Waiting for the Wave

Gregg Newton

SouthernCross Images

Waiting for the Wave: Veteran 'Pororoca' surfer Sandro Buguelo takes a nap before confronting the mighty tidal bore wave, in the Dangerous Channel between Caviana and Mexiana Islands some fifteen miles from the mouth of the Amazon river at the Atlantic ocean, on March 30, 2006. The tide of the Amazon had dropped dramatically, which always precedes the arrival of the inland-bound wave. A group used the muddy banks of the Isle of Pacas as a staging point before setting out to surf the 'Pororoca' wave through the Amazon jungle.

Gregg Newton, "Waiting for the Wave," in POYi Archive, Item #45278, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45278 (accessed April 21, 2025).