The biggest swell I think ever recorded was by Ireland. And it was like a 70 or 80 foot tall swell. To me, I could ride that on a hydrofoil. But you totally could ride one of those on a foil and probably less dangerous than going to say a place like Nazarek.Nazarek is the most unique that I've been to in that there's a 10,000 foot trench that goes all the way to the sand on one side. It gets stuck in the trench and it wraps back in.
What is the biggest wave in the solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of big waves with professional big wave surfer Kai Lenny.
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