Brazilian surfer Felipe "Gordo" Cesarano suffered a massive wipeout earlier this week when he was flattened by a giant wave at Nazare in Portugal.

Footage, captured during the "Gigantes de Nazare" event on January 14th, shows the 32-year-old flying down the face of a 60-foot wave for a few seconds and trying to turn towards the safety of the channel.

However, Cesarano is caught by the churning mountain of white water behind him and dragged under.

Fortunately, he is able to resurface before being pummeled by the next huge wave and his teammate and fellow big wave charger, Pedro Scooby Viana, picks him on the back of a jetski and whisks him away to safety.

Both were unharmed in the incident.

“This wave by Felipe Cesarano was one of the biggest waves of the day exceeding 60 feet on the face, and it’s for sure one of the nastiests wipeouts of the entire season and a serious contender for the WSL's Wipeout of the Year Award," said filmer Pedro Miranda.

"Thank god the rescue went well and he didn’t get held much longer under water because the impact zone was especially heavy during that session," Miranda added.

Incredible raw footage from the legendary surfing beach at Nazaré, Portugal shows Brazilian big wave surfer, Felipe “Gordo” Cesarano, charging one of the biggest waves that day before wiping out.

Cesarano, 32, managed to keep control for a moment on the wave but wiped out after a massive surf explosion behind him, forcing him underwater. Cesarano was able to resurface just in time to avoid being smashed by the next massive wave impact, few moments after rusurfing his team mate and fellow big charger, Pedro Scooby Viana, was able to successfully rescue him out of harms way. Against all odds, no injuries were reported during this massive wipeout, and both surfers were back in the lineup catching more waves.

The wipeout occurred on January 14, with waves exceeding 65 feet in height, this all happened during the surf event “Gigantes de Nazaré”, a Brazilian surf competition being filmed in Nazaré with international big wave surfers.

Pedro Miranda, the filmmaker who captured the footage, commented to Newsflare “this wave by Felipe Cesarano was one of the biggest waves of the day exceeding 60 feet on the face, and it’s for sure one of the nastiests wipeouts of the entire season and a serious contender for the WSL's Wipeout of the Year Award" ... "Thank god the rescue went well and he didn’t get held much longer under water, because the impact zone was especially heavy during that session”.

Praia do Norte beach, near the fishing village of Nazaré, has become famous worldwide for huge waves in 2011, when Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set a world-record for the largest wave ever surfed at 78-foot at the time, in 2017 that record was broken by Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa, setting the bar at 80-foot.