Huge waves breaking before the reef and crashing all the way past the shore. If you would like to go on a tour like this visit the tour page at: alohabuggies.com/product/big-w...
I lived in Maui when I was a kid and it was in the winter months and they would call high surf advisory on the radio and my brother and me would ride our bikes to Kehei Beach and witness the biggest waves we've ever seen in our lives. I'll never forget how massive those things were.
There must be a dormant section of the human brain that is activated by the cellphone camera that transforms humans into zombie picture takers, no matter what.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who was thinking it. Like don’t people just watch at things any more and...idk...remember them with their brains and not the cellphones?
Not only were these waves staggering to witness in person but the contrast was staggering as well. A lot of days, the surf in shark's cove doesn't get more than a couple feet high. To go back literally one week later to this usually hospitable place where you have walked and swam and played and see 60 foot waves is a feeling that's hard to describe
Did a scuba dive at this beach in around 1988. Steve's dive shop out of Honolulu took my wife and I as well as a couple from the U.K. to this location back around 1988 . I remember them telling me you can only scuba dive this area two months of the year because of the ginormous waves and currents that batter this area on the north side of the island the rest of the year. We were fortunate to be there during that two month period that year and were able to dive the caves. I had the best most memorable dive of my life. They instructed us to hold one hand out in front after we surfaced when working our way back to the beach. Holding the arm out was to protect you from being planted face first into the rocks during the inbound wave push.There was still a very strong current and surf and it was a struggle trying to swim against the outgoing wave when attempting to get to shore . Then the inbound wave would thrust you through the water at a really high rate of speed . Unfortunately one of our dive masters , a young lady made contact and received a laceration to her forehead needing several sutures to close it . I also remember asking after the dive on the return trip the name of the beach and that's when we were told it was sharks cove. Before we left we were told we'd be diving the north shore and would have the rare opportunity to dive the caves . Glad I didn't ask and they didn't tell me beforehand.
I’ve snorkeled there plenty of times. Definitely more than a 2 month window. It’s just mostly Winter when the waves are this big. Spring thru Fall it’s an incredible dive/snorkeling spot. Only downfall is how crowded it gets.
Waves have fascinated me as well! I was fortunate enough to have been able to learn to surf. It's the greatest thing I've ever done other than be a father. Hoping to get back into it soon. Have you had the chance to surf?
@Salvitori Popadillo. Nope, I've lived my whole life inland. But my mom and dad took our family to a beach for vacation twice in my childhood and that's about it. I live near a small lake so it's nothing really but when it gets really windy, which it does often where I live, I go visit the shore and soak it all in. Closest I've been to surfing is water-skiing... tried it once but failed miserably lol
@@andrewsercer9538 Well I appreciate a non surfer having a natural love to just looking at waves! That's awesome. I was born in Australia but grew up in Minnesota. I grew up reading surfer magazine that my uncle and cousin would send me but I too was as far inland in every direction you could get doing my best with the water skiing. We didn't own a boat so there wasn't much consistency. That's another thing I learned about surfing. If you want to learn you have to be somewhere where the waves are consistent. Good chatting. Peace ✌️
Wow, the eternal ocean, been rolling and rolling magnificently since the earth began. Respect the ocean and all who live in it for it is beautiful, awe inspiring, life- giving and we would be sorry arses without it.
I love going to the North Shore of Oahu to watch the natives dive off the rocks and cliffs into the tide. You can tell in their calm reactions that they've done this their entire lives. Amazing.
fascinating and wonderful! I never understood why there is sometimes a set of huge waves and then nothing after that.. Its odd to me, someone can explain?
It's amazing knowing how big the wave can occur it doesn't look that large. But come back here in July and see the rocks in the distance the average water depth is 15 ft below those rocks you see in the distance. Between the opening the Shark's Cove is an average depth of 90 ft below those rocks in the distance just amazing.
@@cristobilllumberg2473 tend to agree with you - might have had a couple of brews that night - but there are many ways to measure a wave, and crest -to -trough, in front of wave, is not how seasoned surfers tend to measure it. (ie... it's always underestimated). For example 5 foot Pipeline = waaay over head. Blah blah blah. ;)
People have no idea what a 50' wave really looks like. These are 20' max and probably not that. In general terms look at a building with five stories and you will see how really high that is. But I did enjoy watching the video. Thanks for posting.
will wagner actually they are about 40 for the most part, there is a 20ft wall of rocks (the water sits about 10-15 below them usually) and those waves about 20 ft above the rocks. We have a guide with us on all these tours that is a local surfer and indeed, there was one set that was about 55 feet. This is the same system that brought in 65 foot swells the next day. Videos never do these things justice.
will wagner 20 foot backs maybe. And your saying these are not even 20 foot waves. So your telling me there's a guy out there who rode a wave 5 x the size of these waves. GTFO . bc the biggest wave ever ridden was around 90 ft. These waves have easily 40 foot faces.
Back in the early 80’s I used to scuba dive in Sharks Cove. It’s a very nice but shallow spot for beginners. Obviously not in winter when the big waves come in.
Hello! Is it possible to contact you regarding this video? (i.e. via email) I would love to discuss getting permission to use the video in a production if possible. Greetings!
I used to live just down the road from there and the neighboring Hookipa beach. Only once have I seen waves the size of the ones in this video. Almost nobody was surfing them and they were better lined up, more frequent, and more uniform in size. My neighbor who returned having broken his board in it and almost drowned having to swim back in without a board. They said they were 20' ers. My neighbor is a pro. He knows his stuff. He said they were 20'ers as did everyone reporting on that day. In Hawaii you measure wave height from the back of the wave. I only saw one swell breaking in this video that would qualify as a 20 footer. Definitely no 40' ers ever at Hookipa. You have to head east a few miles to Jaws to get waves over 20'.
Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes/massive landslides/volcanic eruptions, asteriods, A lot of people think a tsunami just means giant wave, unlike regular waves that form by the wind. Tsunamis are giant waves but often referred to as "giant wall" they're caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. (Tsunamis are a series of extremely long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean, usually the result of an earthquake below or near the ocean floor) Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases Now, unlike this big surge here. A tsunami will cause the ocean to drawback or it will cause an significant increase in sea level, often bring swirls, and very strong currents, when the ocean comes back, it will appear as a giant wall, traveling 75mph to 100mph nearing the coast, unlike a regular wave a tsunami doesn't stop on the coast. It just keeps going inland for several miles usually 1 or 2 sometimes even 3. It takes everything in its path and pulls it all back and then does that several times, sometimes there can be more than 4 tsunami waves.
@@MaritsView Yours is the most ridiculous definition of a tsunami that I have ever seen man!! You don't have a friggin' clue what a tsunami is.....dumbass!!
you go to a shore break beach on Oahu like Sandys or Makapu'u. You look from afar, your local friend says its small, 2 to 3ft ish. When you get in the water, 2 to 3 feet is no joke and its a massive wall of water with alot of power. These things are 20-40 foots waves....... I saw a 10 ft wave hit the beach at Waimea bay and almost sweep the shore of these 2 tourists wearing heavy leather jackets back into the ocean because they underestimated how far and powerful the waves were. We tried to help them but the clothes they were wearing with the water made them like twice as heavy..... we did get them out but if others weren't there, they might have got in real trouble.
During the first video minute I was tempted to write "no way 55 foot waves". But that set that rolled in during the second minute were really impressive. We they 55 feet? I don't know, but they were huge.
amruth ch, Tsunami's are more like a tide, that just keeps rising. There are breaks and rolling surf, in the process....but the water level just keeps rising.
In deep water away from the coast big swells are normally orhanised and noy a problem. Its when the seas are big and confused that can be a problem. In any sort of other than mild seas life lines should be worn most of the time.
Aloha Buggies, NO one is saying we did NOT enjoy your fantastic post! We all love it! It's great. Hope you post many more!....but the title is wrong. It should be, "Huge 20 ft. swell at Sharks Cove-February 22, 2016". The waves are what they are. Call them 1 ft. They are what they are. See them, awesome, monstrous, powerful. Remember the salty smell, on the air. The way the ground trembled! How the wind blew the spray. The excitement, of mixed wonder and fear, that held the watchers, fixed by awe. YOU posted this. From All of us, every single comment, THANKS, Man! Tremendous stuff!!!!
Watch how long it takes for the wave after 1:18 to crash. These are definitely 50+ feet it takes that wave a very long time to turnover these are huge. From this distance they look small but they are absolutely not.
@@antonioromao5681 Funny you mention that. Just pulled up a bunch of Nazares biggest wave videos and they have about the same times in terms of how long the wave takes to turn at the top and then crash onto the water. Check for yourself and compare between the wave i timed here with a Nazare wave. All about the angles and views from the camera. This views is from top down very far away, Bazare videos are ocean level and up close.
