Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth

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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Published 2011
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