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Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth
Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon's investigation of Cortes Bank — a submerged island 100 miles off San Diego that produces some of the largest waves on earth. Part surf history, part oceanography, part story of the obsessives who chase waves that could kill them.
Ocean & Coast
surfing
Narrative Nonfiction
California
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Publisher
Chronicle
Published
2011
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