Pororoca: the endless Amazon tidal bore wave - SurferToday.com
"Pororoca: Surfing the Amazon" is a 2003 surf documentary about the power of this impressive Brazilian tidal bore. That same year, national surfing legend Picuruta Salazar set a new record after riding a single Pororoca wave for 7.8 miles (12.5 kilometers) in 37 minutes.
Pororoca - Wikipedia
The Pororoca (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɔɾɔˈɾɔkɐ], [poɾoˈɾɔkɐ]) is a tidal bore, with waves up to 4 m (13 ft) high that travel as much as 800 km (500 mi) inland upstream on the Amazon River and adjacent rivers. Its name might come from the indigenous Tupi language, where it could translate into "great roar".
Surfers at Amazon’s mouth ride some of world’s longest-lasting …
2023年6月8日 · A surfer paddles out to ride the tidal bore wave known as “Pororoca,” during the Amazon Surf Festival held in the Canal do Perigoso, or “Dangerous Channel,” at the mouth of the Amazon River near Chaves, Marajo Island archipelago, Para state, Brazil, Monday, June 5, 2023.
Surfing the Pororoca: the Amazon River’s Endless Wave
2019年6月28日 · When the ocean’s tide is at its highest, water flows into the mouth of the Amazon. Depending on the amount of rainwater flowing out, the flow of the river reverses. As the ocean water pushes...
VIDEO: Surfing Endless Waves on the Amazon River
2019年6月28日 · Serginho is one of the few that has mastered the challenges of surfing this Amazonian tidal bore, including the bouancy of fresh water, debris (sometimes entire trees) and the occasional snake or piranaha:
The Amazon River - 'Pororoca' - Tidal Bore - surfing - YouTube
This 1 minute and 5 second video is showing the later part of a video on youtube that explains a very dangerous tidal bore wave that is surfed on the Amazon ...
Surfers Ride Amazonian “Pororoca” Tidal Bore Created By Full Moon
2023年6月8日 · Surfers from across Brazil descended upon Pará state on June 4th to surf a rowdy looking tidal bore at the mouth of Amazon River created by the gravitational pull of the Strawberry Moon. During full and new moons, when the tide is the highest, the Amazon’s flow can actually reverse upstream often creating waves that are actually ridable.
Surfing the Amazon River’s Endless Wave - Carvemag.com
2019年7月4日 · The indigenous people who live along the Amazon River in Brazil have a word for the tidal bore that rushes in from the Atlantic Ocean. They call the wave Pororoca, which translates to “big roar.” You can actually hear it coming. That’s how loud and powerful it is.
Surfing the Amazon - Atlas Obscura
2012年4月2日 · A fairly rare but natural phenomenon called a tidal bore, Pororoca is caused when the incoming ocean tide creates such an influx of water into the river, a wave forms at the tide's leading...
Surf the Amazonas River in Brazil: The Pororoca Wave
2009年3月30日 · The Pororoca wave in the Amazonas River in Brazil is the longest wave one can surf in the world. Between the months of February and March, the Atlantic Ocean waters roll up the Amazon river twice a year in the Amazonas river in Brazil. This phenomenon, which is also called tidal bore (Gezeiten-Flutwelle), generates