Caught on camera: Incredible moment surfers are hit by 50ft wave off Cornwall 
Beneath a towering wall of water two surfers lay waiting like tiny dots in the dark swell.
It's the kind of contest between man and the elements normally associated with the enormous waves of Hawaii or Australia.
But with the lights of shore just flickering through grey skies this is Penzance, in Cornwall, where stormy weather has created 50ft waves.
Photography student Jacob Cockle, 22, was there to watch as his friends did battle with the waves.
"Penzance never gets waves like this," he said. "No-one here has ever seen anything like it.
"I was out there for ages watching the surfers. It is so unusual. Other parts of Cornwall are used to big waves - but nothing like this has ever been seen before.
"This is as much about extreme weather as extreme surfing."
