Imagine a 14th to 20th century ship being obliterated against those cliffs in storm seas like this ... This cape is the southwestern most point in Portugal and next to a huge shipping lane. Now the Cabo São Vicente lighthouse is the second (?) most powerful in the world. It can be seen 60 kilometers away. Many centuries of history here. Aweinspiring video = )
on that day january 7th in casablanca morocco we had 13 meters waves never seen before ! everitying on the coastline restaurants swiming pools were destroyed and flooded i have come rapidly to take pictures of those awesome waves it was extraordinary it started from december 2013 the tides rises at night on those days
Wow, thank you for your reply! I think this video is the only one posted on TH-cam of those cliffs during the storm. I will now watch it again knowing now that the waves are 13 meters.
Those waves are so big they look like they are moving in slow motion, 80 foot plus here but about 200 feet of white water when they slam into the cliffs. Nazare, which is a popular HUGE wave surf spot in Portugal has had waves over 100 feet and has had the biggest wave ever rode that was ridden by American Garrett MaNamara estimated at 93 feet! I've ridden waves as big as 20 feet but 90 feet plus I could not imagine the power something like that can produce. 20 foot has enough power to rip and tear muscles, ligaments while also able to break collarbones, backs, necks, give you concussions or hold you down long enough to drown you.
I am 56 and have seen so many waves live, seen pictures of waves, watched videos of waves, but THIS.....this is the most dramatic video I have ever seen! Just the magnitude and size of the waves and then the clarity of the video and having objects to provide perspective. It is just a wonderful video. THANK YOU for knowing how to video tape, and not jiggling around or missing the best parts of the display. Thanks for sharing, you have my vote for the best wave video!
That near cliff has to be 100 meters high, and the waves are breaking way over the top of them. I saw waves almost as high when I was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico in 1985 due to s hurricane 300 miles due west in the Pacific Ocean. There were no cliffs for the waves to break over as spectacularly as these. Although it is dramatic to view on video, it is much more impressive to observe in person. You really begin to understand the power of Mother Nature from watching this spectacle. Surly the technology exists that could harnessed that power on most coasts around the world to provide power to thousands of Las Vegas size cities.
These waves aren’t 100m tall there more like 50ft and also there’s only ever been a couple 100ft waves let alone 100m!and puerto Escondido can only get so big because once it gets 25ft it only goes 1ft higher and then that’s it
It's super fascinating!! It's crazy to think about how long those cliffs have been standing, and how strong they are to resist the power of the sea! Amazing that they don't just crumble away instantly before our eyes, and that just shows how tough the rock really is :D
One of the places I love most here in Portugal . Sagres is where the land ends and begins the endless sea . I still have this medieval Portuguese feeling on this place.
"Where the land ends and the sea begins" is not related to Sagres, but to Cabo da Roca (which belongs to Sintra and Lisbon). Cabo da Roca is the most western spot in Europe, not Cabo S. Vicente.
If you look there are people standing on the next hill over. Comparing the waves to that reference, you come up with about 40' swells that break and peak over 100' high. That is impressive.
Well we have swells like this one every winter, sometimes more than a couple per year, but in this particular day other conditions came to be (wind, period between waves, etc) that created this particular spectacle. And yes, no one was out there because you would definitely get ripped apart
makeminea99 Well we have swells like this one every winter, sometimes more than a couple per year, but in this particular day other conditions came to be (wind, period between waves, etc) that created this particular spectacle. And yes, no one was out there because you would definitely get ripped apart
we have always waves, so it will generate energy, in this case i was meaning the amount of energy we could acumulate on that day. But Portugal get this kind of waves more than once in a year.
Sagres sea use to be a very calm sea. You can go there on the summer, and swim like if you were swimming on a pool, despites the water be very cold. Man this is brutal, the nature is very unpredictable.
@@nunomadeirapereira9627 baby he was Italian, himself always said that. Tho he mostly lived in Spain he was born in Italy and by a mostly Italian family. Cristoforo Colombo is 100% an Italian name.
@@williamvalmadre556 his family was Portuguese he worked for the Portuguese crown, learned the art of sailing in Portugal/ Madeira his letters all in Portugal. Born in Cuba Portugal. Get it right. That Genova nonsense
The mythical Cabo de São Vicente.. Which was the last sight of Europe for Portuguese explorers who set out to find a nautical passage to the fabulous riches of the East. And they found it. They even were the first to navigate around the globe. The names of Diogo Cão, Vasco da Gama, Fernão de Magalhães entered the Valhalla of seafarers. The astronomical knowledge and nautical skills of the Portuguese was unsurpassed in these times. That is why they turned down the idea of a certain Cristoforo Colombo from Genua, who foolishly maintained that one can get to China sailing due West in just one month. They correctly estimated 3-4 months for such a journey, which made it seem practically impossible. I have rounded the Cabo in my sea kayak in tranquil weather, which nevertheless was awe inspiring. And I visualized that when things get really rough the foam from crashing waves might reach even halfway up the enormous cliffs. Never I imagined that these towering cliffs can be dwarfed by waves as captured in the video. They are colossal, gigantic, titanic. Thank you so much for sharing this magnificent sight !
There's a famous Portuguese poem that starts with these words: "Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal são lágrimas de Portugal!" (Translation: "Oh salty sea, how much of your salt are tears of Portugal!"). And i dare to say every portuguese knows these words.
Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal São lágrimas de Portugal! Por te cruzarmos, quantas mães choraram, Quantos filhos em vão rezaram! Quantas noivas ficaram por casar Para que fosses nosso, ó mar!
Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Quem quer passar além do Bojador Tem que passar além da dor. Deus ao mar o perigo e o abismo deu, Mas nele é que espelhou o céu.
On the north coast of Barbados during a passing hurricane the waves hit the cliffs even bigger than this, the reef is a bit shallower so the waves barrel and you could fit a bus in the tube. when it hits the cliff the water reaches a couple hundred feet in land.
Hi there! I don't know about one of the best footages, but I do know that seeing all that power strikes a chord…. We get big swells here in the winter but NOTHING like this one was :) thanks for watching!
I've been there this year. I cannot imagine how high waves can get. That's absolutely stunning.
Imagine a 14th to 20th century ship being obliterated against those cliffs in storm seas like this ... This cape is the southwestern most point in Portugal and next to a huge shipping lane. Now the Cabo São Vicente lighthouse is the second (?) most powerful in the world. It can be seen 60 kilometers away. Many centuries of history here. Aweinspiring video = )
on that day january 7th in casablanca morocco we had 13 meters waves never seen before ! everitying on the coastline restaurants swiming pools were destroyed and flooded i have come rapidly to take pictures of those awesome waves it was extraordinary it started from december 2013 the tides rises at night on those days
Wow, thank you for your reply! I think this video is the only one posted on TH-cam of those cliffs during the storm. I will now watch it again knowing now that the waves are 13 meters.
Have to imagine that shippers back in the day probably knew well enough to stay away from the coast until they were ready to go into port.
We were hoping for similar waves some weeks ago but the wind got very much in the way, also, the swell wasn't as big...
maybe friday!
If this video was 12 hours long, I would watch it for 12 hours.
hehehe thanks! Me too! (even though I have the possibility of watching it live for several hours which is a bit better ;)
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Those waves are so big they look like they are moving in slow motion, 80 foot plus here but about 200 feet of white water when they slam into the cliffs. Nazare, which is a popular HUGE wave surf spot in Portugal has had waves over 100 feet and has had the biggest wave ever rode that was ridden by American Garrett MaNamara estimated at 93 feet! I've ridden waves as big as 20 feet but 90 feet plus I could not imagine the power something like that can produce. 20 foot has enough power to rip and tear muscles, ligaments while also able to break collarbones, backs, necks, give you concussions or hold you down long enough to drown you.
Yep, maybe, but could'nt put up with 12 hours of waowww...
EIDesmadreGriego.....OMG, you said it brother!! My sentiments exactly!!
I am 56 and have seen so many waves live, seen pictures of waves, watched videos of waves, but THIS.....this is the most dramatic video I have ever seen! Just the magnitude and size of the waves and then the clarity of the video and having objects to provide perspective. It is just a wonderful video.
THANK YOU for knowing how to video tape, and not jiggling around or missing the best parts of the display. Thanks for sharing, you have my vote for the best wave video!
Thanks so much this is the best comment and I think you're about the only person who noticed the objects for reference :D
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
@@TheLocalTruthPortugal is beautyful country, greetings From serbia 😉.
That's one of those videos I could watch for hours and hours, and never get tired of watching!
That near cliff has to be 100 meters high, and the waves are breaking way over the top of them. I saw waves almost as high when I was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico in 1985 due to s hurricane 300 miles due west in the Pacific Ocean. There were no cliffs for the waves to break over as spectacularly as these. Although it is dramatic to view on video, it is much more impressive to observe in person. You really begin to understand the power of Mother Nature from watching this spectacle. Surly the technology exists that could harnessed that power on most coasts around the world to provide power to thousands of Las Vegas size cities.
These waves aren’t 100m tall there more like 50ft and also there’s only ever been a couple 100ft waves let alone 100m!and puerto Escondido can only get so big because once it gets 25ft it only goes 1ft higher and then that’s it
That’s well over 100 meters dude
the waves are so huge the video almost appears to be slow mo
One of my saved favorites; I'm back again in 2020. I watch this about every 6 months or so. Thanks again.
Well, not every 6 months; I'm back in three months. And I've borrowed your phrase more than once, "Nature is SO dramatic!".
It's amazing to think you could be on top of those cliffs and still get wet.
Look at those tiny humans walking on the cliff edge... These waves are HUGE
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
That is an angry ocean and those cliffs are taken a brutal beating. The raw energy expended on that rock is insane.
It's super fascinating!! It's crazy to think about how long those cliffs have been standing, and how strong they are to resist the power of the sea! Amazing that they don't just crumble away instantly before our eyes, and that just shows how tough the rock really is :D
I don't feel like a swim anymore.
One of the places I love most here in Portugal . Sagres is where the land ends and begins the endless sea . I still have this medieval Portuguese feeling on this place.
"Where the land ends and the sea begins" is not related to Sagres, but to Cabo da Roca (which belongs to Sintra and Lisbon). Cabo da Roca is the most western spot in Europe, not Cabo S. Vicente.
@@aahpoiseeh como é que a terra acaba no cabo da roca ?? se ainda existem 300 kms de terra até sagres .....
@@dasilva207, o cabo da roca é o ponto da Europa continental mais a ocidente.
Really it was belived in Roman era that it was Cape Finisterre in Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain
@@aahpoiseeh ❤
I was in Sagres 4 times, but only one time i see huge waves like this - only from the south side, not from atlantic. Portugal great country!
And there's life under all of that!
It's full of sargus 100%😁😁😁
Very strong and hard animals will live their
The fish probably don't know there's a storm up at the surface.
Unbelievable video!!That must have been incredible live, Thanks for Upload....
Dan Zotter I deed it was :) you're welcome!
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
I'd love to see this as a 5 hour relaxing video just pure nature.
Amazing footage.
If you look there are people standing on the next hill over.
Comparing the waves to that reference, you come up with about 40' swells that break and peak over 100' high.
That is impressive.
Much higher than 100ft. Scale a person up at 6ft. The cliffs are nearer 250-300 ft I would guess
yes easily 40metres waves
Not quite as they jump a lot hitting the wall but as they hit they go to that height. But this is a normal day. Not a storm. One can imagine.
Wow! 130ft waves?! This has to break a record, right?
Yes, extremely impressive.
whish i could pull a god hack and throw myself in there just for the kicks. best waterpark ever.
great upload OP. thanks. Sagres is beautiful
Awesome footage, congrats ! And thanks for sharing ;)
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
i could watch this all day
+Jim Hey that was so funny
+A Thompson lol you made me laugh
Nothing but respect for the ocean. What a beauty!
LOVE the big waves... Check out the Giant wave explosions at Shore Acres In Oregon. Also, absolutely jaw dropping stuff!
I keep returning to this video over and over again.
I hope next winter will provide us another mesmerising video!
Fantastic! love such huge waves! Merci from France!
These are low key the biggest coastal waves crashing on cliffs of all TH-cam, it's not even an exageration.
NIce first video that actually had big waves that didn't disappoint!
Thank you! Love
.the "Wow"s!! We too get to the coast as often as possible!
Beautiful video. Great lighting.
A little north of here, in Nazaré, they are known for their waves up to 100 feet high.
Recently come back from Portugal, amazing country and the friendless people I've ever met. Must visit...
That footage is incredible,! I wonder what it would've sounded like without the "Whoa, whoa, whoa..." "Wow, wow, wow..." sounds.
🙄
Wow! Usually a woman either screaming, shouting about some imaginary sky fairy, or just making an unnecessary noise!
"Dramatic" is right on! Wonderful video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
This is the ever best wave video in my life. The wonders of H & O2
Always have heard that Portugal has some if the largest waves
Yup Portugal and Hawaii and probably some other places too.
Imagino aqueles navegadores loucos do séc. XV enfrentando estas ondas no mar tenebroso. Uma bússola, e as estrelas. Povo de coragem!
It would be a dream to visit such places in this world.
Especially if I could witness natural beauty,,, AND Mother Nature like THIS.
Great video.
Fantastic! I could stand there and watch it all day.
Finally something in HD !!! ...Thanks ...greetings from Chile !!
Era conhecido como "mar tenebroso" pelos antigos navegadores.(It was known as the "dark sea" by the ancient navigators)
imagine how much energy Portugal could have from these waves
Very good point
I very much doubt this is a daily sea-state, more likely very rare, and no machinery could be set up to utilise this power without being ripped apart.
Well we have swells like this one every winter, sometimes more than a couple per year, but in this particular day other conditions came to be (wind, period between waves, etc) that created this particular spectacle. And yes, no one was out there because you would definitely get ripped apart
makeminea99 Well we have swells like this one every winter, sometimes more than a couple per year, but in this particular day other conditions came to be (wind, period between waves, etc) that created this particular spectacle. And yes, no one was out there because you would definitely get ripped apart
we have always waves, so it will generate energy, in this case i was meaning the amount of energy we could acumulate on that day. But Portugal get this kind of waves more than once in a year.
Parts of the California coast such as the Palos Verdes peninsula will look like this one day as sea level continues to rise.
Would love to see more when the set of waves settled. Those waves can be surf awesome video
Spectacular, thanks for uploading!
Good filming, camera steady, no hectic moving around and always all interesting parts insight! 👍
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
That's beautiful watching the waves hit the rocks
Finally.....a video with excellent video quality, good composition, no stupid fucking music and , unbelievable..no selfies.
That was spectacular!! Thank you! So much!!
You're most welcome :)
Finally a lady who doesn’t scream
Sagres sea use to be a very calm sea. You can go there on the summer, and swim like if you were swimming on a pool, despites the water be very cold. Man this is brutal, the nature is very unpredictable.
Energy Portugal Waves ... thanks for uploading!
You're welcome!
Dude I’m in, Let’s go surfing now everybody’s learning how!
I used to know that place well when I was a kid. Looks like nothings changed!
Beautiful Video. As other have already stated here. More please and much longer.
This is where the European discoverers viewed and headed out to New World ….I was there 15yrs ago....beautiful, historic place.....
@Mahesh M V U Who could possibly give a woot ....! It's an ocean seascape !
Not the Europeans, but an Italian, Colombo, and thanks to the Vikings because he heard about them going to West.
@@williamvalmadre556 italian Colombo, LoL, get it right dude
@@nunomadeirapereira9627 baby he was Italian, himself always said that.
Tho he mostly lived in Spain he was born in Italy and by a mostly Italian family.
Cristoforo Colombo is 100% an Italian name.
@@williamvalmadre556 his family was Portuguese he worked for the Portuguese crown, learned the art of sailing in Portugal/ Madeira his letters all in Portugal. Born in Cuba Portugal. Get it right. That Genova nonsense
Magnificent! Thank you for posting it!
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
You know the waves are huge when the water is moving in Slow Motion 🤣
The mythical Cabo de São Vicente.. Which was the last sight of Europe for Portuguese explorers who set out to find a nautical passage to the fabulous riches of the East. And they found it. They even were the first to navigate around the globe. The names of Diogo Cão, Vasco da Gama, Fernão de Magalhães entered the Valhalla of seafarers.
The astronomical knowledge and nautical skills of the Portuguese was unsurpassed in these times. That is why they turned down the idea of a certain Cristoforo Colombo from Genua, who foolishly maintained that one can get to China sailing due West in just one month.
They correctly estimated 3-4 months for such a journey, which made it seem practically impossible.
I have rounded the Cabo in my sea kayak in tranquil weather, which nevertheless was awe inspiring. And I visualized that when things get really rough the foam from crashing waves might reach even halfway up the enormous cliffs.
Never I imagined that these towering cliffs can be dwarfed by waves as captured in the video. They are colossal, gigantic, titanic.
Thank you so much for sharing this magnificent sight !
This? Is just an *awesome* video.
Thank you for sharing this. 💖 the ocean, waves, cliffs and beautiful views.
☀️😎☀️
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
awesome waves. thanks for the video
You're welcome :) I was expecting a dumb-ass comment to be honest hahaha
+SxAndTheVillage
lmao. I guess most people do. thanks again
;)
I have been there and I know these cliffs are 60 meters high!!! Absolutely incredible waves, thanks for uploading this video!
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
The waves are huge, and I love the sound of the waves
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
That's beautiful. I could watch this forever
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
this is so cool thank you for uploading
you're welcome :)
You would not want to fall into that.
Why not? Sounds like fun.
Its raging, dont get to close!
If you somehow manage to survive the fall without drowning you have a face-to-face meeting with the cliffs to look forward to!
Yeah that 'spin cycle' is a bitch!!!!
@amine dz fuck are these made up horror shit
Wow, remind me to never drop anchor off those cliffs. Amazing footage.
A great description and video "A SYMPHONY!"
That is sooo beautiful.
Youse are lucky to be there
I’m jealous
Great video!👍 Obrigado!
The sea must of been mad that day. Those waves are incredible!
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
There's a famous Portuguese poem that starts with these words: "Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal
são lágrimas de Portugal!" (Translation: "Oh salty sea, how much of your salt are tears of Portugal!"). And i dare to say every portuguese knows these words.
Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal
São lágrimas de Portugal!
Por te cruzarmos, quantas mães choraram,
Quantos filhos em vão rezaram!
Quantas noivas ficaram por casar
Para que fosses nosso, ó mar!
Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena
Se a alma não é pequena.
Quem quer passar além do Bojador
Tem que passar além da dor.
Deus ao mar o perigo e o abismo deu,
Mas nele é que espelhou o céu.
Beautiful :) Wish i could see this live
A natureza sempre nos surpreende,com sua força e beleza!!
Wish this video was longer, I could watch it for an hour. Kind of ASMR.
On the north coast of Barbados during a passing hurricane the waves hit the cliffs even bigger than this, the reef is a bit shallower so the waves barrel and you could fit a bus in the tube. when it hits the cliff the water reaches a couple hundred feet in land.
What a unique spectacle. I hope that it will be the same when I am at this point again.
That spray is over 100m high! (Comparing it to the people eon the top
Those waves are so huge they look like they are going in slow motion!!
What , no surfers ?
Absolutely awesome . Wow , indeed . Thanks for sharing .
i could listen to the surf all day long. but from a distance, everything looks peaceful-like in that song
I could watch the sea for hours, it's fascinating. Even here in the UK where we have much calmer seas, I love to watch it.
If Magellan had seen this he might have stayed home. XD
Magalhães . Wtf is Magellan ?!!
@@luismartinspoucochinho6183 lmao
I’ve been there and those are high cliffs !!!
I could watch that all day.
Amazing place! When we were there, it was calm.
Mighty video,mother nature so beautiful and so powerful,wow factor at its best.
Thanks for sharing such a visual delight , had never seen it earlier.... exciting and terrifying both .
Wow. Bad day for throwing a fishing lure out there I think.
Do you realize you have some of the best footages on Hércules ?? Unbelievable storm..... Thanks
Hi there! I don't know about one of the best footages, but I do know that seeing all that power strikes a chord…. We get big swells here in the winter but NOTHING like this one was :) thanks for watching!
Lo he visitado personalmente y es un lugar espectacular lleno de encanto y magia.
I am retired navy. I've been in scuba gear and stuck out in gitmo bay when the tide shifted. The ocean doesn't play
The commentary is nice too. Great vid.
nrp66 Thanks :)
You're welcome.:)
Spectacular! I'd love to fly that area.
thx for sharing!
Fantastic! This is Pure Art...
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
Enough energy to power a large country for weeks in that one swell!
I watched this video more than 100 times it's so amazing
Just see Hércules storm@ sagres... Thats unbeliveble beautiful and Scary. Take a look.
What happened to the beach!?
I was swimming there last week!
Where's the kiosk gone!? The toilet block!?
Espectacular!!!