Waves Sneak Up Reynisfjara Beach in Iceland and Knock Over Tourists
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- čas přidán 6. 11. 2018
- Taken on November 3rd, 2018 at Reynisfjara, also commonly known as the Black Sand Beach in Iceland. People didn't pay attention to warning signs about the dangerous waves that can sneak up the shore. They all got up afterwords and thankfully were ok. Be safe everyone!
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That wave didn’t sneak up on anyone....they all stood and watched it coming ffs....
For some .. their Mobile Phones did not warn them in time ..
It's a stupid Americanised name for a king wave.
Ok, but this wave went twice as far as the water line...
That's clickbait youtubers for you.
And people wonder why the Darwin Awards exist....
The black sand beach is actually way more dangerous than it seems to be in the video, especially at times when the winds are very strong and tend to pull you in. At the time we visited the beach, the winds were so strong that we could barely stand, a lot of our clothing and loose things flew away into the sea. It is among the most dangerous beaches I've ever visited!
Humanity keeps dirtying nature :(
Why did you have loose things in a wind storm?
But it seems very dangerous in the video to anyone with a crumb of sense.
It would have to be an extremely strong wind for a lot of my clothing to fall off. More likely my clothing would stay attached, however strong the wind.
I'm curious though, what were you left with? Did the wind spare you your underwear?!
@@TheNeilsolaris beanies ? Caps ? Shut up
People, please stop doing it! More than one tourist got swept into the ocean, and no one could do anything! On this very beach. Stop walking near waves, stop coming to edges of waterfalls, stop walking on glaciers without a guide. All for a selfie. Several tourists already lost their lives in Iceland. Despite the fact that tour guides on all tours always ask not to come close to any natural “attraction” and not to do anything “off the path and trail.” Due to extremely strong undercurrent, sneaker waves, and freezing temperatures, the ocean in Iceland is deadly - not even the world's top swimmer would survive it. The fact that in Iceland there is no such thing as swimming in the ocean - as in "there is not a single person ever that goes swimming in the ocean regardless of time of the year" should tell you a lot. The sneaker waves on this specific beach are especially extremely dangerous, even if the ocean looks calm. Definitely never stand with your back to the ocean. And pleeeassee don't let you children near the water.
Its called a Rip current but the waves bring you into the water. No one should ever swim in that location.
@@arnaringi5253 There's sneaker waves in that beach, not rip currents, the foam keeps coming and the undertow makes it impossible for those idiots to come out.
isnt it a good thing that people die like this, if they dont die they go home and reproduce
@@captainkrunchthewall 😂😂
It's natural selection. 🤭
I almost died in a similar beach in Hawaii. I'm a decent swimmer. But, if you're addicted to the ocean, and you go out a lot and get away with a lot of risky sports, you start to think "OK, I know what I'm doing." But, the ocean doesn't give an eff what you think. It's just going to keep doing what it's been doing for a billion years. And sooner or later, it's going to do something bad to you when you're least ready for it, and you very quickly find yourself in trouble. Two years ago, I got slammed by a strong wave while snorkeling, into some rocks. I lost my gear, and the tides and waves were too strong for me to swim back to shore. I had to hold onto a big rock with sharp barnacles for a long while, before some Good Samaritan spotted me and came out to pull me to shore. I was covered with cuts. I came so close to drowning. It was terrifying and I'll never forget that.
None of that ever happened. Don't make stuff up.
@@ramdas363 you probably never ventured out in the ocean have you? 😂 These things happen and I was in a similar situation when I was out surfing.
@@kimmy7056 Decent swimmer - almost died at tropical beach because of a little wave. Pick one, because both can not be true at the same time.
Sound like a kook from Nebraska
@@ramdas363
How do you know?
I wonder if the locals have a betting pool where they guess how many tourist each day will be swept into the ocean...?
Our tour guide described how people die there. The water gets you wet and heavy and leaves loose sand in your pockets then pulls you out and you drown. He said don't try to save anyone, just let the search team pull them out for burial. Very effective speech. Never turn your back to those waves. o_o
This was probably one of the reasons why swimsuits were invented? 🤔
@@dylanrobby4468 I... just... never mind.
@@dylanrobby4468 Your dumbass is definitely gonna be dead before you’re 25
@@liamcallahan7160 probably already is.
@@dylanrobby4468 Yeah man i never forget to bring a swimsuit when i go to the beach in fall/winter.
Literally signs saying this could happen before you even walk on the beach, yet people keep doing this. Incredibly dangerous.
As someone who works in customer service, you would be amazed at how few people seem capable of reading signs
People think the sea is a game.
Respect the sea, cos it won't respect you!👍👍
She sounds surprised. What did they expect on this day, with a big swell running, at this particular beach?
As if they don't warn you enough in Iceland and even at the beginning of the beach......
👏....👏....👏....👏
Well done to all the people in this video that totally ignored all the signage and requests from toure guides to stay well away from the waters edge. I've personally witnessed people nearly swept to their death in this very spot. For that one in a million shot and at the cost of all the camera gear....i hope it was worth it.
No matter the danger, idiots will always find a way to put themselves in the heart of it. It’s almost sad, really.
What’s more sad is the people that run as far away from the danger as possible.
@@MrSilus2000 have you heard of natural selection? That's literally it.
@@aicerg Yeah, neither group is favored!
One if the best examples of stupidity is a grainy photograph taken in May 1960. A 9.5 earthquake had occurred off Valdiva in Chile, it triggered a tsunami. A tsunami warning was issued, and an estimated time of arrival at Hawaii declared. People went to high ground - well almost everyone!
That grainy photograph shows an idiot on the breakwater wall at Hilo, and in the back ground clearly visible, surging in at ~200 metres per second is the tsunami wave. One wonders at what point did the idiot realise that what had been said was true and that he was going to die!
You can tell people until you are blue in the face that something is a killer and they will ignore you.
“Oh shit” famous last word.
yeah, it's usually that or fuck or oh my god or something
here we go again
Who would be stupid enough to let there kids or themselves go that close? It could have very easily swept all them out and there would have been nothing anyone could do to save them. Multiple people have died from this very thing.
I’ve been to Iceland twice and to this very beach and they have huge signs that tell you not to do this lol and this and have pictures of people that have gotten taken out to sea and died. Just enjoy from afar it’s very beautiful without getting thy close
Let nature take its course. Plenty of warnings but if people dont want to listen then lets help the gene pool.
Another misinterpretation of Charles Darwin natural selection theory. You're a kook mate.
That's a really nasty comment. If you were one of these people, you wouldn't be saying "let nature take its course". In a civilised community we organise ourselves so that people are allowed to learn from our mistakes and maybe even help others not to make the same ones again.
@@sarahpiaggio2693 they obviously ignored the warnings about the dangerous of the waves of the beach. It would be their fault if something happens to them. Karma
@@gisela8259 Yes, it would be their fault, but we've all done stupid things. I'm glad that when I did, the people around me didn't think "karma" or "let nature take its course"
@Carl Le Pauvre “we’ve all done stupid things” nah rainbow those careless bots got stupid genetics and you defending their careless mistakes makes you look no different...let *nature* take it’s course
My home town lies on the Arabian Sea. We know that the sea is not a joke and respect this fact. Despite warnings and rules, we have fatalities each year mainly tourists and visitors. People need to learn that this is not their backyard swimming pool.
I came back from Iceland a few months ago and on this very beach which is absolutely beautiful…You CANNOT and SHOULDN’T turn your back to these waves. Just when you think it’s going to stop, it continues coming…My father in law who was well on shore, stood with his back to the water to take a photo and was almost swept up in the wave.
I don t see anything beautiful
Your dad is a idiottt
I think it's possessed lol
Icelandic Tour guides specifically mention staying at least 25 metres away from the shore line on Black Sand Beach. This is why. I didn’t listen and stood maybe 20 metres away, and I had to run like these folks as it’s deceptively fast, and the colour of the sand means it’s difficult to perceive where it has reached before.
Thanks for the upload. More people should watch this. It’s very dangerous to get closer to the beach.
You’re right Bro You’re welcome! Yes I completely agree.
The beach is dangerous sir. May I recommend the cliff walk?!
Sometimes we must make sacrifices to please the ocean gods. These people were the chosen ones. All hail the mighty ocean gods!
Cold wet walk back to the hotel for them hahaha
and good luck drying off those clothes soaked in salt-water.
If it's a cold wet walk back, it means they didn't drown.
Approaching from right in front of the target. Truly the sneakiest method possible.
Which question would you ask….Did everyone get out alive? Or did you get that on camera?
Apparently the eye doctor and the ear doctor were out of town that day. OH, and let's not forget the brain doctor.
You ruined the joke with the second sentence
I went to this beach in 2017 warning signs are everywhere living on the Pacific Coast of australia tourists do the same thing at home they are lucky we have lifesavers at most beaches
This place is too dangerous for lifesavers even. Just don´t go to that beach. You can watch it from a distance.
Do you know that where the waves break from ocean to land, there is a sudden 8 meter fall to the bottom of the ocean. It is crazy dangerous.
Reminds me of the Grand Canyon. There are signs everywhere warning people to stay away from the edge/rim. And yet, every year without fail, a number of people get to close...and fall in. The rock can be very crumbly, especially at the edge. All for a selfie.
There is a beach on Kauai, near the end of the main road, that has waves very similar to Reynisfjara. Difference in fatalities? Lots of locals to warn visitors, warm water if you get sucked out, and plenty of beach patrols, coast guard, etc.
Do you mean Polihale? Very, very dangerous surf there.
@@katekenn156 That's it. Not a lot of tourists go there (probably fortunately). Hungry ocean.
Our tour guide told us (2019) to go nowhere near the edge of the waves, stay metres and metres back. A Japanese tourist had been swept out by a rogue wave and drowned unexpectedly a while back even though the sea was calm.
"calm" 🤣🤣🤣
I grew up in coastal Connecticut, so while we do not have much in the way of wave action (Long Island Sound), apparently I had a basic understanding of water that, as I grow older, I realize many people do not. It's the most powerful force there is. Respect it, and pay attention. Every single beach is different. Every single day is different. Read up on the beaches you visit, and pay attention to the weather (not to mention local experts).
Unfortunately a lot of people who come to the UK , particularly from Asia, have no previous experience of any ocean. They come to the beaches in summer ,see people swimming and go in themselves. If they go into deeper water or the waves get rougher they have no chance and panic ,which is fatal.
Every year there are reports like this ,in both the sea .rivers and lakes .
Learn to swim ,it`s a lifesaving skill
@@gillcawthorn7572 For sure! Even the basics help so much. Swimming should be required in grade schools.
@@NoellaScott A sad case in the press today ,a small boy`s life lost in a swimming pool who was old enough to have been taught to swim,
@@gillcawthorn7572 So awful!
@@gillcawthorn7572I'm curious which part of Asia. As someone from SEA, I imagine it's more common for us to be used to bodies of water actually so this claim is... interesting.
One time I was at the Grand Canyon and I witnessed people jumping onto narrow cliffs with 2000 foot drops. They had slippers on and they were seeking selfies and pics for social media. I truly hope nobody gets hurt but people seriously need to put that thinking cap on.
Yep I was amazed at Yellowstone too. People will see a mother bear with cubs trying to cross a road or a herd of buffalo just grazing and chilling by the side of the road. They'll slam on their brakes and leap from their cars by the dozen. Holding out their shitty phone cameras, walking towards these massive wild animals. It's like they all think they're Snow bloody White calling a robin down to sit on their forefinger. And again there are warning signs everywhere. They have rangers come by campsites just to reinforce the message "Stay away from the animals. This is not a petting zoo." but every year some idiot dies doing it.
Been there twice and both times I saw people jumping into the water. Crazy.
What happens when you put American and Chinese tourists together in one place. Statistics...
That actually made me laugh!
It does not matter where a tourist comes from and intelligent he is at home. A tourist always stays an idiot 😂 first lesson I've learned as a guide 👍
@@annam8858 absolutely, I see what you mean and I just wanted to add that I did not mean to be judgemental towards anyone on particular. What I believe the problem to be is the fact, that in certain countries, people are so used to ''safety'' and ''being taken care of'' as well as living lives in virtual reality, movies etc that they have never had a chance to develop a real common sense of adventure, joy and danger. I think the future for those really does lay in virtual reality tours from the safety of their own homes
The cameraman never dies...
I remember walking on that beach a bit further along and soon as I seen the waves I thought yeah no chance am I going close to that, people telling me to go closer it's fine. No, fuck that. Not about to be a statistic
People:I will take one photo and go
Wave:I wont let you take photo and go
HAHAHAHA😂😂😂
We live in a beach culture. I always tell my kids to watch the water/waves. You learn to read what is happening and react. I have also been to the beach with a clueless person who tried to go swimming with her kids in weather a lot like this - heavy waves crashing on the beach.
I'm guessing it went okay since you didn't mention that any harm came to them. Probably more risky to drive a car to that beach.
I personally love videos that end with, "Oh shit..".
Me too! I'd love to see a sequel starting from "oh shit"
@@slighterpiper Or "Oh Fuck" ...either or.
Traveling worldwide for long time now Iceland is one my favorites.
Same here! I've just come back from iceland but I already want to go again. This little country is amazing
Brilliant photographer
"We gotta get out of here" while staying completely still 💀💀
I'll never forget my first trip to the beach
The Karen Diaries: ...at the Icelandic Beach, a notorious place they say. We were simply standing at the water's edge when the Sea decided to act inappropriately and manhandled us with some rough waves. I screamed in dismay and anger "OMG OMG OMG!" Hoping to put the Manager on duty on notice to do something, of course, he did nothing control the waves in this ridiculous, horrendous vacation spot. I am disgusted and will inform the local magistrates. End Diary note. Karen
“The Sea decided to act inappropriately….”?????????? You did ! and you are responsible for your life !!
@@giambattistalivi9657
Satire idiot...satire!!!!
@@giambattistalivi9657 I take it you never heard of sarcasm in your life?
@@jancihamara they haven’t
@@giambattistalivi9657 🤦r/whoooosh
What's up with all the people on CZcams lately who can't recognize even the most obvious humor or sarcasm, like where did you all come from?
It feels like they never saw the ocean and have zero knowledge of the power of waves
Giant wave almost sweeps everyone into the ocean.
"We've got to get out of here!"
Another giant wave violently crashes up ahead.
"Oh sh!t"
Yep, that's about right.
“We gotta get outa here!”
Also her: Stands there.
If I would see that wave I would already be gone
We were at this very beach yesterday and some people got knocked down by these waves. Luckily they were okay but could have ended much worse. Be smarter!
Great footage my friend 😅
I got over confident once in Panama. Decided to go past the reef for some snorkelling and all it took was one little wave to drag me helpless across the reef. I tore up my hands and arms pretty good trying to hold on. While I wasn’t actually in mortal danger I spent a couple weeks getting my slashes to close up. But that video. That is many orders of magnitude more than I would get near. Beautiful. Sure. Use a telephoto lens.
Wer nicht hören will, muß fühlen. Es wird dort ausdrücklich vor diesen Wellen gewarnt. 😊
Crazy people... Mother Nature is very strong in Iceland. Once we went outside to our garden during snowstorm... You can't walk, you cant see what is few meters in front of you. Never experience how it is with strong waves at beach, strong wind, heavy snowfall, if possible stay at home and take care.
I agree, but someone on here thinks it would be a good place to surf! These are the type of idiots that get rescuers killed!🙄🙄🙄
They watched it coming... Bet the sea was lovely and warm!
just how many times in 22 seconds can someone say oh my god ?
So scary.
So true, it really does happen!
I'll never understand why people do this...go too close...wait too long too retreat and more.... :(
Guys you need to be very, very careful here!! Never ever turn your back against the water. It looks harmless but it is one of the most dangerous beaches in the world. The waves literally sneak up on you and combined wind you may think you're safe on the sand but it can very easily drag you in!!
iCELAND is notorious for it's extremes / No messing around .
the saw that big wave coming but just stood there
never turn your back against the ocean.
I like this excellent country. Greetings to you from the Kingdom of Morocco
According to one Icelandic channel, Icelanders call this place "The Chinese Takeaway". Humour as black as the sand.
ive been here before but have never seen it happen
First, they got into a place that was not in a place experiencing normalized stable wave patterns. The way we calculate this distance is an average like 2x the distance of all activity. Those people would not be on the beach, not even a pro-diver belongs anywhere near the overall threat of these powerful waters. The physics that are colliding 20' under water in this are not showing or predictable at all. A good swimmer can get killed. I was a serious athlete at 20 yo 165 lbs, I could bench press 450lbs and run top speeds. I was 2 miles out in something much more tame, but I did see a 8' whirlpool within2' and I never swam like that in my life. It tugged on me and I exploded with all my power to get away from it. I saw an for 10 minutes to get 5' away from it. This was by at least 85% more tims than that water and it almost killed me.
At least the calmness of the strong rip tide in Cancun fooled me. How can you look at that water action and say "selfie"? Are you nutz!?
I really hope nobody died here. Everyone was at risk. This wasn't 6 Flags dude. You all almost said hello to the other side. I bet $1,000 that either hypothermia set in one someone or someone crapped their pants. That's all I'm saying. I would have known that you can't go near those waters because of the movement in the rocks was causing eccentric movement. It was powerful in every direction. That was a death trap man.
Early entrants for the Darwin awards.
I only now understand what our guide was very nervous and freaking out about people misbehaving at this beach. Because 2 days ago it was totally calm, no big waves, no wind and all caves were accessible without getting wet, because ocean level was like 100 meters from them.
Back then, when you were there, was it calm im asking because im curious
@@jackbaba- November 2022
A reminder, you always need to pay attention.
people don't though, do they. You see them on the streets, either listening to music or playing on their phones, walking out into traffic, falling down manholes. Common sense has gone out the window!👍🇬🇧
I live near some sneaky beaches. I always look at biggest flat patch of sand and never pass it.
Bro it was MASSIVE all I see is people who have never been to the beach learning how it works 😂
Darwin was right.
Damn. Bet they're absolutely freezing after that. Haha
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"They all got swept away, did you get their icy deaths on camera?"
"Yes, honey."
"Great, let's get out of here and post it before anyone else!"
Yep and that’s why I stay far away from the shore!
Its natural selection at its best
Its really bad that they don't listen to the tour guides and do this
The Strength of Nature
Natural selection.
Serves you all right.... Think yourselves lucky you weren't swept out to sea!!!!!!
i stood on that exact same spot 1 month prior to this video
First wave at Reynisfjara Beach?
People standing there not paying attention!!! Happens everywhere!
Nice ending.
Vid should be longer. Did they get swept into the sea?
They were okay afterwards, read the desc.
I imagine this was refreshing.
It seems like a lot of people in the video have never been to the sea before....
Waves on a beach, I’ll be damned.
I wonder what the water temperature was. Anything below 14 Celsius feels mind numbingly cold.
It’s a far walk back to the parking lot, and a far far drive back to the hotel. 😂
I always like a good laugh at the expense of tourists .
Except the kids though.
How did I know there would be an American accent proclaiming "OMG OMG OMG" in this clip...?
And that's why the waves there are called sneaker waves, I was there feb '20 and watched the same thing happen to 4 young teenagers, who had been warned several times by not just their own tour guide but ours as well and they just carried on as they knew better, ya know cos they are teenagers....
This is how nature weeds out the dumb ones. Don't fight it, folks.
These waves are so damn vicious 😂
Wave knocked down at least 6 people.
4 deaths last 10 years.
@@rufeilrahtieh7885 so crazy man yea a few of those waves almost snuck up on me too
@@rufeilrahtieh7885 No, 7 deaths in the last 10 years. A gentleman died in the waves earlier this week.
@@asbisi Sadly not the last one.
I bet that was cold AF
Imagine getting caught in that ice cold riptide
why is final boss music playing?
The sneaker waves is very dangerous!!
that wasn't a sneaker wave, they saw it coming and stood there just like idiots.
Growing up around the ocean you know about rip tides and to be careful. These tourists have no idea.
Good!