Surfers brave the ‘Pororoca’, one of the world’s most feared waves in the river Mearim in the Brazilian Amazon. Pororoca, which means ‘great roar’ in the indigenous Tupi Guarani language, is a phenomenon that occurs twice a year, when the ocean waters of the Atlantic meet the currents of the Amazonian rivers at high tide and push them in opposite directions.
Surfers brave the waves in Brazilian Amazon
