"Hey everybody, it's Garrett McNamara and I'm honored to be doing the Spot Check with Surfline for Nazaré, Portugal — the eighth wonder of the world." MORE IN AUDIO.

"Okay, you can see here how much power it has. It's just exploding and that is a really ugly, gnarly looking wave right there." MORE IN AUDIO.

"From this vantage point — once it gets to a certain size — you can't really tell what's going on. You've got to go out there in the ocean and feel it." MORE IN AUDIO.

"This is a photo I believe is Hugo Vau. It was exactly like this today [October 14, 2015] in Nazare." MORE IN AUDIO. *Editor's Note: The surfer pictured is João Guedes.

It's so crazy. When I was first invited there, they told me it was a little fishing village. So I envisioned like 10 to 50 little fishing shacks ...". MORE IN AUDIO.

"I'm not sure who that is, but Wheeew. It looks like a jet ski just tried to get him, but couldn't get him and ran away. He had to take this on the head. That's a solid wave right there." MORE IN AUDIO. (It's Eric Rebiere -- Ed)

"This is in the corner right by the rocks. Deep in the corner, that's just a perfect barrel; so fun." MORE IN AUDIO.

"That's the magic of Nazaré. So beautiful. So amazing." MORE IN AUDIO.

"The beach goes forever and this is taken from the bottom road ... Our house is right above this shot. We look at this every single day." MORE IN AUDIO.

"That is Andrew Cotton. I remember this day well. It was solid 20 feet ...". MORE IN AUDIO.

"That looks like Sebastian [Steudtner], the German. He's been surfing Nazaré for a while." MORE IN AUDIO.

"That is Eric Rebiere on one of the biggest waves ever ridden out there." MORE IN AUDIO.

"Whenever we see the waves like this it's just so ... It's a dream." MORE IN AUDIO.

"I think this is one of my favorite photos. Mainly because that's my wife with the walkie talkie in the blue hat, and we got married right under the red lighthouse." MORE IN AUDIO.

"Nazaré has been a dream. It's been beyond my dreams and being able to be there with my wife and my new baby, and being able to have her send me on my way every time I go out there, it's a dream." MORE IN AUDIO.

"That's a huge one. You don't want to fall there. It looks smooth and looks doable, but when you're on those wave, the chops are the biggest moguls you ever had to deal with." MORE IN AUDIO.

"Yeah, that whitewater is probably 200 feet high. It's amazing, the waves crash against the cliff there and just explode so high." MORE IN AUDIO.

Oh Wow! That's Keali'i Mamala, the Hawaiian Superman. This is one of the biggest waves ever ridden out there." MORE IN AUDIO.

"The bodyboarders have been riding Nazaré for years. They've got it wired, and they are who I turned to in the beginning for knowledge." MORE IN AUDIO.

"It's all about the swell direction and the wind; like anywhere in the world. You can get average days and you can get magic days." MORE IN AUDIO.

"That's Nazaré, the beautiful Nazaré at night ... There are so many good places to eat and so many nice places to stay." MORE IN AUDIO.

"This is me a few years back. I think about three years ago, and that was a pretty good-sized wave. That [board] was a 12-foot Stretch. I love that picture." MORE IN AUDIO.

"Andrew Cotton — surfing for queen and country, from UK ... He's my best friend there and he's given me more than I can dream of. He put me on the world record wave in 2011 and put me on my most amazing ride I've ever had out there last year." MORE IN AUDIO.

"That's the wave that he put me on last year right there! It was so amazing." MORE IN AUDIO.