00:01These waves look impossible and each one is built by something hidden beneath the
00:06surface. Here are five places known for the biggest waves on Earth. Number five,
00:11Teahu, Po'o, Tahiti. Deep ocean swells meet a shallow coral reef creating one
00:16of the thickest most powerful barrels on Earth. Number four, Shipstern Bluff,
00:21Tasmania. Its mutant waves form steps within the face forcing surfers to
00:27survive multiple drops on a single ride. Number three, Mavericks, California. An
00:32underwater rock formation focuses wave energy producing walls of water up to 60
00:37feet tall. Number two, Jaws Maui. Powerful winter swells produce monsters including
00:42reported 64 footers surfed in December of 2024. And number one, Nazare, Portugal. A
00:49massive underwater canyon funnels Atlantic energy towards shore. In 2020, Sebastian
00:55Stuttner rode a record 86 foot wave. It took the Guinness World Records 18 months
01:00to verify the record through video analysis. Wave height depends on how it's
01:04measured. The Hawaiian scale measures from the back. Forecasters typically measure
01:09the face from trough to crest and others use something called the Bascoma method.
01:13Regardless of how they're measured, the ocean's biggest giants are built from the
01:17sea floor up.
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