All-time tallest waves surfed worldwide 2025
Sebastian Steudtner holds the record for the biggest wave ever surfed, riding a wave of over 28 meters at Nazaré in February 2024. This broke his own record set in October 2020.
Biggest waves ever surfed worldwide as of 2025 (in meters)
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Red Bull. (February 17, 2025). Biggest waves ever surfed worldwide as of 2025 (in meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327151/biggest-waves-surfed-worldwide/
Red Bull. "Biggest waves ever surfed worldwide as of 2025 (in meters)." Chart. February 17, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327151/biggest-waves-surfed-worldwide/
Red Bull. (2025). Biggest waves ever surfed worldwide as of 2025 (in meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327151/biggest-waves-surfed-worldwide/
Red Bull. "Biggest Waves Ever Surfed Worldwide as of 2025 (in Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327151/biggest-waves-surfed-worldwide/
Red Bull, Biggest waves ever surfed worldwide as of 2025 (in meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327151/biggest-waves-surfed-worldwide/ (last visited May 08, 2025)
Biggest waves ever surfed worldwide as of 2025 (in meters) [Graph], Red Bull, February 17, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327151/biggest-waves-surfed-worldwide/