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Mauritania. The area around the Nouadhibou Peninsula is known as the shipwreck capital of the world as it is littered with hundreds of rusting wrecks, which were driven ashore as part of insurance scams. This hulk sits in the middle of a great right point. Photo: John Seaton Callahan/surfEXPLORE
People love staring at waves, because waves are beautiful. When was the last time you saw someone staring at a soccer field when there was no one running around kicking a ball? Big waves have that terrifying beauty, while small waves are just pretty and serene. Put someone on a surfboard on top of those waves, and you have a recipe for splendor. Or in this case, a recipe for 82 of them.