Every parent's WORST Nightmare | The Tyler Madoff story 

I’ll never forget the coolest teacher I ever had. His name was Mr. Lau and he was my 3rd grade teacher. I’m in my 40’s now and can still picture his awesome demeanor & chill vibes. He was born & raised somewhere in Hawaii but came to the east coast to teach for many years. He was so young- maybe in his mid/late 30’s/early 40’s (which to a 3rd grader is like ancient!), and during his summer trip back home, he was hit by something like a 6-8 ft wave whilst facing towards shore. This man was water. He literally knew every in and out having grown up on the shores of Hawaii but freak accidents can always occur. He was immediately paralyzed and died shortly thereafter. He was a father, a husband, a son, a brother… and most memorable to me… he was put on this earth to teach elementary school children. I think about him all the time. Couldn’t name 1/10th of my teachers but Mr. Lau will go down in history as one incredibly cool and inspirational dude. 🤙🤙

A bunch of teens led by unfit adults. A completely preventable tragedy.

I live in Hawaii. People die here all the time due to the lack of public information about the dangers that are here. There needs to be a safety video on every flight to every island. The fact that there is not is despicable.

To say I am shocked coming across this video is an understatement, the Madoff’s are long time family friends and neighbors…. I will never forget the day that Tyler went missing and watching my mother sobbing with his in the middle of the street outside our homes. Even 10 years later the family isn’t the same, Tyler’s mother unfortunately passed away after a long (and truly horrible) battle with cancer, she wanted to join her son.

Like everyone else from Hawai'i, I'm gonna chime in that these sort of deaths happen multiple times a year. A lot of of tourists, especially from in-land areas really have no idea how strong the ocean is. I once had a conversation with a Midwestern tourist who thought I was being dramatic about surfing being more dangerous than football and that getting hit by a quarterback is NOWHERE near as damaging as THE OCEAN.

If anyone tells you to go into the "fun zone" beware.

I grew up in Florida and spent a lot of time at the beach and in the water. You have to be aware at all times that the ocean is gonna ocean whether you’re in it or not. It’s up to you to watch the weather and water conditions, and always err on the side of caution. But accidents still happen. Once my little brother and I were in an inflatable dinghy not far from shore and got caught in a riptide that pulled us so far out that we could barely see the land. Even with both of us paddling, the water was stronger than we were. After a couple hours of drifting, the riptide current spat us out near the harbor four miles down the coast, and we paddled into like crazy, only to have a harbor worker yell at us for paddling in the boat traffic zone. After we explained what happened, he let us use the phone and our terrified parents came and got us. You have to keep a cool head in situations like that, and don’t try and fight the ocean. You’ll exhaust yourself struggling and drown. Let it take you where it wants to take you and wait for an opportunity to escape.

Those bath tide pools look friggin terrifying! I wouldn't take adults there let alone children! What were they thinking! So sad he was never found. Rest in peace young man. Xx

When I lived on Oahu, I was at Sandys Beach, and happen to see a lady get pulled out, she was a tourist and couldn't get on her feet and the next swell was coming in like a freight train. *I ran to her, took an arm and said you gotta get up & NOW, were gonna run ( all the while knowing that wave is gonna bring us up to shore on our bellies all huli huli like ) I held her so tight for that impact, rode the wave in and never letting go, and once at the highest part of sand, said the same thing: Get up now and run once more, you did great! *glad to be in the right place, without hesitation and know the beach well. The coastline of Hawaii is an ever changing place, the water is strong and alluring. Even if the locals are playing, visitors should remain hyper-vigilant.

I’ve lived here for 32 years, have worked on several tour boats. Absolute insanity sending those kids down into those pools. A bashing torture on those vana covered rocks. Completely reckless & unnecessary. RIP Tyler🙏💖🌺

I’m a city boy, born and raised in NYC, same for my girlfriend at the time. We went to Puerto Rico and and got drunk one night and thought I’d be a good idea to swimming. And stupidity we did and we found a spot that was kinda like that. It wasn’t rough churning water though, but it had the rocks around it separating the lager ocean from this little pool area but the water outside the rocks was rough, just battering the outside rocks so we 2 dopey city kids figured we’re safe on the inside. Maaaan! We almost drowned. That water was just pulling us towards those rocks and we were swimming with everything we had to make it back to shore. My girlfriend said to me while we were trying to get to the shore that she can’t do it anymore and had to tell her “I can’t help you. If you don’t keep swimming you’re gonna die. If I try to help you we’re both gonna die”. She told me later that gave her the boost she needed. But MAN! that was scary. The ocean is nothing to play with. When we finally got to shore we just laid there with no strength left in either of us.

The saddest part of this is that what beach-goers fear most - being swept away into the ocean - is the best thing they can do when they're caught in rip tides or knocked over by big waves. If you know how to swim, you just have to go with the tide and get out past the surf zone where all the worst damage happens to your body. Then you just need to tread water/stay afloat until a rescue can be made. It's all the panic and struggling in the turbulence of the waves that kills people. Incredibly sad.

Most 20-something year olds are kids themselves. Trusting them is stupid.

Born and raised on Oahu, grew up in the ocean, beaches all over Oahu, Maui and Kauai. The ocean is so unpredictable, real calm one minute and huge swells the next. In high school my gf and little bro almost died at Sharks Cove, huge sets came out of no where and swept them off the rocks. Fire dept saved them.

Why he would take young kids to a dangerous spot like this is crazy. I am surprised more kids weren't hit. RIP Tyler.

We have a saying here in Hawaii, "no matter what, never turn your back towards the ocean!" That saying goes a long way for many generations since we know that the water can turn on you in a split second and/or when u think it's calm: there can be sudden destruction! Most Nativr Hawaiians are fishes, since we live, and breathe, ocean (metaphorically speaking). But we also know that we must respect the ocean simply because the ocean can be unforgiving and unpredictable! For example: I am aware that even though the the weather may appear to be clear and sunny, and the water may appear to be calm and inviting: the majority of our waters can have strong "currents" underneath which is dangerous! The strategy is to stay calm and "go w/the flow" even if that means it may take you out a 100ft and/or may suck you under, you must keep calm since u r not in control, once u r out of it then u float or doggie paddle a because the more you panic, the less of a chance you have to survive! So I would normally test the waters by throwing in something light to see what will happen or take a few steps in while staying close to the shoreline! Eh I've seen strong swimmers, who can literally hold their breath long term and lose their lives! So please don't take the risk and think smart because it can cost u your life!

This story is heartbreaking. Having lived on Kauai for over 20 yrs, I’ve spent much time on the Big Island hiking and enjoying champagne ponds. Never these coastal baths! Anyone who lives in Hawaii knows never to go near these. We have scolded many tourists that wander out onto the coastal lava rock outcrops to get that perfect vaca pic, as we have watched families drag their kids out there to then have massive waves crashing on them putting them in serious danger. I’ve seen several people in near death situations. It’s crazy. Knowing this detour was devised by someone who grew up on the island is infuriating. And criminal, IMO.

RIP Tyler. As a parent sending your kid on a plane and never seeing them again is crazy.

I grew up in the ocean in Southern California and I was not ready for the power of the ocean in Hawaii. It took me by surprise and humbled me.

As a parent, sending a teenager on a group trip with other teenagers to a very dangerous island in the care of a company, who's sole purpose is to make money is wild.

I was a life guard for several years and have always been a strong swimmer. But one day I was caught in a rip current that completely pulled me under. If my brother hadn’t have been near to me to pull me up I would have drown. One of the scariest days of my life.

I grew up here and in the water all my life surfing and free diving and I’ve lost many friends to the ocean who were life long water men and woman. Never underestimate the power of the ocean. Always watch the timing of the swells, observe the current and surrounding area of where the water can reach and always look for the safest exit if anything should happen. Everywhere I go when traveling with others I bring my diving floats with a carabiner and a 200 ft marine cord attached, its helped in situations and is easy and lightweight to bring as a safety precaution. Be safe out there people and condolences to this boy’s family.

I am a native of hawaii born and raised here for over 40 years and the visitors here do NOT know how extreme the ocean is and alot of them don't abide by the signs that are put up and they end up hurt or dead its tragic.

I feel so sorry for his family, and suppose one can only hope he was knocked unconscious, and that it happened quickly, so that he wasn't just paralysed by fear/disbelief.

My freshman year in high school, there was a male student who had suffered an accident while on a summer abroad trip, the summer before his senior year. I don’t remember the exact details, but something about a balcony mixed with alcohol and no parental supervision. He ended up paralyzed from the waist down. I think of him from time to time. As a parent now, I cannot imagine sending my kids on these kind of trips. I understand the parents mean well, what a nightmare. But, all too often you hear horror stories from these unsupervised trips.

So this was something interesting for me to stumble upon on one of my favourite channels. One of the clips used of Queen’s Bath here was a video my father posted to RU-vid of someone being knocked doff a 40 - 60’ high cliff face by a giant wave in Kauai, Hawaii (with that section being removed for obvious reasons). The video is called “Queen’s Bath Rescue” posted by Andrew if anyone wants to look it up. I’ll dive a bit into the story to show you just how unexpectedly powerful Mother Nature is in Hawaii. Just getting into Kauai on that day, my father and I decided to take a walk down to Queen’s Bath (not so much a walk as it was a muddy slide down a mountain slope. We wanted to see what we could see before the incoming tropical storm impacted the island. We made it down to the rocky cliff sides of Queen’s Bath and my father, being the man to record everything, was taking this footage while I, mindful of the situation and the waves power, was taking in the views at a distance making sure to keep the posted life preserver locations in mind. About 30 -40 ft away was a man just by himself standing on the cliffs edge. At that time it just so happened to only be the 3 of us in that section. A series of 3 waves struck as shown in the full video before the strength of the last wave pushed upwards from the cliff and to force of the water knocked the man off balance and pulled him off the edge of the cliff. At that point, my father lowered his camera to stop recording while yelling “Oh sh*t, he went in! He went in!” at me. At that point, already being anxious from the situation, grabbed the life preserver and timed the next few waves to toss it out to him. I then had to run full tilt over the jagged rocks to find other tourists around that may happen to have cell service as the beach is fairly remote. In this time, the man had tried to swim closer to shore (which you should not do if you ever end up in the water off a cliff side. Swim out as you are more likely to be battered against the razor sharp lava rocks) and other tourists that came upon the scene were all yelling at him to swim out. Once I finally was able to find someone with cell service the fire department was informed of the situation and sent a jet ski around from nearby (being still 20 minutes away). After a series of frantic directional pointing towards the man by everyone who had joined us at that point, the jet ski was able to locate him in the tall waves and subsequently pick him up from there. I still hold that deep fear for looking at waves from a cliff side and my father, to this day, says that was by far the stupidest danger he’s ever put me in. I hope that man rescued wasn’t too beat up by the drop and I hope he is doing well. Thanks for the read if you stayed this long. It was very interesting seeing the footage used here.

Under-25s leading a group of teenagers on an adventure trip? What could possibly go wrong. 😳😱😠

I was there in that exact same spot a day after this happened. They actually had a park ranger there telling us to stay back n even being within 10 feet of those blow holes it can suck you in. Hawaii is absolutely beautiful. Its also absolutely dangerous as hell. If u have never felt lava rock, u have no idea the pain and injuries just falling down on ur own can cause, now imagine hundreds, or thousands of pounds of force just picking u up as the water swells and slamming u down as it recedes. I remember the waves that month in Hawaii were the largest waves Hawaii had experienced in over 50 years. I saw 60 foot waves plenty of times while i was there and the waves were a constant 40 feet every time one broke. Obviously every different part of the islands experience totally different surf. The day after this wen i was in that spot, the blow holes were shooting water 35 feet in the air. Always act accordingly.

This makes me feel better about my husband and i’s mild Hawaii vacation. Ate good food, hung out on some cool beaches, got in the water just a smidge. Went to nature centers and stayed on the trails.

If you see the ocean washing roughly over rocks and can't "recognize the risks" then do yourself a favor and just stay away from the ocean altogether. It should be obvious that it's a dangerous activity and if you aren't aware that the ocean is powerful you have no business anywhere near it, regardless of what you can afford.

People need to remember. When adventuring in nature, nature does not play fair. And she will Always Win. When you want to be adventurous, you should assume that adventure could be your last.

Back in 2000 my dad and i went hiking out on the lava flats. We got a bit lost and were out there at dusk.. i was about 20ft from walking off a cliff when my dad grabbed me. It took a long time to get back to our car… the soles of our shoes were melted. It was awesome at first but ended being scary!

I consider myself a bit of a thrill seeker, but there's no way im getting in a "bath" surrounded by unpredictable waves and jagged rocks. Rip Tyler

My girlfriend and I just got back from our first trip to Hawaii, and if there is one thing i can say to first timers; RESEARCH WHERE YOUR GOING AND IF IT FEELS UNSAFE, IT IS! We hired guides, we asked a lot of questions, and anything that looked harsh on our own we avoided. Even some of the most basic/intermidate hikes of the island (koko head comes to mind) are full of dangers/pitfalls that can lead to serious life threatning injuries/death with one small miss step. Be safe out there everyone and RIP Tyler.

You should do how many people die on hiking trails here. I had been hiking Ka’au crater forever and didn’t think of it as a dangerous hike. Until I fell 80 feet and almost left this world. Then upon digging further online saw how many deaths there are.

Not sure I can finish this, I'm already so pissed. But that's why I would never trust sending my kid off on a vacation so far away if I wasn't there to watch them myself, bc for all the promises of safety first, they ended up letting a criminal take those kids to the most dangerous spot they could find!

Sad! They trusted these people with their kids and they just didn’t take it serious. My heart goes out to the parents and students. So sad

Never trust adults over your gut survival instinct, children have it by default, but adults can unlearn it.

A few yrs back, a Chicago suburban HS water polo team visited Hawaii. The kids were all great swimmers and they jumped in the shorebreak at Waimea and one drowned. Apparently you can't trust HS officials when they take a team somewhere to have any common sense with your kids. Ask any Hawaiian and they will tell you NEVER to swim in the Waimea shorebreak.

I've lived near the ocean long enough to know you don't mess with it because it will pretty much always win. Very sad too see people be led into such a situation.

This happens a lot in Oregon as well. Our coast looks similar and is as rugged in many places. The difference is the temperature of the water. It’s so cold here. People drown all the time being swept away by a breaker or a sneaker wave. It’s so sad and easily avoided. Most locals here know never to swim in one of those sucker holes.

I live in Ka’u near south point, you should know when you enter the ocean you are on your own. The breaks can be relentless. I’ve been picked up and tossed onto the rocks a couple times. It can be scary as hell especially if you are not used to it

Never mess with the ocean

Seeing the footage of the Queen's Bath. Yeah that sure looks like a good place to take the kids...

Don't forget the unknown subteranian lava tubes that sometimes open up, a few years ago a professor who lived in Hawaii was doing yard work and fell in one that was hidden on his property and by the time his friend realized that he had missed their lunch plans and alerted the authorities it was too late.

As a parent, hearing the details of this "adventure trip for teens" all i hear in my head is...."Gee, what could go wrong. "

Its astounding how powerful the waves are in Hawaii, that you dont expect. I was standing in knee deep water on Kauai, and was knocked down by a wave

Tourists need to understand the dangers of exploring Hawaii. Every year people die or get injured. Yes it's beautiful here, but it can be deceptive. Definitely need to show respect for the ocean. Guides were idiots too.

Your narration is so much better on this one!! So so so happy to hear you sounding more natural & genuine rather than trying to put on a creepy/exciting voice. This was such a sad one - I'm looking forward to you continuing to improve and keep sharing these heartbreaking stories.

I was 20 once, and 20 isnt a mature age at all for a guide in charge of so many young teens in a dangerous place with sharp lava rocks, sharks, and bone crushing waves. Its obvious that the guides judgement was severely affect by his age. Some men mature at diffrent ages, and I didnt fully grow up into a responsible adult until I was 35.

I totally agree with you so in 2019 I went out to Florida for a vacation and you know as a man I rent a JetSki‘s and I decided to go far out at one moment I decided to see how fast the JetSki was so I started ripping it back-and-forth in a matter of seconds, while I was going 77 mph The ocean dipped right under me, and I was airborne for aboutfive seconds as soon as I hit ,the water broke my nose, eyesocket cheekbone and fractured my lower jaw never did I think, falling into water what caused that much damage. The l shoreline was way too far and anyone who’s been to Florida knows about shepherds. The pain was excruciating as a floating in the water adrenaline rushing. Next thing I noticed was a pool of blood forming around me. I automatically started to panic. And looking for the JetSki, the more I thought to swim the farther away you got from me at one point I just gave up and decided to flow backwards and wait for my demise or someone to rescue me at that exact moment, I realized I can actually Get momentum If I backstroke . At this point my adrenaline is running high. All I can think about is sharks smelling blood in which that gave me enough strength to make it back on the JetSki. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. Once I reach the short, I just drove straight into the sand and everybody started freaking out. I was alreadycalm, so I sat on the chair and asked for ice and a towel. As everyone ran in circles, I walked up to the Bar that shepherds hotel owns. As soon as the bartender seen me, she fainted. I had a couple people help me out with the ice. Tell me to sit down as I waited for an ambulance. Today I have a scar on top of my eyelid, one running down my cheek because I had to get a plate put in my cheekbone and my jaw wired. I’m OK today though when it’s too cold my face hurts and my eye starts to twitch so I have made it my mission to show people pictures of my face Along with my story Hoping people use it as a learning experience. Hod bless to those who have make it out alive from a horrible accident

Damn sad story but that’s what happens when a group of teens and a couple of young adults go into the wilderness unsupervised by an actual adult they tend to do stupid things and end up winning stupid prizes it’s everyone and no one’s fault

We hiked up to Queen's Bath in Kauai to go swimming/snorkeling when I was about 13 years old. As soon as we got there, my mom refused to let us get anywhere close. The waves didn't look that bad, but we knew from being whitewater rafters that looks can be deceiving. It was still worth the hike. It was beautiful, we watched the turtles living their best lives and got to see something you can't fund in landlocked Colorado. By the time we were getting ready to leave, the waves were really crashing. Water is unforgiving. Sadly, too many people seem to forget this.

Scary how tourists think hawaii is like a disneyland ride

I’m good with staying home

I SPENT 23 DAYS IN HAWAII BACK IN 2007, WENT TO ALL 4 ISLANDS, I WAS BY MYSELF AND DID A LOT OF FUN STUFF, BUT I ALSO MITIGATED THE RISK AND DANGERS AND THAT'S WHY I'M ALIVE TIL THIS DAY, MITIGATE THE DAMN RISK, NOBODY IS INVINCIBLE

I lived in Kauai. The tourists went missing and then mostly died later. It is very dangerous to travel by oneself especially some attraction area, such as the queen bath, Grand Canyon, Nepali coast trail. I worked at the restaurant, and I would often see my nonlocal haole customers get broken limbs or huge cuts on them. They didn't get it from the fights, but that is from just them exploring the island. We would hear the siren all the time since we're very small island and get really bad traffics.

Heartbreaking. I cannot imagine what the family went through.

For the algorithm 👊

Been all over the big island and as amazed at how dangerous so many of the beautiful beaches were. As a scuba diver trained in rips and such there was no way I was going to go into the water in those locations

How tragic ! RIP Tyler, and condolences to his family !

here's a valuable life saving tip: don't trust anybody you don't personally know. that's all for today kids, i won't even charge you $4500, it's free advice and will last you a long life.

Despicable. Really hope the "guides" faced jail time and I hope everyone involved in the failed chain of leadership got the pants absolutely sued off them.

🔥 I always teach my kid about critical thinking. Don't obey or follow without your own conclusion; don't be afraid to say NO.

People die every year at lake Erie and Michigan who are locals and are good swimmers, they still get dragged by the undertow....its heartbreaking...the ocean has powers far surpassing a fresh water lake

Similar conditions exist on the 2nd biggest island in Samoa 🇼🇸. It’s called Savaii The lava fields are deadly and tourism to the fields is closed. There is no active volcano or lava flows, but you absolutely cannot travel safely over these areas ESPECIALLY near the ocean edge. One slip and you’re gone. Samoa 🇼🇸 is the true Jurassic park. It’s magnificent 🤩

Took them to Queen's Bath? Really? Idiots! Why did they take the kids there. I hope they got their just punishment! I am Native and know better! DANGEROUS AREA! To anyone from abroad who visits here in Hawaii LEARN the dangers of our ocean safety hazards here. Beautiful, bit can turn dangerous on a split second. Condolences to his family, and others who were affected. If you don't see the locals in the area , it's a red flag. Nolan should have KNOWN better! There are reasons why Queen's bath should be left alone.

I lived there, went to that area often. Anyone who lives there knows there are occasional rogue waves, and those waves are monstrous, along with the jagged lava, I am surprised the locals weren't more careful. We spent many long hours out on the lava floes, number 1 rule is, do not turn your back on the ocean!!

How sad and terrifying I grew up on the oceans 🌊 and I’m terrified of the power and danger of the ocean , I was injured when I was 25 in a simple boogie boarding accident I was almost paralyzed and still have chronic hip pain

Hawaii is no joke. I've been to the big island a few times, and there are areas that are super-tourist friendly and relatively safe, but that gives people the impression that the entire island is like that. We walked to the famous green sand beach on the southern tip, but were way unprepared for that trek. Although there are marked trails, it's a 3 mile hike (one way) from the parking lot, and it's entirely across open sandy/rocky hills with no protection from the sun. Once you get to the beach, taking a dip in the water sounds nice, but the beach is in a bay that funnels the surf into it. The waves can EASILY knock you down, and if you manage to stay standing, the resulting undertow will almost certainly knock you off your feet. I was incredibly surprised just how strong the undertow was; it's like being in a river where the current is rushing by at like 30 miles an hour. And after all that, you still got the 3 mile hike back to your car.

The queens bath you are showing is not on the big island where this happened. It’s on a completely different island hundreds of miles away. Condolences to Tyler’s family 😢💛

Hawaii is not A place to fool around with, ITS one badass place.

Such a sad tragic story. I feel like in our modern world we have everything so bubble-wrapped and safety-capped so kids will never be in any danger, then you throw in the thrills of video games, movie stunts and crazy adrenaline theme park rides... you have a lot of people looking for these thrills, yet also conditioned to have absolutely no concept there could even be any real danger. They see this stuff on their social feeds everyday. But this wasn't a theme park - this was Mother Nature.

One of my closest friends and one that I've had for many years, maybe the one I've had for the longest time at this point of my life, died by drowning a few weeks ago while going to the beach, strong waves with the tide swept him into open waters, he had no chance so this story stuck with me. I've never heard about these spots in Hawaii before, but sound like what nightmares are made of, and I've had many nightmares about being dragged to open waters while swimming and drowning. I don't get why Tyler's body was never recovered though, what exactly happened for it to be unrecoverable? Did it just get swept to far away in open waters?

Great as always, thank you!

I love HI, when you visit there, you gotta RESPECT nature and the locals...and FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, it's there for a damn reason. 🌋 🌊

I'm studying to become a guide. I don't know how I could cope if I guided young people in their doom.

When I was a kid we were stationed in Guam, I was accidentally knocked off our catamaran & into the water….the Marianas trench to be exact. I was 6yrs old bobbing/waiting in the water when I realized just how small & powerless I was

This is scary, just looking at the water it gets me nervous. i can’t imagine how they felt. my condolences for the fam

Ive done exactly this kind of work on Big Island. It's exactly as OP makes it seem. Nobody has any idea what's going on out there. And those who do need money so they don't say anything. Go with reputable companies. If the price is cheap, it's because your guides will be poorly trained.

As YT videos like this came to my attention, I am so glad my family was not rich. I had to get a full time job and support myself immediately after high school. No exotic trips, thank you.

Tyler’s mother taught at the middle school I went to. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago from cancer.

Along with trying to live a challenging and exciting life comes the possibilities of dangers which make it exciting and challenging.

It’s heartbreaking 💔 they never found their sons body. As a mother, I’m not sure if I could ever leave Hawaii… I’d feel like I was abandoning my child (there was nothing they could do though). I really hope Tyler’s parents and family are doing well and focusing on their family. This event is a mothers worst nightmare and I hope new rules and regulations were implemented. It would be AWFUL if it were to ever happen again!

i grew up on the oregon coast. I would be horrified to stand on a rock getting splashed by waves. The thought of swimming around in that "fun zone" is outrageous.

So many people die by panicking in the ocean, when you are in a bad situation although very difficult need to control your emotions. Panicking saps your energy and makes it very very difficult to hold your breathe for any length of time. Respect the Ocean, even if you are a good swimmer it doesn’t matter if you have little knowledge about waves and cannot keep calm.

I've never been to Hawaii but I'm from a state that has dangerous rivers. Because they don't look dangerous people jump right in. Visitors don't realize we mean it when we post warnings. Being able to swim doesn't help if you get pulled under. There's no telling where your body will end up. Chuck Morris of the band Lotus and his son died here this year while kayaking. It took 24 days to find them.

The group wanted to play in the pools. But that day, the sea said No. RIP to Tyler.

I notice that a lot of the comments are about how visitors to Hawaii don't have a clue about the dangers and die every year, however this particular death was caused by at least one guide who was not a "visitor" but a local, who still apparently was unaware of the danger he was getting his charges into. Why? To be cool? Maybe. By the way, what happened to that guy in that one pool that kept getting huge waves going over him? He was in a huge pool, but it looked like so much water that he was probably in trouble, but not a word in the video about him. But the beginning of the video talking about how the "guide" companies treat everybody should be a warning to everybody, including parents, that your kid may not come back from their adventure, simply because of a guide's decision. But I'm sure that most parents will continue to send their kids off to the adventure of a lifetime without even knowing about this kid.

I almost lost my stupid sister on the North Shore of Oahu. I call her stupid because she was warned multiple times by me AND lifeguards. Signs as well. There were tide pools, lava rock, and waves. We grew up on a coastline and spent alot of time at the beach. My Dad always made sure he talked to us about currents, riptides, wave sets, etc. So she also KNEW BETTER. She wanted to frolick in the tide pools. The lifeguards told her, and others, to get away because it is dangerous. They were also standing on lava rocks that were on the outside lip of the tide pools. I was standing at a safe distance where i was allowed to be just taking photos with my new camera. She called my name. I pointed the camera at her just in time to see a big wave crash down on top of her and she disappeared. Thankfully when the wave pushed her forward across the tide pool a man grabbed her and she wasnt sucked out. They told me that they wouldn't have been able to get to her because there was an empty area under the lip of that rock shelf and people got su ked into that cave like void underneath and they cant be saved. She was definitely cut up pretty good from the lava rock and had the rest of our 2 week vacation to think on her bad behavior. It was only our second day of vacation so she was pretty sore and scabby for the rest of our trip. It scared me really bad when the wave went back and she was nowhere to be seen. I thought it had taken her. It was so fast and forceful that i didn't see her get washed past me. Those waves come in sets. Just because you walk up somewhere and the waves aren't coming up big doesn't mean the next set wont. They come from different directions in some places because of currents too. I have no idea why anybody would tell a bunch of kids to jump in there. Thats definitely negligence and indifference. The tour guides look like teens themselves. No way i would trust soneone else with my kid like that. Not even a 40 year old let alone a 20 year old. You dont know them even. You are sending your kid to strangers in another state. No way. There's a long list of things that could go wrong. Whether by accident or intentional.

I’m on Oahu. You wouldn’t believe the deaths that happen daily, especially in winter months

I'll never stop watching your videos my friend.

They lost me at “thrill seeking teenagers”. That spells death.

I was at Fort DeSoto out past the sandbar a couple of years ago and a family of Mom, Dad, a toddler, and what looked like Grandma were standing at the waters’ edge. The mother told the toddler that “The ocean is our friend!”. I was thinking how stupid she was because the ocean is NOT your friend and she shouldn’t have been telling the child that! “Yes, lady, swim on out as far as you can and then tell me how friendly you found it”. If the ocean didn’t kill her a shark probably would have!

Another excellent episode of a very tragic and unnecessary event, thank you Sir!!!🙏😢🤔❣️

Growing up in Hawaii, and being kanaka maoli. Sometimes you can’t fight the water and you just gotta go into the open ocean because in the end you’ll have a better chance rather than fighting the waves and lava rocks. It’s sad to say. But you waste a lot of energy, and if you don’t have the patience, energy, or timing. It can be a lot for even experienced swimmers. Be careful out here guys. Sometimes the views are more than enough.

I've been on a trip with high school kids in Europe. Don't ever send your children on a trip with a stranger who is supposed to supervise them.

As a mom of 4, my youngest set to graduate in just 2wks, I can’t fathom the pain Tyler’s mother endured 🥺 His father & entire family 💔 R.I.P. Tyler 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

That’s sounds like another story of a tour company putting money over life. That tour guide should be in jail for murder.

I surf in this beach called Maresias, very famous beach here in Brazil for surfers… the most dangerous days are always the ones when the sea is calm, people tends to think that a calm sea is totally safe, but the place is full of currents… a lot of people had die there… people need to respect the ocean