The pororoca is a tidal bore, with waves up to 4 meters high that travel as much as 13 kilometers inland upstream on the Amazon River. It occurs at the mouth of the river where river water meets the Atlantic Ocean.
This pororoca wave was covered in a great video on the Discovery channel. At a certain time of the year (spring) I think these waves make there way up the delta of the Amazon River. Surfers come there every year and they can surf for miles upstream on this strange act of nature.
The only reason its like that is because of the leaves in the bottom. If the river was as dirty as you think then it certainly wouldn't have that many species. Cmon ppl! XD
BTW the name of the river is Rio Negro, portuguese for Black River, so don't worry about the water. Can't say the same about the Piranhas, snakes and crocs though, lol.
that is cool but if you fall off, you know you become either pirana lunch or caiman's dessert.
Also don't pee in the Amazon river because there is a small fish that gets atracted to urine (apart from piranas and caimans and anacondas) that gets inside your peepee, so you have been warmed. No more peepee in the Amazon amigos gringos! xD
I believe this is known as a tidal bore, happens every so often on a few rivers around the world. Basically just a lot of water moving from one side of the earth to the other :P
Yeah, I looked a couple of pages back and there was another guy talking about it. There was a documentary on Nat.geo. I guess the species of fish is related to a catfish.
the only thing you have to watch out for is the bull sharks that come up the river; in 1996 we surfed pororoca and my buddy was taking a breather body surfing before standing up again etc, and as he paddled he got bitten really bad, resulted in something like 82 stitches in his left arm; we had no clue what the shark was doing it must have been curious.
Thank guys...I wasnt in this video particularly but have been there twice..
It is the encounter of two large, wide amazon rivers that happens once a year where theey rush to meet the sea...its is a deep and weird water but the waves are strong and very very long. Great surfing...
Well, I don't surf, but I've swin the "dark waters of Amazon" till reach the ship just because the Captain told me and all the tripulation to do this. Don't try doing this at home kids.
ya ur country is the best, its so cool and awsome, i mean its the best and everything, like theres cool things to do like that one thing cause your country rocks
This is not the longest or the biggest tidal bore. Eduardo bage and Patrick Audoy surfed the Silver Dragon in China for 17km last October. But it's not accredited by Guinness, so the official record still belongs to sergio Laus on the Mearim pororoca..respect to you guys though, cool vid.
If this tidal bore is anything like the others, there will be one wave
(or wave train, like in this vid) flowing upriver once with every tide for a few days either side of the spring tides on most months.
I saw this on the NatGeo channel a while ago. Among other things floating around in that water is a tiny species of cat-fish called a Candiru that can swim up your urethra and cause a whole lot of problems! Better not fall!
that's awesome... I wanna do that someday... it looks so relaxing, just being able to ride on and on and on, without having to stop unless you want to...
lol what does the wave height have nething to do with it being fake lol......looks fun as hell tho big faces jst a lil on the crumbly weak side lol id so ride um
i h8 how when there is a huge wave u say its fake just get over it ur all jelous that u could never ride a wave that big YA ITS REAL all of these surfing vodeos r REAL
ganbada de filho dumas putas que sao esses assasssinos do pcc vcs trocado por merda e caro admiro mais a merda do que voces do valor ou chero da merda AO CHERO DA MERDA do que do valor a vcs vcs tenque morre vcs sao bons a boka vcs tenque morre
So many people die surfing at pororoca, because sometimes there is some trees surfing too. And if you surf it, you can bump into a tree.
lucaspriest 6 days ago
a Grugliasco c'è solo una bealera
fabricepatras 2 months ago
chupa brasil melhor lugar do mundo. seus grinco fia da puta
rschc13 2 months ago in playlist surf
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wrual16 5 months ago
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wrual16 5 months ago
yeah nice video!
but what i dont get is why 2 surfers would choose to ride the same wave, let alone take the second wave that is smaller and has a shallower trough?
had of been me i would have taken the 1st and bigger wave on my own (or at least pushed the other dude off to leave as croc fodder).
Cre8iveSignWorks 7 months ago
I think this song is magic carpet ride from steppenwolf.
There is not the original version though.
pr0ske 8 months ago
some1 got gut!
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CutieyyAimeeaa765 10 months ago
nice images!
can you tell me the name of the song please? thanks man
MBKawsay 11 months ago
@MBKawsay the song is called Read My Mind by Andreas Rudroff
JenFromNZ 1 month ago
BRAZIL, O RIO SE CHAMARA ARAGUARI NO ESTADO DO AMAPA. O BRAZIL EH DEMAIS, SO A GENTE TEM O SURF NO RIO.
buddyeagle 1 year ago
i think you can surf for 4 hours in the same wave.
before i die i really want to do that
pedrao420 1 year ago 2
Suf num grande rio é só aqui no Brasil mesmo
Genuesso 1 year ago
Not me.....
bermudatriangle83 1 year ago
PURA ADRENALINA XD
AIDEM28 1 year ago
Aren't there like alligators and trees in the water...n'stuff?
Spikesfeet 1 year ago
lindas imagens!!!
TheTinhowpt 1 year ago
ours, I'm from Brazil and I think pororoca is pretty cool, a very cool natural phenomenon
Sckpful 1 year ago
before i die i want to surf on that xDxD
oODoPeOo1 1 year ago
@oODoPeOo1
You'd likely die as a result of it. lol
IOYB 1 year ago
We gotta love it!!!
cyberafael 1 year ago
i like this song
what is it?
wangoholga 1 year ago 2
every surfers dream; a never ending wave
StackCityEntOfficial 1 year ago
Muito bom..
newstylesurfer 1 year ago
INSANE!!! AWESOME!!!
wiloarte 1 year ago
raro pero seguramente buena
preacain 2 years ago
hay que echarle huevos para surfear esas olas. Muy Grande!
alesdefoc666 2 years ago
crazy ! ! ! ! !
DZIDAproduction 2 years ago
thats the type of water you get those worms crawling up your but! haha! but still, this much be so much fun!!!
9720680 2 years ago
maybe if you're lucky. more likely they swim up your penis hole. spiky candiru
magnagei 1 year ago
bitchin
3ringmike 2 years ago
Can anyone tell me the song name, please!!!
desmogalen 2 years ago
read my mind. if send me your email-adress, you'll get a mp3.
stereolizer
MONAMAM11 1 year ago
mola!
rematroco 2 years ago
wow.... quero ver a pororoca em vivo!!!
AfraRoss 2 years ago
gostaria de entar em contato com urgencia os resposnavei do video.
Grata
Jane
dinojane36 2 years ago
Aguante MDQ surfaron mejor !!!!!!!
fercho9993 2 years ago
insaneeeee i so wanna hit up waves like that!
I'm confused tho...how do they form in the river?
oxsweettalkxo 2 years ago
oh nevermind- the tide
but how long till a pirahna attacks u? haha
oxsweettalkxo 2 years ago
The incoming tide forms a bunch of waves.
TheJamaican98 2 years ago
The pororoca is a tidal bore, with waves up to 4 meters high that travel as much as 13 kilometers inland upstream on the Amazon River. It occurs at the mouth of the river where river water meets the Atlantic Ocean.
izaalmeida 2 years ago
awsome
DrYenisun 2 years ago
Impresionante!!!
Me da miedo el solo hecho de verlo por aca...
Aguanten Los Redondos!!!
BoluditoDeLaLuna 2 years ago
those guys are nuts!
rayzordee 2 years ago
すごい!天才じゃないか
GREAT! awesome
tekutekutekoteko 2 years ago
I thought Charlie don't surf....?
murraysearch 2 years ago
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superstokerdotcom 2 years ago
Candiru Surfing.
reverendcutterx 2 years ago
que pasa si te caes en el minuto 1:14 porque te viene 5 espumas segidas
6estrellas6 2 years ago
Who sings it? Band??
Canción??
Como chama a musica??
LucasVido 2 years ago
o brasil é unico!!!
unico!!!
só aqui vc ve surf no rio...
jaktkkilla 2 years ago 2
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thats awsum
the water looks disgusting though
00ThePolice00 2 years ago
I herd that those are really dangerous waves due to all of the debris in the water, but it deffinatly looks worth it.
Bers8894 2 years ago 2
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makk333 2 years ago
This pororoca wave was covered in a great video on the Discovery channel. At a certain time of the year (spring) I think these waves make there way up the delta of the Amazon River. Surfers come there every year and they can surf for miles upstream on this strange act of nature.
lwj01998 2 years ago 3
nombres de la cancion?
names the song?
memo410 2 years ago
Espetacular!
iriscelta 2 years ago
ohh fuck u.... thats sooo goood
Chuggalugg 2 years ago
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schubie97 2 years ago
No he's not. It would be nice if you could be more careful in your researches!!
Josh Ritter wrote the last song of the 26min.-movie. thats all. 95% of the film-music is not from him!
This song is written by "NoHave", the name of the song is "Read my Mind".
cheers
stereolizer 2 years ago
perfect waves..
icaro800 2 years ago 2
is veryvery nice spot
teuf40 3 years ago 3
i want to do, that ive already got mi wetsuit on
scrazz2000 3 years ago 4
The water is black but the river is NOT dirty!
The only reason its like that is because of the leaves in the bottom. If the river was as dirty as you think then it certainly wouldn't have that many species. Cmon ppl! XD
BTW the name of the river is Rio Negro, portuguese for Black River, so don't worry about the water. Can't say the same about the Piranhas, snakes and crocs though, lol.
Evrae999 3 years ago 4
Oh wait, but that's already the Amazon River, not the Rio Negro anymore XD
Sorry, my mistake.
In this case it must be also the debris from the shores of the river.
Evrae999 3 years ago
that is cool but if you fall off, you know you become either pirana lunch or caiman's dessert.
Also don't pee in the Amazon river because there is a small fish that gets atracted to urine (apart from piranas and caimans and anacondas) that gets inside your peepee, so you have been warmed. No more peepee in the Amazon amigos gringos! xD
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Southwestpilotintrai 3 years ago
I believe this is known as a tidal bore, happens every so often on a few rivers around the world. Basically just a lot of water moving from one side of the earth to the other :P
rocktheflow 3 years ago 2
hahaha os gringo fica td doiidooo!!!
isso é braza!
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bram0277 3 years ago
wow very kewlll...
AndrewNguyen459 3 years ago
I heard that this river has a species of fish that swim up your pee-pee and nest in your balls.
I'm not kidding; or one of those crazy you tubers always writing nasty stuff. I seriously heard that somewhere.
fatkidyo96 3 years ago 3
yea its true what ur saying is ringing a bell for me too...
NosBlaster 3 years ago
Yeah, I looked a couple of pages back and there was another guy talking about it. There was a documentary on Nat.geo. I guess the species of fish is related to a catfish.
fatkidyo96 3 years ago
It's the toothpick fish, or canero or candiru.
mellotrongirl 3 years ago
lol.. interesting piece of info
p849 3 years ago 4
HI! Could anyone help me with the name od tha song songwritter, band?? Peace!
Cr8T1v3 3 years ago
awesome!!
11Airshow11 3 years ago
Great force of nature.
Harbertom 3 years ago
the only thing you have to watch out for is the bull sharks that come up the river; in 1996 we surfed pororoca and my buddy was taking a breather body surfing before standing up again etc, and as he paddled he got bitten really bad, resulted in something like 82 stitches in his left arm; we had no clue what the shark was doing it must have been curious.
moltasonti 3 years ago
thts so cool
thegoodchannel21 3 years ago
insane!!!!
but DONT drink the water =P
california145 3 years ago
i would just go surfing there right now
alon7522 3 years ago
beautiful
Greggybread 3 years ago
i live in that beautiful country XD im from Rio de Janeiro...
Laismile 3 years ago
QuantumObserver where u got this music?
the name !? the singer !?
tnx !
LucasVido 3 years ago
FUNNNNNNNNNN!!!!
IsraeliSurfer 3 years ago 2
perfect!!
Hackfrostcs 3 years ago 3
Thank guys...I wasnt in this video particularly but have been there twice..
It is the encounter of two large, wide amazon rivers that happens once a year where theey rush to meet the sea...its is a deep and weird water but the waves are strong and very very long. Great surfing...
Peace
QuantumObserver 3 years ago 3
I thought it was twice a year =[ Between February and March.
klsjafksjdfklsdfjkls 3 years ago
pero como puede haber olas en un rio???'
1djloko 3 years ago
quando o mar se encontra com o rio se formam essas ondas hermano!
RuyaLz 3 years ago 2
that is absolubtley amazing, fookin hell i wna go! rekn u get sucked under pretty bad if u bail
yateslouis91 3 years ago
wow its so cool :D
Grimes005 3 years ago 2
that might be the coolest thing i've ever fucking seen.
xNijfx 3 years ago 2
thats scary if i bailed i would of had a heart attack
esteeeeffaaen 3 years ago
this aint fake they even did a program on natgeo
dogmansurfer413 3 years ago
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this is fake
Cheesebody 3 years ago
you must be kidding me fuckin gringo.
next season, i'll be there again, ridding a 10min fake wave once more.
surforiental 3 years ago
this not fake, is real, read more man, and dont be a Uncultivate
surfero66 3 years ago 2
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i was only joking i know its real my friend
Cheesebody 3 years ago
0k xP
surfero66 3 years ago
yeah man people this days
dogmansurfer413 3 years ago
nice vid, i try to go to brazil and watch or surf the pororoca :D, who know the song name??
surfero66 3 years ago
Well, I don't surf, but I've swin the "dark waters of Amazon" till reach the ship just because the Captain told me and all the tripulation to do this. Don't try doing this at home kids.
brsinal 3 years ago
pororoca yeahhhhhh !! its not dangerous, dont have any croc or anacond her stupids, my country is amazing
trickpa80 3 years ago 5
ya ur country is the best, its so cool and awsome, i mean its the best and everything, like theres cool things to do like that one thing cause your country rocks
Jdawg0492 3 years ago 4
fantastic
mrmet7 3 years ago 3
Ok if you don't get chewed by a croc , you'll probably grow a third bollock in a few weeks! Good ride tho !!
turshthefurf 3 years ago
iz this dangerous ?
but it looks PHATT !!
xxSURFERSxx 3 years ago
Surf what you have!
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tadude1995 3 years ago
4 this video can i please download it??
hellonut62 3 years ago
Apparently Picuruta Salazar surfed on this wave for 37 min.
gotrice333 3 years ago
i saw it on fuel tv
nfitz92691 3 years ago
its very dangerous...
i live in brazil
cya
lukinhapenalva 3 years ago
Nice song
dogmansurfer413 3 years ago
water looks like doodoo, was it fun? thats all that matters!
quatrobanos 3 years ago
This is not the longest or the biggest tidal bore. Eduardo bage and Patrick Audoy surfed the Silver Dragon in China for 17km last October. But it's not accredited by Guinness, so the official record still belongs to sergio Laus on the Mearim pororoca..respect to you guys though, cool vid.
If this tidal bore is anything like the others, there will be one wave
(or wave train, like in this vid) flowing upriver once with every tide for a few days either side of the spring tides on most months.
neilandfi 3 years ago
WHAT?
titalaj 3 years ago
thats awesome
33GeAr33 3 years ago
Amazon river looks loke an entire ocean
Brutus86Itaigara 3 years ago 3
nice
lx112 3 years ago 3
I saw this on the NatGeo channel a while ago. Among other things floating around in that water is a tiny species of cat-fish called a Candiru that can swim up your urethra and cause a whole lot of problems! Better not fall!
COMAGEIST 3 years ago 6
I saw it to on natgeo
dogmansurfer413 3 years ago
werent there like bull sharks or some undiscovered species there... looks risky to me haha
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KiteSurfingExtreme 3 years ago
Hi,
I have done the music tracks for the movie. it is not released on a record, so you won't be able to buy it..
Please contact me for more info's, or if you want to get the music.
greetings, andy
stereolizer 3 years ago
Hi,
I have done the music tracks for the movie. it is not released on a record, so you won't be able to buy it..
Please contact me for more info's, or if you want to get the music.
greetings, andy
stereolizer 3 years ago
Does anyone know what this music is? Love it!
JenFromNZ 3 years ago
that's awesome... I wanna do that someday... it looks so relaxing, just being able to ride on and on and on, without having to stop unless you want to...
forpd 3 years ago
lol what does the wave height have nething to do with it being fake lol......looks fun as hell tho big faces jst a lil on the crumbly weak side lol id so ride um
Cubano00123 3 years ago
omg if i fell of i would Freak out :(
jackcampbell111 3 years ago
yeah, those waves are real, im a sudamerican, i live in Ecuador and we know that s true...
betoyrojas 3 years ago
for sure it´s real
I live in Brazil and i see many times on local tv
Greenstain420Brazil 3 years ago 2
i h8 how when there is a huge wave u say its fake just get over it ur all jelous that u could never ride a wave that big YA ITS REAL all of these surfing vodeos r REAL
balletgal10 3 years ago 2
i love how you fags call it fake.. lmao.
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goobernutz 3 years ago
retard
lindalips78 3 years ago
Yeah completely they did such a great job on the fake waves and all it just looks so fake....
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That's pretty kick ass.
Vicsux24 3 years ago 2
Are they Crocodile, Piranah and Anaconda infested waters?
Sheilaaaaaaaaaa 3 years ago
yes, but very rare that they'd come into contact or even attack a human.
pistolpete1994 3 years ago 6
dunno why but i could just carry on watching that surfing for ages.
DpNo1 3 years ago 2
cool!!!!!nice vid!!!
cbb2392 3 years ago
alucinante!!!!!!!!!
webefects 3 years ago
or the name of the music
LucasVido 3 years ago
plzzzzzzzzzzzzz Who sings ?!?!?!?!??!
LucasVido 3 years ago
Absolutely amazing...
bald11 3 years ago 3
yes it is very cool
I sufed the pororoca last year. It was the best experience of my entire life.
osmleerdam 4 years ago 5
What month is it on? any website for a good bed&brk? I'm planning to go too.
freedomone2one 3 years ago
Best Month for Pororoca is Febuary / March 'cause the amazonas is low of water.
bloodforblood1337 3 years ago 3
Thanks mate!
freedomone2one 3 years ago 4
lol - dude, it's the amazon jungle. B&B? get real.
fatbear92 3 years ago
i guess than it hapens only every 15 or 25 years, i dont know but is not always...
betoyrojas 3 years ago
No it happens every 3 months
alexaustralia2 3 years ago
i wish i could surf well ... this would be so cool to do.
kaiban42 4 years ago 5
what's the name of this song ?
it really from Josh Ritter ??
CYA
LucasVido 4 years ago
That is so cool!
You fall and you are 10 miles out to sea fast! I want to try!
Surferpunk123 4 years ago 4
ganbada de filho dumas putas que sao esses assasssinos do pcc vcs trocado por merda e caro admiro mais a merda do que voces do valor ou chero da merda AO CHERO DA MERDA do que do valor a vcs vcs tenque morre vcs sao bons a boka vcs tenque morre
mett12344321 4 years ago
my legs get tired after 100 metres.this has gotta be great fun and training tho
herecomesthemonster 4 years ago 6
FYI, this is the longest ride too... I think the record was 37 minutes and 12.5 kilometers for one ride...
Defenseman 4 years ago 6
what if you got one of those penis fishes. that would suck. theres sum fish that swims up and hooks into the inside.
thisfrickinblows 4 years ago
thats only if you urinate in the water. the fish is attracted to the ammonia in your piss
PartyMarty4000 4 years ago 6
i would have a fit If i fell into those awful waters
azzleeka 4 years ago 4
amazing
ThEaNNoynig94 4 years ago
looks like a fun wave....but disgusting water
narshredder21 4 years ago
flipante
yosoiuncrack 4 years ago
whats the name of the music playing??
haynakaw999 4 years ago
that water looks nasty
jsmerf541 4 years ago
whhaahaha loser
your not on that video
loser
surfdude102 4 years ago
I am not in that video?
how do you know?
and by the way, loser for me is someone who wastes time making comments like yours...
so...thank you for being a looser too!
QuantumObserver 4 years ago
then tell me please the name of the song. i like it a lot
peevde 4 years ago
dude do those wavs come in often or no
and you missed that perfect air section
seanopearson 4 years ago
I had the fun of my life in this surfing...
next year i wish to go again...
hopefully...
glad you guys enjoyed too
QuantumObserver 4 years ago
do you have to get a tow-in on these?
cabz0r 4 years ago
that looks so sweet'
that1crazyperson 4 years ago
Record in Pororoca Surfing: A 37 minutes long wave by Picuruta Salazar.
airfletcher 4 years ago
that is friggin' coool...
Melpheos1er 4 years ago