Hercules 2014: Huge waves in Sagres, Portugal (Cabo São Vicente) 6/1/14

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 = )

That's one of those videos I could watch for hours and hours, and never get tired of watching!

If this video was 12 hours long, I would watch it for 12 hours.

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.

One of my saved favorites; I'm back again in 2020. I watch this about every 6 months or so. Thanks again.

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.

the waves are so huge the video almost appears to be slow mo

That is an angry ocean and those cliffs are taken a brutal beating. The raw energy expended on that rock is insane.

It's amazing to think you could be on top of those cliffs and still get wet.

i could watch this all day

Look at those tiny humans walking on the cliff edge... These waves are HUGE

Unbelievable video!!That must have been incredible live, Thanks for Upload....

Nothing but respect for the ocean. What a beauty!

And there's life under all of that!

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!

I don't feel like a swim anymore.

Recently come back from Portugal, amazing country and the friendless people I've ever met. Must visit...

I'd love to see this as a 5 hour relaxing video just pure nature. Amazing footage.