The sign in the parking lot says very clearly: "Do not go swimming, dangerous place. If you have to be rescued by life guard, you will be charged will all costs that occur" . So why do people go swimming here??
Please please don’t ignore the warnings about this place. Lives are lost every year by huge waves sweeping them out to sea. There is no way you can fight the power of these waves. It’s not funny, it’s all too serious!
It's a shame that having & using common sense is anything BUT common. Someone not valuing their life & are willing to risk it doing something totally avoidable is their choice, but in doing so they jeopardize others who have to risk theirs to potentially save their dumb ass. And that's what really bugs me.
@@chrisbinckes2732 At the very least. But we should also ask ourselves, what does it do with society when people almost always get away with it these days? Only a couple of generations ago, there were no life savers at the beach. Idiots simply drowned and were removed from the gene pool. Being safe is good, but too much safety can make humanity dumb and complacent about security. This is far from the most idiotic behavior I've seen, just look how people who can not swim at all regularly get pulled out by lifeguards in Australia. And yet they keep going into the water! Having ever more surveillance and guards and such isn't going to make it better it will actually make it worse. Now they're discussing having a guard at a remote beach in Iceland where not a single person has ever swum. Because idiot Instagram tourists get too close to the ice cold water and then get sucked in when a larger wave hits. We need to reconnect with nature. Just specify safe areas where people get rescued and outside of those they enter at their own risk. No one accidentally drives to that place and get pushed down the trail by an invisible hand. People need to take responsibility for their own lives again.
Not really. The waters outside of Queen's Bath are notorious for being violent and having strong rip currents. In addition, there is no sandy beach close to Queen's Bath, making attempts to get to shore extremely dangerous. It is little wonder then, why so many people have lost their lives at Queen's Bath, even on seemingly calm days. Every time I read a tourist guidebook or blogger telling readers that "Queen's Bath is awesome!" I completely boil over. If you ask the locals, especially the lifeguards who have to race over from Hanalei to attempt a rescue, they will tell you in blunt terms: STAY AWAY. Queen's Bath, Lumahai Beach, and especially Hanakapa'i Beach, are three of the most dangerous coastal locations in the United States. Even standing on the rocks near Queen's Bath is extremely dangerous, as rogue waves have pulled unwary tourists out to sea and to their deaths. Just. Don't. Go. Stay safe and enjoy the majesty of the ocean and Queen's Bath from the cliffs above.
then why do you people still go there? I wonder why Europeans are so foolish and dumb ass the water is so dangerous many people have lost their lives as you just explain yet people keep going there to swim why?
Hawaiians that are always in the water go there and that's okay. They're used to how forceful and unpredictable the ocean is. Most people are tourists though, who probably didn't grow up near a pool muchless the ocean. They have no idea what to do. And there's always a lot of idiots who feel they're invincible to paralysis from cliff jumping and other stupid acts. I feel the anger and frustration of Hawaiian Water Patrol. I'm a great swimmer but you wouldn't catch me anywhere near this place.
Healthy Trekking You have no idea what your talking about. First this isn’t Queens Bath. Queens Bath is not connected to the ocean, this place is to the left of Queens Bath. No tourism guide book tells people to jump in here. I have friends that have lived on the north shore their whole life. They’re very strong swimmers and surfers. They know the currents and how to survive being held down for long periods of time. They swim here all the time.
No danger here. A bad place to go ashore, of course, but makeable with the risk of a few scratches. You have to wait for a soft wave, thats all. Learn how to swim.
