It's tough to get a feel for the scale of Nazaré when it gets big. In person is the only way, but a close second comes from watching drone footage of the place.
"I feel as though the media latched on to my wave and didn’t really give credit to the rest of the people out there," he said after a headline-making session.
You don’t need to be a surfer to enjoy Nazare, although it’s an added incentive if you decide to visit. The power of Mother Nature has never been more on display.
Halloween is a time when children dress up as monsters. But on October 31, Nazaré served up a different kind of monster. It wasn't maxed out, but it was big.