Breath of Storm Ingrid - Nazare

Video by SURFING VISIONS.

By my 10th season filming at Nazaré, I’ve seen just about every mood this canyon can throw at you. Big waves detonating through the Nazaré Canyon and exploding into the Farol lighthouse? That’s part of the job.

But Breath of Ingrid was different.

For weeks, powerful swells lined up out of the west and northwest — an unusual and dangerous angle for Nazaré. On paper, Storm Ingrid was XXL. In reality, that direction turned the ocean unpredictable, chaotic, and at times downright hostile. When deep‑water energy hits the canyon like this, the sound, the movement, and the violence of the sea change completely — and you’ll hear and feel that throughout this 17‑minute edit.

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Wave faces pushed up to 70 feet, but size alone doesn’t tell the story. This was about timing, confusion, and raw power colliding in one of the most unforgiving places on the planet.

Featuring Mason Barnes, one of the world’s best, alongside 18‑year‑old Luke Smith, an exciting new talent, this film lets the surfers tell the story of what it was like out there that day.

The swell had a name…

But trust me — Breath of Ingrid had bad breath.

Turn the volume up.

This is Nazaré when it doesn’t play fair.