The 100 Foot Wave Podcast

Watch The 100 Foot Wave Podcast

  • 2023
  • 2 Seasons

The official companion podcast for the HBO documentary series 100 Foot Wave. Nicole McNamara takes a deeper look at the surfers featured in the series, the crew behind the scenes and what it takes to dedicate your life to big waves.

The 100 Foot Wave Podcast is a series that ran for 2 seasons (6 episodes) between April 16, 2023 and on

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Chapter VI - Force Majeure
6. Chapter VI - Force Majeure
May 21, 2023
Host Nicole McNamara wraps up the season by welcoming 100 Foot Wave director Chris Smith and producer Zach Rothfeld to discuss Episode 6 and how they wade through thousands of hours of footage to make the series. Then, Nicole's brother C.J. and their dad Carlos Macias join the show to talk about C.J.'s traumatic wipeout and they offer insight into their communal life in Hawaii.
Chapter V - Lost at Sea
5. Chapter V - Lost at Sea
May 14, 2023
Host Nicole McNamara welcomes 100 Foot Wave executive producer Joe Lewis to the show to recap the events in Episode 5 and dig into how the series came to be. She then sits down with Tony Laureano, the youngest of the Nazare surfers, about growing up surfing and all he and his family have done to allow him to surf the biggest waves in the world. Finally, she talks to Laurent Pujol, the show's Emmy-winning cinematographer, to learn how he captures the action on the waves up close like nobody else can.
Chapter IV - Partners
4. Chapter IV - Partners
May 7, 2023
Host Nicole McNamara sits down with her husband, Garrett McNamara, to talk about why Episode 4 was so personal for both of them, and why Garrett found it difficult to watch at times. Then, she talks with 100 Foot Wave videographer Karl Sandrock about what it's like to capture the "in-between" moments while living with the McNamaras -- and how he eventually became family too.
Chapter III - Jaws
3. Chapter III - Jaws
April 30, 2023
In Episode 3, we leave Nazare behind and head to Hawaii's Jaws -- the birthplace of big-wave surfing. Host Nicole McNamara shares more about what makes this break so iconic and how it's given some surfers the best waves of their lives but also the most horrific wipeouts. Then, Nicole sits down with big-wave surfers Justine Dupont and Fred David.
Chapter II - The Circus Is Burning
2. Chapter II - The Circus Is Burning
April 23, 2023
Host Nicole McNamara recaps the action from Episode 2 and takes us inside the circus that is Nazare these days, with its overcrowded cliff of spectators and waves crowded with surfers — so many that a collision happens and then a fight breaks out. Then, she sits down for an intimate conversation with big-wave surfer Andrew "Cotty" Cotton.
Chapter I - Epsilon
1. Chapter I - Epsilon
April 16, 2023
In the inaugural episode of the 100 Foot Wave Podcast, host Nicole McNamara talks with her husband, big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara, about the Season 2 premiere. They dive into what to expect in the new season and how their lives have changed since the series premiered. Then, she and Garrett sit down for a conversation with Lino Bogalho, a Portuguese local who has been instrumental in building big-wave surfing culture in Nazare, Portugal.
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Where to Watch The 100 Foot Wave Podcast
The 100 Foot Wave Podcast is available for streaming on the website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch The 100 Foot Wave Podcast on demand at Prime and Hulu.
  • Premiere Date
    April 16, 2023