15 Places Where You Should NEVER Swim

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
  • Think of your favorite beaches. Your favorite hotel pools. Favorite lakes. Everywhere you love to swim. What makes them great? Is it the color of the water? Or maybe it’s the perfect temperature. Maybe you can even swim with dolphins. But what about all of the places that you can’t go to? Or the places where you can but should absolutely never swim in? Like the waters of the world full of massive predators like sharks or crocodiles. Or the places that are just so polluted or teeming with strange bacteria? Join us for today’s video, as we count down the top 15 places where you should absolutely never swim!
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  • @katfromthekong414
    @katfromthekong414 Před 6 měsíci +183

    If you are ever in a rip-current DO NOT swim towards the beach (it is impossible to outswim the current and you will only tire yourself out), but swim PARALLEL to the beach until you get out of the rip-current and only then swim towards the beach.

    • @Thegoatwins
      @Thegoatwins Před 2 měsíci

      Ride the tide clown

    • @Robloxpandaperson
      @Robloxpandaperson Před měsícem

      Yesss how does no one know this

    • @katfromthekong414
      @katfromthekong414 Před měsícem +9

      @@Robloxpandaperson i only learned it when I started surfing. I think many people are unfamiliar with the ocean

    • @Robloxpandaperson
      @Robloxpandaperson Před měsícem

      @@katfromthekong414 yea

    • @nataliacarlton4623
      @nataliacarlton4623 Před měsícem

      😢😮😮😅😊😅😮😢🎉😂😢😮😅😊😅😮😢🎉😂😊😅😮😢🎉😂​@@katfromthekong414

  • @ShermanCassidy
    @ShermanCassidy Před rokem +267

    People need to be smart when they visit hawaii. The ocean is violent, and it is not wise to go to places without lifeguards. Even in Atlantic coast beaches.

    • @zimzimma7890
      @zimzimma7890 Před 9 měsíci +11

      And we're not even talking about the hundreds of active volcanoes that will erupt sooner or later

    • @reesejabs1895
      @reesejabs1895 Před 5 měsíci +9

      There aren't any Atlantic beaches in Hawaii.

    • @kellythomas90
      @kellythomas90 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@reesejabs1895ha ha

    • @joshuasimpson272
      @joshuasimpson272 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Unless you know what your doing

    • @joshuasimpson272
      @joshuasimpson272 Před 4 měsíci +7

      I think we should really be staying away from Australia

  • @kawailoadoo4535
    @kawailoadoo4535 Před rokem +297

    "But a total of zero Hawaiian locals have died here in the pool of death, because not only do they generally know how to swim against the forceful waves and how the waves fluctuate over time, but they also tend to stay away completely." Couldn't have send it better myself. Mahalo to this channel and aloha!

    • @bulletslabel7991
      @bulletslabel7991 Před rokem +5

      Common bro is making salto’s there with a donut 🍩

    • @thedevilsrockstxr2309
      @thedevilsrockstxr2309 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Facts but again it's not a spectacle when u live there

    • @AlexPryrodny
      @AlexPryrodny Před 10 měsíci +2

      I was there a few weeks ago - didn’t swim of course and there were no people in the water.

    • @user-pe7jn3fi7j
      @user-pe7jn3fi7j Před 9 měsíci +2

      That doesn’t make you any better than anyone else. It’s called knowing your area, it’s common everywhere in the world. A great example, I have family in hawaii, I was just there last month and I remember actually getting to go out at night and walk without bear spray and a gun . Where I’m from we don’t do that, you have not a drop of wildlife that will harm you. Last year my family from hawaii came to visit me. I live in bear country, along with a large mountain lion population. I told my family when they came to visit, don’t leave anything in your rental car I have a bear that frequents my property, it’ll fu@k up your rental car for any food. We’ll these Hawaiians have no clue the danger of wildlife, what did they do? They left food in the damn car. The bear tore that shit up! To this day no locals have had their car mauled by a bear, but those naïve Hawaiians sure as hell did. 😂 You know your area..I know mine.

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua Před 3 dny +1

      @@user-pe7jn3fi7j
      Did he say it makes him better than anyone else? :) I don’t understand why you’re making such a catty sounding comment to him, as there was nothing arrogant or egotistical at all about his comment? 🤷🏻‍♀️ He was just repeating the quote from the video stating that all the Hawaiians know to avoid that place, which makes sense, because they live there, right? :)
      I enjoyed the rest of your comment though about the bears! I can’t believe your family ignored you and left food in the car anyway! I hope they had insurance on the car!
      Instead of picking on each other, let’s spread the aloha spirit instead, and be kind! 🌺
      Stay safe! I envy the Hawaiians having no predators (edit: except for pit bulls, which are responsible for far more maulings and deaths in the USA than wild predators). But, I will say, those giant centipedes they have that crawl into people’s beds and have a ferocious sting, terrify me!

  • @debrakleid5752
    @debrakleid5752 Před rokem +31

    I live in New Smyrna Beach and I won’t swim here. I actually live about 4 miles inland in NSB but a lot of people like to swim here. I got stung by a man-o-war once and that was enough. I’ll stick with bird watching here as we have so many birds including large ones like sandhill cranes!

  • @DreamsongsProductions
    @DreamsongsProductions Před 9 měsíci +33

    Funny that they mentioned the Bondi Bath pool. My high school would take us there to practice swimming and PE classes. I would not consider that dangerous. Even if one shark got trapped in there once.

  • @masterchief5437
    @masterchief5437 Před 10 měsíci +21

    Queensland Australia is Huge, you are talking about Gold coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the north cities. Queensland state is roughly 19.4% the size of US

  • @anastasiia7256
    @anastasiia7256 Před 3 měsíci +6

    "an occasional Florida man" that's a great line man LOL

  • @Oceanlover1982
    @Oceanlover1982 Před rokem +24

    Your voice, narrative, and information is outstanding. Subscribed!!

  • @daisiejensen4818
    @daisiejensen4818 Před rokem +268

    One other dangerous beach is Grenen in Denmark. Grenen meaning "the branch" in the town Skagen is located at the tip of the country, where the beach has a unique natural phenomenon, where the two seas Skagerrak and Kattegat meet and the waves culminate with each other. It has therefore become illegal to swim there, because it's extremely dangerous because of the oceans colliding.

    • @alexandraperry501
      @alexandraperry501 Před rokem +3

      😮

    • @Theycallmelucelis
      @Theycallmelucelis Před 11 měsíci +9

      Reminds me of Scylla and Charybdis

    • @billbixby557
      @billbixby557 Před 10 měsíci +11

      "whatever the cost, we must defend Kattegat"!
      Vikings was my jam.

    • @Turtwigohio
      @Turtwigohio Před 10 měsíci +1

      Denmark thats in europe smt right?

    • @daisiejensen4818
      @daisiejensen4818 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@Turtwigohio I don't what you mean by smt, but yes Denmark is in Europe. It is a Nordic country.

  • @NormaLilia24
    @NormaLilia24 Před 2 měsíci +5

    7:47 I’m from Houston and this true, the local news also warn to not get in that nasty water

  • @hb11912
    @hb11912 Před 5 měsíci +22

    It’s nice to see Australia making these lists and as an Australian, it amuses me that people from overseas think every animal here is out to get you. I’ve never even seen half of our dangerous animals in the wild let alone been bitten by them. It’s just common sense really, have your wits about you, leave them alone and they’ll leave you alone.
    I grew up on the south coast of NSW, and used to go swimming at our local rock pool with waves spilling into the pool at high tide. It was scary but fun and in my opinion the only pool to swim in. Always respect the ocean.

    • @capyblap1249
      @capyblap1249 Před 3 měsíci

      yeah man I swim in a lot of these pools down in Vic, just today I went surfing at a beach in Torquay and it got Hella choppy

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville Před 3 měsíci +1

      The Bondi Baths shouldn't be on this list.

    • @hb11912
      @hb11912 Před 3 měsíci

      @@millie_mellville I never said they should be, I only meant that it’s nice to see us be included in these lists considering the reputation our wildlife has got and also the seas off Australia can get pretty treacherous.

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville Před 3 měsíci

      @@hb11912 Oh 😀 it's okay. I was agreeing with you. I understood what you meant. Sorry for not making it clear enough. I grew up a few miles South of Sydney. Lovely area! Kiama blow-hole is more treacherous than the B Baths! 🕊️

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville Před 3 měsíci

      ...but awesome to see.

  • @LuthaisRonso
    @LuthaisRonso Před 9 měsíci +34

    I've been to Kaua'i a few times, and never swam in Queen's Bath (Pool of Death). I knew better. Even the most recent time I visited the ocean was swelling, and it was a very rainy day. I still saw tourists rushing down to get a dip. I never took the risk to hike to it, volcanic rock injuries are nasty.

  • @cressworth770
    @cressworth770 Před rokem +125

    The box jellyfish is very dangerous for sure but Queenslanders can usually safely swim in the waters because the jellyfish stay up north and are seasonal. Plus all surfers and divers wear stinger suits to protect them from all jellyfish stings. We were mandated to wear stinger suits that covered our hands and feet when we went diving in the Great Barrier Reef.

    • @gabriellelister7669
      @gabriellelister7669 Před 11 měsíci +6

      That’s super cool! I knew there were Chain suits to prevent shark attacks but never anti-sting gear.

    • @nelliemilne1724
      @nelliemilne1724 Před 11 měsíci +7

      But we don't swim off the mainland beaches in the summer bc that's maily where the jellyfish are. And also the irukandji are the size of a pinky nail so the stinger suits don't do much.
      Generally the outer reef is safer

    • @NikkiNole
      @NikkiNole Před 9 měsíci +5

      The Irukandji jellyfish are what makes me nervous.

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville Před 3 měsíci +3

      No, from October to May there's no swimming because of stingers (jellyfish) and those horrid, tiny Irukanji Jellyfish. No matter how much you tape your suit to your gloves, neck and any other tiny exposed parts of your skin, they can get in and it's not pleasant. That's quite an understatement, actually; it's torture.

    • @caseyminett7394
      @caseyminett7394 Před měsícem

      ​@@millie_mellville😂😂😂😂

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 Před rokem +77

    I grew up in the Bay Area in the 60s, and we didn't know about sharks then, the only people telling us about the ocean was Jaque Cousteau. If you remember him, you know what I mean....every year a shark attacked someone, but we had been told great whites don't come into cold water (?!?). I have no idea why we believed it, but until the movie JAWS came out, we had no info on sharks at all. We used to body surf and swim with seals at Santa Cruz, having no idea that sharks would be likely around for some seal meat! After the movie came out, we were all scared!

    • @scarahjolielaide
      @scarahjolielaide Před rokem +8

      I wish I’d never seen jaws.. Spielberg wishes he never made it!

    • @gabriellelister7669
      @gabriellelister7669 Před 11 měsíci +16

      I wouldn’t necessarily call jaws a piece of nonfiction either. It’s impact on shark population has been severe. It exaggerated the violence a standard shark displays to a point where a MOVIE inspired people to hunt sharks for fun. That’s what’s led Steven Spielberg to regret making jaws and he’s also made shark documentaries to shine a more positive and realistic light on sharks. People forget the increase in shark attacks is due to a massive loss in their food supply.

    • @sylvialee5446
      @sylvialee5446 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Things are changing and the sharks are migrating

    • @bryanlongshore6198
      @bryanlongshore6198 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Right ...I'm 60...I grew up in the 70s....in 71, I was standing in chest deep water at Panama city.....4 years later after reading about sharks, and watching Jaws, I've never walked in ocean water up to my knees. Sharks have always been around, and since people have started going into the ocean to swim ( which is a relatively new thing) I think sharks have discovered they have a new food source...

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 Před 9 měsíci

      @@bryanlongshore6198
      I am so glad I'm not the only one who stopped swimming in shark infested waters, even though I don't hate sharks (or any animal), they are very hard to spot and it's almost impossible to tell if they are just casually moving around or targeting me...the older I get, the more I love the ocean and beaches, but not for swimming. Also, apparently, cocaine sharks are a new danger, so many planes dump their drugs into the ocean if being chased by law enforcement that it's a serious issue, though I do not know if the sharks are more, or less freaked out than usual. I don't think I want to know! I plan to use my swimming time sitting in a deck chair on the beach with a cheering libation and watch the Sunset😁🥂🏝

  • @jeffhubbard9951
    @jeffhubbard9951 Před 10 měsíci +96

    I am with the couple of folks here who wondered why the Bolton Strid wasn't on this list. Of the places listed in here, the only ones I wouldn't at least take a quick dip in (on a bet, say) are the Boiling Lake and the radioactive Lake in Russia. And, given its "100% mortality" record for everyone who has entered the Strid, I'd say that it certainly deserves a top 5 spot on a list of this sort. That doesn't even seem like a matter of opinion, to my mind.

    • @thelastsausage635
      @thelastsausage635 Před 10 měsíci +11

      Oh God the Strid gives me the creeps so badly, I wouldn’t go anywhere near it, definitely should be on this list👍

    • @MrCompassionate01
      @MrCompassionate01 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Yeah there's lots of places you can swim that are way worse than most of the ones on this list, the Strid chief among them.

    • @doreenkucek3508
      @doreenkucek3508 Před 4 měsíci

      Hey I like swimming pools I'm good. Doreen J

    • @jenniferfarber2700
      @jenniferfarber2700 Před 12 dny

      Thanks for reminding me (about the Strid)! My childhood nightmares unlocked (again) lol

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 Před rokem +125

    When we were in Maui, we went to the "blow hole" a lava formation that waves went into and shot out like a huge fountain. The danger was the air after the wave would be so strong that if you stood too close to the hole, you'd get sucked down thru it and drown, since it would be like a bug in an agitating washing machine, just getting thrown around until you're torn apart. Hawaii doesn't use much signage, to not ruin views, but they had a huge sign about the blowhole, in five languages, warning people to stay away from the blowhole, and to keep children and pets close, which of course everyone ignores, leading to many drownings. We witnessed adults letting their kids run right up to the lava ledge, it was terrifying!

    • @carolrogers7500
      @carolrogers7500 Před rokem +3

      Cct

    • @teriyama
      @teriyama Před rokem +11

      Its culturally inappropriate to be there but tourists dont care

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen Před rokem +1

      People like that are so stupid it’s ridiculous!

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 Před rokem +9

      @@teriyama
      Most tourists don't know! They see signs for the worlds biggest wave, or whatever, and go look. They have no clue what is taboo and what isn't. Hawaii had cultural rules for everything, and even modern day native Hawaiians dont know them all anymore. It's always been a problem for Hawaii, there are huge profits to be made from tourists, but no one wants to offend the ancestors, either...

    • @KathleenMahaney
      @KathleenMahaney Před rokem +8

      They probably don’t think - oh it won’t happen to my child…I can grab them quickly

  • @aimeedouglas1584
    @aimeedouglas1584 Před rokem +58

    I grew up in central Florida and spent many, many beach days at New Smyrna (pronounced suh-murn-uh)
    It’s a great beach, but definitely full of sharks. Most Floridians know if you’ve been in the water at New Smyrna, you’ve easily been within 6 ft of a shark.

  • @paulrichardson9843
    @paulrichardson9843 Před 7 měsíci +33

    I spent a week in Broome, Western Australia and Cable Beach is stunning. We went most days - especially to stay to watch the sunsets over the Indian Ocean which were amazing. I went in the ocean a couple of times, but only a few metres. I really wouldn't recommend going further out as there can be big waves and there are salt water crocodiles for part of the year as the video says. There is also a possibility of sharks (which crazily I didn't really think of at the time). However, the most dangerous thing I saw was a sea snake washed up on the shore which a man coming in the opposite direction warned me about when I was walking along the shore line.

    • @stevemoore6245
      @stevemoore6245 Před 4 měsíci +1

      the best way to go in australia is becoming salty scat.

  • @StepSev7en
    @StepSev7en Před rokem +10

    7:04 he's talking about pleasure pier in galveston, TX. Right off the gulf of mexico. there were many shark sitings on that beach.

  • @griffinq8003
    @griffinq8003 Před měsícem +3

    Jacobs well is perfectly safe to swim or jump into, its only dangerous if you go cave diving, and the closest cave entrance is like 50 feet under water, so you cant accidentally get lost in it

  • @citizenshane8932
    @citizenshane8932 Před 9 měsíci +9

    A few years ago a guy went into the Gulf in Galveston and died the next day from sepsis. He was a young dude who just got a tattoo a day or two before. Same thing happened to young man who jumped into the Chicago river running
    from police. That guy got away from the cops, but he didn’t get away from the fate of being submerged in the filthy river.

  • @travelsolutionsco9524
    @travelsolutionsco9524 Před rokem +4

    Great narration! 👍Thank you !

  • @RandysRides
    @RandysRides Před rokem +66

    So, when you're swimming under a waterfall and it feels like you're being pulled under, could it maybe, just possibly, NOT be a monster but the obvious drag of the water....FALLING ??

    • @boomertuxx
      @boomertuxx Před rokem +6

      Either way I’m not going in the water.

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 Před rokem +2

      If the History Channel has taught us anything it’s taught us it’s never the obvious answer.

  • @meenha1976
    @meenha1976 Před 9 měsíci

    Loved the commentary ❤❤❤

  • @zeshadeful
    @zeshadeful Před 2 měsíci +3

    I have dived inside the blue hole and there is nothing to be afraid of, it is a very beautiful diving location very recommended

  • @markastoforoff7838
    @markastoforoff7838 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Considering I swim like a rock there are way more than 15 places I should never attempt swimming.

  • @rayj5091
    @rayj5091 Před rokem +23

    So sad some of these places are this way due to human activity

  • @backwoods711
    @backwoods711 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Love swimming in Galveston been swimming there my whole life not too bad just lots of runoff from the Mississippi but yes we do have water advisorys 😆

  • @avaslife1234
    @avaslife1234 Před rokem +15

    omg the bondi baths are fine. like syndey has quite a few pools right on the ocean and its super relaxing and quite fun. quite an exaggeration

  • @MotherofDragons937
    @MotherofDragons937 Před 3 měsíci +4

    As a California North Bay native I can tell you that even though our ocean is dangerous, it is not worse than a lake filled with radioactive waste that can kill you within an hour.

  • @deeisrael9341
    @deeisrael9341 Před rokem +1

    I've enjoyed watching!

  • @DJ-ri7me
    @DJ-ri7me Před 10 měsíci +5

    Bondi baths isnt dangerous lmao 😂 we have 100s of these kind of pools up the coast

  • @est4465
    @est4465 Před rokem +40

    The hike to boiling lake Dominica is beautiful. The lake it self is so breathtaking. I’m so proud to be from Dominica 🇩🇲

  • @timbrown1790
    @timbrown1790 Před rokem +12

    Here's a tip for those wanting to visit the Bondi Baths. If you see a shark that's been washed into the pool, don't go into it. Problem solved.

  • @ishathakor
    @ishathakor Před 7 měsíci +2

    i love how some of these are like "it will literally kill you" and some of these are like "isnt it kinda freaky to be swimming in a deep body of water" like. yeah it is. i'm only hanging out around the surface though so it doesn't really affect me. how does it matter what sea creatures are looking at you from the great blue hole. theyre not biting you are they.

  • @ClaireMonica-Art
    @ClaireMonica-Art Před 9 měsíci

    Great narration

  • @ToABrighterFuture
    @ToABrighterFuture Před rokem +4

    The box jellyfish played a key role in the movie "Seven Pounds."

  • @josephgonzalez3491
    @josephgonzalez3491 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I live in Monterey County (red triangle zone) and we do hear about great white attacks around Santa Cruz from time to time. This is why I don't go into the ocean!

  • @syarrahofficial
    @syarrahofficial Před 9 měsíci +2

    I’m from Réunion Island and not every beaches are deadly 😂

  • @DEVINENDERS
    @DEVINENDERS Před rokem +12

    Not sure the Galveston section is 100% accurate 😬 but to each their own opinion

  • @dennisv8934
    @dennisv8934 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I live in the Red Triangle. Don't go to the beach much. Even when I have, I only go into the water up to my knees. Cold!

  • @Tips4_Trips
    @Tips4_Trips Před rokem

    Super video👍

  • @queenneptune2456
    @queenneptune2456 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I took my honeymoon at a rental condo on new symrna beach. I relaxed on the beach and barely went up to my knees in water because i knew the history of the place. But nice beaches and nice town.

  • @kellyshomemadekitchen
    @kellyshomemadekitchen Před rokem +7

    This was a scary video. I have to wonder how many daredevils have died in these places

  • @jamesearp6896
    @jamesearp6896 Před měsícem +1

    You forgot the Strid in Bolton, UK. Not one person has set foot in it and survived.

  • @davidsherman7868
    @davidsherman7868 Před rokem +11

    Irakanji jellyfish, the small ones you'll never see, which are about the size of your pinky fingernail, can kill just as easily as the larger ones.

  • @CompletelyCrazy0407
    @CompletelyCrazy0407 Před rokem +7

    Born and raised in Florida and absolutely LOVE it

  • @LuvBorderCollies
    @LuvBorderCollies Před rokem +10

    We've been going to Kauai for 20 years. One reason IMHO the waters/beaches are dangerous is the island's position in the chain. There are "safe" spots but there's one that even sounds ominous. Its on the northern end. The retreating wave gets overrun by the incoming wave and for 5 to 8 seconds it sounds like a huge fabric tarp is being ripped apart. I've only seen local kids in that bay but they stay in a narrow area by cliff. Personally I stay out of the waters around Kauai. The other islands seem to have safer beaches.

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 Před rokem +2

      I completely loved Kuai! I stayed out of all Hawaiin waters though, I'm not a very good swimmer, and I spent one afternoon on the beach at Maui and in just 2 or 3 hours saw several water rescues and saw the paramedics every 20 minutes, they never even catch a breather, they are constantly dragging people in from the undertow or whatever.

    • @LuvBorderCollies
      @LuvBorderCollies Před rokem +3

      @@christineparis5607 Wow! That is way too busy a beach. The shark attacks were on the rise a few years ago. Even waist deep water is more than enough for a tiger shark to attack. Found one grey reef shark dead on south Kauai on a little used beach. Just 4' long it had dozens of double rowed teeth. But yeh, Kauai is our favorite but I'm afraid the secret is out. Our last trip in 2018 there was traffic congestion every day. In the past there was roughly 1/4 or less than now.
      It didn't take me many trips to figure out why the natives thought they lived in Paradise.

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 Před rokem +2

      @@LuvBorderCollies I know that the Kauians protested the island ferry that was taking tourists around the islands, and would not let the ferry dock. This was probably over 15 years ago, and we were so amazed at the beauty, quiet, and lack of crowds, that we didn't mind the rudeness of some locals, I would never want to see such beauty overrun....I would feel the same!

    • @LuvBorderCollies
      @LuvBorderCollies Před rokem +5

      @@christineparis5607 My wife followed a Facebook page of local Kauai folks. They don't view "outsiders" very nicely. Gripe 1/ the increased traffic. Gripe 2/ Land and housing prices were driven sky high. Locals have zero chance of ever owning a home. Gripe 3/ the drug addicts and meth heads who come there and never leave. They steal anything not bolted down. They're negative contributors and an eyesore.
      I always do the driving while there. I go out of my way to be courteous, like not blocking intersections so locals can make a left turn. Basically just not be "The Ugly American" as US tourists have been called in Europe.

  • @luvslogistics1725
    @luvslogistics1725 Před rokem +4

    New Smyrna has sharks. How you know there’s a shark? You start to see small fishes being thrown out of the water left and right.

  • @noelleggett5368
    @noelleggett5368 Před rokem +19

    Box jellyfish and irukandji jellyfish are present in North Queensland (north of the Tropic of Capricorn) during the wet, stormy monsoon season (October to March). During the warm, dry months, the beaches of North Queensland are beautiful. And the beaches of southern Queensland are great all year round. Swim ‘between the flags’ where surf lifeguards are patrolling the beach and keeping everyone safe.

  • @jurjenvanderhoek316
    @jurjenvanderhoek316 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Why are number 9 and 13 the same? They are both Hanakapiai Beach. See 8:05 and 13:18

  • @johngrund2567
    @johngrund2567 Před rokem +28

    I dove the blue hole,
    one of my deepest dives. Saw a mama bull
    shark & her pup. Was also the first time I got narc’d. Also one of my favorite dives. Just be sure to go with a guide . . . after getting your advanced license. They do have a saying there, that it’s a wonderful drinking town, with a serious diving problem.

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx Před 2 měsíci +1

      My 1st "official" dive, after completing a PADI class, was the Great Blue Hole. And 20+ yrs later, it still ranks as one of my Top 5 fave dives.
      I got narc'd, too... everyone did. Except the dive masters..?
      The Blue Hole dive compelled me to go take the Advance Open Water course, then Dive Medic & Rescue Diver over the next 2 yrs. Back then, Dive Medic was still one cert.
      The more you know... the more you want to know! At least that's what scuba & free diving did for me.

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx Před 2 měsíci +1

      I've also done the Blue Hole in Guam. Not anywhere near as big or impressive, but still a very beautiful dive! There is an endless variety of amazing Wreck diving to do in Guam, too. Especially inside Apra Harbor.
      I can't recommend the diving there enough. MDA is the local dive shop you'd want to rent gear & book dives with. There are some fun shore dives around the island. But Gun Beach can be tricky for some. If you don't pay attention to the currents & tide (and any local storm activity) you can get dragged around. I lost count of the number of tourists who needed to be rescued by the Coast Guard when I lived there. It probably belongs on this list.

    • @lucasduarte3097
      @lucasduarte3097 Před měsícem +1

      How is it to be narc’ed? Never dived in my life

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx Před měsícem +3

      @@lucasduarte3097 It's a lot like being buzzed but not totally drunk crossed with that lightheaded feeling you get if you sit up too fast or hold your breath for too long. Lol.
      But with lots of bubbly water sounds. So I guess I could say it sounds like you're in a bottle of bubbly? 😂

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx Před měsícem +1

      @@lucasduarte3097it's a pretty euphoric feeling!! But Nitrogen Narcosis can be dangerous. Divers will surface too quickly and get the bends. Or make bad decisions. Which is why it's important to stay with your Dive Buddy & only go with experienced Dive Masters who are skilled at Deep water dives. But if you love to snorkel or be in the ocean, try a PADI Discovery class on your next warm water vacation! They include all the gear and keep you in shallower water. If you love it, you might become a lifer, like me! Lol

  • @NONYABUSINESSBOZO
    @NONYABUSINESSBOZO Před 3 měsíci +2

    How about Horseshoe lake? Lake Michigan? Lake Champlain? Id even say Lake erie.

  • @noaproductions9635
    @noaproductions9635 Před rokem +1

    Love this video, good coverage keep it going

  • @greychi
    @greychi Před 10 měsíci

    I love your narration.

  • @Dat-1-Gurl69
    @Dat-1-Gurl69 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I went to Galveston and the water and beaches were completely clean the water was clear alive there were quite a lot of small jellyfish but non of them deadly

  • @tickenman69lol
    @tickenman69lol Před 10 měsíci +4

    Queensland is a very wide area to say to not swim in. In the south the population of box jellies are near to zero and in the north if you go during winter you should be find

  • @kategermek-dc3pq
    @kategermek-dc3pq Před 2 měsíci +1

    A few years ago I live in Florida and i have seen lots of shark attacks and one time 3 sharks we so close to my feet and I was so scared I could not move

  • @SparrowPotter-zv1pc
    @SparrowPotter-zv1pc Před 10 měsíci +1

    It’s funny bc I live on kauai north shore and he keeps showing the sign at tunnels which is actually really good swimming beach if you go to the right place I recommend if you are ever going there

  • @Liam-lz6fg
    @Liam-lz6fg Před 10 měsíci

    New Smyrna is where I go the last time we went. Only thing is that there's really big wave

  • @sarahgroot5394
    @sarahgroot5394 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Go to new Zealand. We’ve got many on this list all beat with the whirlpools, Jacobs hole, and the still undiscovered source of the Pearce River. And that’s just for starters

    • @sarahgroot5394
      @sarahgroot5394 Před 9 měsíci

      @@mikeferriter-zm7gc I did. Went through the pass once myself. Not for inexperienced divers or the faint hearted

    • @sarahgroot5394
      @sarahgroot5394 Před 9 měsíci

      @@mikeferriter-zm7gc
      New Zealand. I’m one of the locals.

  • @adamlloyd7601
    @adamlloyd7601 Před rokem +21

    Also I live in QLD Australia and the jellyfish are only up north and are seasonal there no big deal , the sharks and the saltwater crocs on the other hand will fuck you up so just keep an eye out and you’ll be right 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

    • @petep5207
      @petep5207 Před rokem +2

      "the crocs will fuk you up"....i laughed so hard

    • @nelliemilne1724
      @nelliemilne1724 Před 11 měsíci

      Yeah i live in Cairns. I won't swim in the ocean any time of the year unless it's the outer reef

  • @gloriaklement4566
    @gloriaklement4566 Před 11 měsíci

    Nice tips

  • @619chrisoriginal
    @619chrisoriginal Před rokem

    There are two areas where you cliff jump in Kauai. There is this one that the show then 20 ft away next to queens bath is a much more protected one.

  • @Amanda-uc5jq
    @Amanda-uc5jq Před 8 dny

    Bondi Baths are not the slightest bit dangerous. In Australia we have pools built into rocks on lots of beaches, they are kept clean by the waves pushing water in and out over the edges at high tide.
    Much safer than swimming in the ocean especially if you have kids. All the fun of the beach without as much swimming danger.

  • @kelleennordquist5697
    @kelleennordquist5697 Před 2 měsíci

    Okay, so I live about 30 mins from New Smyrna beach Florida and i swim there every summer. We do have seasons of jelly fish but it's a great beach to go to.

  • @naysonvinicius
    @naysonvinicius Před 26 dny

    It's lacking boa viagem and piedade beach, in Brazil, state of Pernambuco due it's high shark attacks cases. It even has signals on sand to be careful.

  • @wizpsy4051
    @wizpsy4051 Před rokem +46

    So the deep blue hole is not a recommended place to swim because you think theres monsters down there haha and it got ranked higher then the poluted russian lake wow

    • @idahogoessailing
      @idahogoessailing Před rokem +8

      Right?? That's a bit extreme. I've dove the Blue Hole, and it is not scary at all.

    • @Raiya_ru17
      @Raiya_ru17 Před rokem +2

      Because you will never swim in an obviously polluted river right? We have lots of polluted sewers and rivers like less than a kilometer from my house and no one in their right mind will swim there. Lol even our infamous Manila Bay is something no one will dare to swim except the crazy people living near that area. That deep blue hole is obviously an open swimming area and people just need to avoid diving below that hole. They can still swim on the other shallow parts, just like in other waterfalls and rivers with deep parts.

    • @TanickaW
      @TanickaW Před rokem

      Same with the Bath place. Obviously you want to use discernment on when to swim but it's not as bad as he's saying. 🙄😆

  • @jarintiprujipongwatee3784
    @jarintiprujipongwatee3784 Před 2 měsíci

    Ty am gonna go to swim there now :)

  • @isoke85
    @isoke85 Před 10 měsíci +4

    I was pretty horrified until I got to #1... The others all seem far more dangerous.

  • @hectorwatt9712
    @hectorwatt9712 Před rokem +7

    It’s crazy that I’ve literally been too two of the places in Texas, Galveston and Jacob’s we’ll. Galveston was perfectly fine but maybe something has changed in the past few years?

    • @pamelaleigh4225
      @pamelaleigh4225 Před rokem

      Poor management. I used to swim there.

    • @TheShadowsChannel
      @TheShadowsChannel Před rokem +1

      I grew up swimming there. I never heard of sewer water At the beaches.

    • @wilsontexas
      @wilsontexas Před rokem

      Went to galveston recenty. I had no idea it was polluted.

    • @bradley321daigrepont3
      @bradley321daigrepont3 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I have never been affected by the water off the beaches of Galveston. I go to Galveston often.

    • @dropkickkat9
      @dropkickkat9 Před 10 měsíci +3

      That information about Galveston is completely wrong. The reason it looks the way it does is because of the runoff from the muddy Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. It is not because of sewage. Any quick google search will tell you this.

  • @catherinesymons6670
    @catherinesymons6670 Před měsícem +1

    This is so interesting 😀 our child loves it

  • @carlislepanting5219
    @carlislepanting5219 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Watching from Belize central america I'm from and thanks for the upload and for giving Belize great blue hole spotlight it deserves but it's scuba divers paradise!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿

  • @tabithacruz6958
    @tabithacruz6958 Před rokem +2

    I live in Florida and I love new Smyrna

  • @mysticlisa369
    @mysticlisa369 Před 10 měsíci

    Interesting! Scary!

  • @michelledavila2339
    @michelledavila2339 Před měsícem

    These guys are so cool 😊

  • @catschai
    @catschai Před 6 měsíci +3

    For the record Bondi Beach iceberg pool is not dangerous at all. Yes it’s a salt water pool fed by the ocean and it’s well maintained. It’s a fee paid visit and has a Sauna with glass views if the ocean. One of the levels a lovely restaurant with endless view of the ocean When the surf is rough and high and a total wash out the pool is closed. This pool has surf life savers watching out, like every pool.
    I haven’t heard of sharks washing in the pool and I don’t doubt that it could of happened but it’s not a regular thing. The reason it’s called the icebergs is that the all year swimmers once a year fill the pool with ice in the water and swim about . It’s very funny. I’m from Sydney, Australia and this is fact. This video has exaggerated and damaging. Come swim at Bondi it’s beautiful just be sure to swim between the flags or the rips and currents will wash you up elsewhere and tourists always disobey the flags. Our life savers are world class.

  • @mpg869
    @mpg869 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Only go in clear water in a contained area that is about 25×40 and 3 to 8 ft deep

  • @VladimirMiyazaki
    @VladimirMiyazaki Před rokem +1

    Other than Lake Karachay, I've visited the other places shown in this list

  • @mikalarosado8514
    @mikalarosado8514 Před rokem +5

    i’m from houston and was wondering if galveston was going to be on here but i didn’t actually think 💀

    • @danielobrien1571
      @danielobrien1571 Před rokem

      Happen to be a lady with very long hair? I find that attractive, describe how it looks?

  • @cortneyh4271
    @cortneyh4271 Před rokem +12

    You guys!!!!!??? Seriously... am I the only one who thinks this man sounds just like Charlie Sheen sometimes!!!!??? Hahaha I frkin love it. I hear it clearly. How about you guys?! Nobody will probably see this comment sadly but I hope I'm not the only one thinking this lmao

  • @jaywhitaker1147
    @jaywhitaker1147 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I am super shocked that lake Lanier in Buford Georgia USA didn’t make this list. That’s great plains a minimum of 3 to 5 lives every single year from drowning to accidents, including ushers, son, and also one of my closest friends recently. It’s a man-made lake, and it is said to be cursed and haunted due to the land. The lake was made on and a town that is at the bottom that was flooded to make it when Lakeland near Buford Dam was built. There is also a horror movie about the lake that is about to be released soon.

  • @kami8237
    @kami8237 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I live near Galveston and have gone swimming in those waters countless times never getting sick with this being said I never have ever put my head underneath the water one because of saltwater and two because it’s too dark to see anyways, but if you do go swim at Galveston just don’t be putting your head or mouth underneath

  • @crypress420
    @crypress420 Před rokem +19

    I swam in the red triangle at ocean beach in San Francisco. I knew it was dangerous but had no idea it was number one. They caught the world record 7 gill shark out there on my brothers boat. It was close to 350 pounds

    • @LiPo5000
      @LiPo5000 Před rokem

      My first time to hear about the "Red Triangle"! Do the Shark's make this beach number one?
      I have been to this area several times and I have never noticed anything that alerted me to any dangers.
      I am curious now.

    • @Eikenhorst
      @Eikenhorst Před rokem +1

      Well, this was total bullshit for sure. I can tell you that swimming in the boiling lake at number 3 is a lot worse. That is some place you will not hear anyone in the comments saying they swam there when they were young :P Same goes for this nuclear lake in Russia, although there you can potentially swim multiple times, as long as you do so quickly before radiation sickness kills you.
      This list has a famous and popular swim club with lifelong active members in its top 10 of places not to swim :D

    • @firstylasty9417
      @firstylasty9417 Před rokem +1

      Video is being hyperbolic Boiling lakes are far more terrifying. ...The Bay Area is well known for surfing, and many locals surf daily / all the time. Yes, there are definitely several sharks and shark sightings. But it's not like dipping your toe in the water is going to turn you into mincemeat. Great Whites don't tend to go after humans. They like seals, and have sometimes been known to take a curious "nibble" at a surfboard, because they look like seals from underneath. (They don't have stellar eyesight.) But once they realize it's not a delicious fatty seal, they usually leave surfers alone (albeit, near cardiac arrest). Locals never use the term "red triangle." Sure sounds scary and mysterious, tho!
      The tech bro invasion in the Bay Area was way scarier -- causing evictions, jacking up prices, and bro-washing away all the culture. ...And if I had to choose between sharks and tech bros -- at least great whites are cool, athletic, and interesting. And they don't wear Patagonia vests!

    • @crypress420
      @crypress420 Před rokem +1

      @@firstylasty9417 I know, I live in the bay area. There's surfer everytime i go to Ocean Beach during the day. But not when you and 4 friend decide to swim in the ocean at 2 am after a bottle of Jameson, it's a little more creepy.

    • @crypress420
      @crypress420 Před rokem

      @@firstylasty9417 my pic is me sitting at ocean beach on one of my birthdays.

  • @Unshou
    @Unshou Před 10 měsíci +4

    Funny how most of the places on the list had actual real people swimming in them.

  • @GavynBjorn
    @GavynBjorn Před 9 měsíci

    Growing up near jacobs well, i can confidently say that it in fact is not dangerous😂

  • @ChosenStarseed-lq9ur
    @ChosenStarseed-lq9ur Před rokem

    Inflatable floaties..jagged edge rocks..Genius!!!

  • @janetnyabuto3347
    @janetnyabuto3347 Před 2 měsíci +1

    My friend died from that

  • @ginat1714
    @ginat1714 Před rokem +1

    Uhm Australia beaches only have box jelly fish when it's "their season" and I've swam in the beaches so many times and I haven't got stung once and they hardly even come out, every time I go to the beach there's like so many ppl swimming and sometimes out far!

  • @spacecowboy301
    @spacecowboy301 Před 10 měsíci +1

    #1 Island of ramree... where the saltwater crocs are always hungry...

  • @hhazelhoff1363
    @hhazelhoff1363 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You missed on, avoid your septic tank

  • @user-vl1fq2go1u
    @user-vl1fq2go1u Před 11 měsíci

    Красота! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @lbaber89
    @lbaber89 Před rokem +2

    Blue hole in Belize was awesome! One gentleman did get narced, but diving is all in the mind.

  • @heyjude9895_
    @heyjude9895_ Před rokem +1

    It’s so funny because, as an Orlando resident, new symrna beach is actually my favorite! Lol whoops

    • @nivlagtj1
      @nivlagtj1 Před rokem

      This is no authority. Sure, they are there, but I've only seen one close to me once and he bolted fast. Smyrna's great.

  • @SethReid
    @SethReid Před rokem +10

    Why is Hanakapiai Beach on the list twice?

  • @lilahsadventures5717
    @lilahsadventures5717 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Bondi Baths are 100% safe. Sharks 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @latinaalma1947
    @latinaalma1947 Před měsícem

    Galveston?????My father grew up,on the isla d in the 1930s...we had a beach house there in the 50s/60s I swam there all my young life this is sad to hear! I havent been there since the 80s...

  • @libertyresearch-iu4fy
    @libertyresearch-iu4fy Před 9 měsíci +1

    18:50 That's about the most hilarious and naive things I have ever heard. lol

  • @mjnorman9824
    @mjnorman9824 Před 6 měsíci

    Watching this video unsuspectingly and then my whole state is listed. Like, all of Queensland. Just the whole thing. 😂😂😂

  • @Fly420
    @Fly420 Před 10 měsíci

    Must nominate Chain of Rocks where the Missouri R. enters the Mississippi R. The bodies usually wash up at the foot of Iron St. in St Louis. 2 weeks to a month later.