off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal. Nazaré began attracting surfers in the 1960s and has since become a major destination for men and women who want to surf some of the world"s biggest waves. Nazaré"s Praia do Norte (North Beach) is the site of the two latest records for largest wave ever surfed. The previous record was set by American Garrett McNamara on November 1, 2011, when he rode a 78-foot wave here. Then, on November 8, 2017, Koxa set a new record with this ride.

© Pedro Cruz/AP Photo

palette

Today in History

Nov 13, 2018Autumn’s swan song
Nov 13, 2020Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
Nov 13, 2021Ronda, Spain
Nov 13, 2022River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Nov 13, 2023Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
Nov 13, 2024Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Nov 13, 2025Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 17, 2025Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Dec 9, 2018There’s treasure in them thar hills
Jun 6, 2020The long and wiggling path
Sep 27, 2025Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
Jul 1, 2024Canada Day
Mar 25, 2024Happy Holi!
Mar 17, 2018Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Jul 24, 2024Cousins Day
Oct 31, 2020Twas a night just like tonight
Dec 21, 2025Winter solstice
Mar 1, 2024Womens History Month
Oct 1, 2018It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
Feb 23, 2019A view from the top
Oct 18, 2024Autumn in Central Park, New York
Nov 9, 2018Let’s go foraging
Aug 9, 2018Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
Jan 22, 2025Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
Nov 19, 2021Zion National Park, Utah
May 6, 2018A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
Jul 20, 2023International Moon Day
Mar 18, 2024Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Oct 8, 2020An underwater rainbow
Jul 5, 2022Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe
Apr 2, 2018Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
Jun 22, 2020Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
May 17, 2020My my, it s Syttende Mai
Dec 11, 2020Mountains fit for a queen
Oct 23, 2020Saskatchewan s spookier side
Jan 12, 2025Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Nov 2, 2021Day of the Dead