Rodrigo Augusto do Espírito Santo (born September 22, 1979), known as Rodrigo Koxa, is a Brazilian professional big wave surfer and extreme waterman who broke the world record for largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré, Portugal, on November 8, 2017.
[1][2] On April 30, 2018, Koxa won the coveted Quiksilver XXL Biggest Wave prize, in the Big Wave Awards of World Surf League (WSL).
[2][3][4] Koxa surfed the wave on November 8, 2017, in the village of Nazaré, Oeste region of Portugal.
The feat was declared as the new world record, the wave's height having been about 80 feet (24.38 m), supplanting the previous record of an estimated 78 feet (23.77 m) set in 2011 by Koxa's mentor Garrett McNamara.
In Chile, he surfed the largest wave ever seen in South America, estimated at more than 60 feet (18.29 m) face, earning him the record of surfing the highest wave of South America.