So true!!! We were walking around and it was sunny, suddenly we had the strongest wind ever and all became dark, there was a hailstorm and snow started falling. We had to huddle up in a corner 😂 - 20 min later it was sunny again. I LOVED IT!!! Such an amazing place and people.
Probably your body would go numb from the cold water(or experience a thermic shock - muscles lock up, if you're not used to it) and you would also expire.
Yes! It looks bad! It looks like the ocean floor dips very low suddenly. This looks extremely dangerous to my eyes. (not surfer, but visiting beached regularly and we have one beach where swimming is prohibited as so many currents and it has a similar look.)
I have surfed for over 50yrs and I can personally tell everyone that when u are close to waters edge at ANY ocean DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK on it cause it WILL take your life in a second !!!!!! Anywhere, anytime, any conditions!! Stay safe...
But what is the sense? To know which stone to hang onto? If the wave is that strong you will be pulled in anyway, but yeah I get the point to not completely be taken by surprise.
First a few tourist drown, they put up a sign. Then a bunch more drown and they had to install that flashing monstrosity of a sign. Still people continue to drown there taking selfies.
I say good😂 there needs to some sort of weeding out process at some point, and I think they have figured out how to do it to themselves, finally natural selection is real
honestly those people should not be sp close to the ocean, an Amber light means you should never have ur back faced those people were being careless going so close, could've easily been swept out by a sneaker wave
I live in the US at one of the most popular summer vacation spots and never turn your back to the ocean is something I stress to my children...the amount of tourists I see letting their toddlers play in the surf out of arms reach is always wild to me...
I'm Icelander - been there so often have no idea how often .... ! I don't remember hearing so many died over there until we had all these turist and more to come ... And now we have to have signs red, yellow & green .... As I like turist and to be a turist - I'm so sad that we are destroying our little beautiful places with signs, coffeshops, turist shops and and and .... But I'm so sad how many turists have died here at our beautiful island only this year ! 😔 Drive carfully and respect the nature please - enjoy 🇮🇸
I think you are helping the place with the coffee shops as with them there are toilets with them. Believe me, with so many tourists - your nature would have been full with napkins and dirt, midly said.
I've been there two weeks ago. That beach has lost its natural and pristine beauty with so much tourists making noise, climbing on the rocks for selfies, so many cars parked everywhere, and the restaurant nearby serving so expensive airport like food. And I don't mention the drones flying around you. Time will come for regulation. It's not Disney land there.
@7krys yes, the cons of tourism. It’s a tough balance. Amazing place and great that people are getting out to explore, but there are costs and maybe it won’t be free access forever
I guess you never been to the Big Island of Hawaii. Black sand beach is pure volcanic sand. And yes, never turn your back on the ocean. Hawaii has some very dangerous beaches and blow holes. Quite a few tourist have drowned here because they don't listen to all the warnings, signs and all. If a local don't do it, then that's saying something.
The boiling pots are super sketchy, but I think people see locals swimming there and assume it’s okay. Or they assume that every body of water around the islands is calm and safe. But the trick is the ocean is always ready to kill you 😅
I was there a couple of years ago and not 20 minutes after we left a Chinese teenager was on the beach that is on the other side of the cave. That beach is even more dangerous than the already dangerous cave side. She was hit by several waves, dragged out to sea, and drown. Do not ignore the signs. Do not ignore your guide. The group with the teenager had a guide who warned them. When you get to the beach my advice is to watch the waves from a safe distance for several minutes. Within 5 to 15 minutes you will see a sneaker and then it will click why they have signs. You've never seen waves like this. You are conditioned to believe all waves are relatively regular and predictable as seen on most beaches. When I was on this beach a couple more things I noticed. 1) the sand is part of why the beach kills. When the water comes over it will turn into quick sand. If you go down from a wave you might still be stable, but trying to push to run away is like running on ice. 2) sneaker waves tend to come in multiples. You get knocked down by one, then another comes, then another, and you just keep getting rolled down the beach until you are in the water 3) volcanic islands without coral meet the water at steep angles. Once you are in the water there is no chance you are getting out because you are looking at a 15+ degree angle. The beach on the other side of the cave has such a rip current after sneakers that the water level drops 5-10 meters below where a calm sea would be. You are in a giant swirling bowl and you cannot get out. The angle might be 45 degrees in the bowl 4) the water is very cold. You get cold shocked while trying to save your life. Saving your life is not happening.
I love when American tourists show up and become instant and intense experts on the place they’re visiting. Probably yelled at everyone and told them what to do while they were there…
You don't need to be an expert to know things. It's called educating yourself. 😂We live in the information age bud, not in the dark ages. Just by reading your comment we gained the knowledge that you aren't so bright, without being an expert of your whole life story 🤣
@@obryn i enjoy your arrogance. This will take you to magical and boring places in this realm. The ‘knowledge’ you’ve gained here is merely self satisfaction, and surely fleeting.
Ive been to this beach a few times because I live in Reykjavík which is the capital of Iceland. I think it's so pathetic that even with the warning signs the tourist some how seem to almost be trying to get them selves washed away. I understand that they don’t have those sort of waves in their country’s most likely, but at least I’d think it’s general knowledge to stay away from a furious ocean and having even read a warning sign about it on the way. Idk maybe I’m just crazy. Tourist, you tell me
You are not crazy. I started visiting your country in 1993 when there were virtually no tourists. My friends and I climbed down the cliff onto the black beach and although the cliff was a little bit dangerous the beach was awesome. I also remember the blue lagoon with only 1 wooden changing room and since I did not bring a bathing suit, they rented me one for $2 usd. There were only 3 people there at the time and this was December 30th. Is there still a revolving restaurant built on top of the water tank in Reykjavik ? Grindavik was also a cool little town. I love Iceland but now stay away due to too many tourists. Hafa a mikill dagur!
@@rocketleaftherlfreestyler6151 I'm sorry, my comment wasn't clear. The restaurant I am referring to is or was in Reykjavick and it was built on top of a large water tank. It also rotated slowly (360 degrees) so the guests could see a different view during dinner. Very nice place but expensive. As far as the Blue Lagoon, I hear that it is now so popular with tourists, reservations need to be made month's in advance. I love Iceland, I just don't like crowds of tourists and I own a hotel in Cusco Peru near the ruins of Machu Picchu ha ha. Maybe this is why? Some travelers are hard to please. Thanks for your reply.
Excuse me mam, yellow means caution. Red means the beach is closed and green the beach is open, it’s a calm day… there are no color coded sections of sand where you can go and cannot go.
Watch out and...Oh my gosh? People not following the signs are the sort of people Icelanders do not like to visit their country. They also climb and walk the heaths and glaciers almost barefoot and the rescue people that are not getting paid for it, come and help those twits. Many tourists have also not made it.
Number one rule of fight club…errrrr…ocean beaches, never turn your back on the water. She will beach slap you. That’s how people drown. They don’t see the wave coming, it knocks them, and sucks them out.
Adorable: three signs! "Danger. No, really, danger." Flash flash. "What did we say about danger?". (bunch of people half way in the water) These are natural selection spots on Earth. Thank you, mother planet.
I’ve been here and watched a group of Japanese tourists nearly get swept out to sea. The difference between the previous set of waves and the sneaker wave was about 50 metres. Very very scary
As an Icelander I find it kind of weird that they call Reynisfjara "Black beach" because I think it makes it sound like it's the only black beach in Iceland, when literally almost all of them are black 😅
the worst thing is that people come there who can't run even 20 meters without getting tired, they stand on the edge staring at their phones like donkeys, not seeing what's going on around them, pathetic, no responsibility and no brains😂
I'm icelandic. And here is my hot tip for tourists in Iceland: when Icelanders tell you that the current weather or the nature forces at your destination are dangerous, you better understand that this means It's incredibly DANGEROUS. We are used to extreme weather and an unforgiving nature. Don't be dumb and ignore Icelandic people's warnings. If you do, you'll understand the meaning of 'fuck around and find out.'
Go to Aksa beach near Mumbai. Many people have died because of shifting sands...It's got so many deaths that people believe it's haunted... black sand go to Devka beach in Daman on India's west coast..sand is black
That’s what happens here every year I live on the Oregon coast and we have more tourists dying and having accidents not going home. They don’t pay attention to anything they just get swept away by the beauty.
Oh, I've been there. Had to run away a little from those waves. There's a narrow part under the cliff down there where you can run if you're fast enough to a further part of the beach, where it becomes quite rocky. Really interesting and inspiring place, something out of this world.
It's not that they don't heed or can't read, they take it as some sort of challenge. They think that they've seen it on youtube, so those people survived, they will too.
Thanks for showing us. A place, well I didn't know about. Believe it was on the island of Maui. They also have a "Black sand" beach. It's made from black volcanic rock. That been crushed by the ocean, over time. So if you've seen pure black, black rock? That's what the sand is. Like pure black rock, that has been ground up in a mortar/pestal. That black.
It’s amazing! we have been there twice, once on a beautiful sunny day with massive waves and a cloudy day with calm water, this place is magical. Iceland is one of those countries you just can’t get enough of.
@michaelaozuka5179 we almost visited the Westfjords, but the weather was rough and we stayed around the Snaefellsness Peninsula around the that time. Would love to visit someday
The ocean floor shelves sharply up to the beach, so you've got a huge amount of water squashed into a shallow beach. That's what makes the currents so strong.
Bethells beach is like this in New Zealand. I lived there for three years. Beautiful black sand and man, the freak waves and sudden onslaught can be pretty dramatic. You have a beautiful country that reminds me of my own
I’ve experience these first hand! Lucky enough to visit this beach twice, beautiful both times. The first time we visited the weather was horrendous!! Massive waves and strong gusts of wind!
I love the simplicity in the warning signage, Icelanders know the target audience and have a great sense of humour. The sneak wave. Never a sneaky wave for those raised in volcanic islands in the Atlantic. When the beach is black sand, the underwater bed is funny, so do it the break and the waves. Great for surfing because of the sneaky waves !
