Monster wave at one of Australia's most famous surf breaks shocks even the most hardcore of surfers – so would you be game to drop in?

Photographer Matt Macdonald has captured an insane image of a famous wave  The Right is one of the world's heaviest and most dangerous swells for surfers The huge break is located near Walpole, off the south coast of Western Australia The wave only occurs when storms and lower latitudes form the massive swells 

Published: 05:54 EDT, 31 August 2021 | Updated: 11:01 EDT, 31 August 2021

A monster wave at one of Australia's most famous surf spots has shocked even the most hardcore surfers - and only the bravest would ever dare to drop in.

The Right, which has a reputation for being one of the world's heaviest and most dangerous swells, is located off the south coast of Western Australia, near Walpole.

Photographer Matt Macdonald snapped a picture of the ferocious break, as two people on a jet ski looked on in awe.

Photographer Matt Macdonald captured The Right (pictured), a huge wave off the south coast of Western Australia

Storms across the Western Australia coastline formed the huge swells, coming from huge swells in the lower latitudes of the Southern Ocean.

The wave reached up to nine metres above sea level and jet-skis were used to tow surfers brave enough to take on the mammoth waves.

Professional surfer Zac Haynes said to the  ABC that The Right had been quiet so far this year, but this break was a matter of life and death.

'It feels like you get hit by a truck if you're dumped,' Mr Haynes said. 

The huge swells don't come around often and only the bravest of surfers are towed out by jet ski to tackle the mammoth break (picturedf)

'You don't get any beginners out there — it's not a place you want to be if you don't know what you're doing.

'It can be life and death.'

Keen surfers commented on the post, bewildered by the size of the wave.

'Dude that’s a true monster. But beautiful at the same time. Respect,' one user wrote.

'That ‘thing’ looks like an angry monster’s mouth ready to crunch the bones of a cheeky little surfer willing to take it on,' another added.

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