Surfing The Mighty Amazon River and the Pororoca wave.

Surf Travel & Adventure

Mention to anyone about surfing waves in the Amazon and they'll think you are crazed. The Amazon is located in the world's biggest tropical rainforest. It is a mighty river complete with lost tribes, huge anacondas, deadly insects and spiders, howler monkeys,jungle cats, poisonous plants, man-eating fish life, giant crocodiles, pink dolphins, vampire fish and what is reputed to be the planet's longest rideable wave which reaches heights of up to 2 metres.

This wave goes for about 15 miles all up and has been created by the very extreme tidal contrasts in the river system. This gian Amazon surfing wave is called the "Pororoca" which means "the thundering noise". The whole phenomenon of river breaks is not unique and happens in many parts of the world but the Pororoca wave on the Araguri River produces a truly world-class surf.