What is this "bar"?

A few advanced surfers/swimmers use the Grey River mouth to paddle up over the bar then surf back to Cobden shore. Plus dolphins to swim with, but advanced skill needed.

Obviously the grey mouth bar is dangerous but the Manukau bar is dangerous in a different way, from my experiences, i noticed when the tides coming in the waves are short and pointed and they leap up towards the bow quickly , and also the water under the boat dissapears and the boat falls a couple meters , but when you get right on the sweet spot on the bar the waves are leaping up in the air on the spot and bouncing off each other from the sides , its like the water in a bucket if you were jogging with a bucket of water, rather freaky are kind of frightning , because it moves unlike any sea conditions you've been in, and when the tides going out theres 15 foot waves sitting there in one spot rolling , rows and rows of them, and when we went over the bar on these occasions it was super calm in the harbor and out at sea, there were huge long swells out at sea though , they took like 6 seconds to go by and when you were in the trough you couldn't see the manukau heads hills, the depth went from 32 meters to 18 when the waves went by,

Whats more dangerous the Manukau Bar or a Bar in Manukau 🤔

Great Video, thanks for sharing

Man that boat holds the sea well with plenty of ballast to hold her.

We called these guys statistics when i was in the coast guard. Seen some real rough stuff on the Oregon coast

What a great documentary, thanks so much for putting it out there!

Trawlers are slow hence there most dangerous crossings are on the way in. Speed to keep on the back of the wave important. Trawlers are built and powered to take it on the nose recreational vessels that have excess of 22knots of power are fine coming in but most dangerous for them going out as waves that stand up break and flood the boat often blow out the windows and kill the motor/s. As the saying goes "it's the nut behind the wheel that sink boats"

WOW !! - I D - its vont know ... be these mates right or wrong on doing things - its way to easy to monday morning quarterback things. - (( Did any one else see what looks like a very large "fin" at time 3:27 thru 3:31 on the video time clock ?? ))

You will see it quite differently ...!!

NEVER LET IT SURF. If you can't stay on the back side of the swell, do what he ended up doing in the end. Wait off shore.

Chilling and true last words “ If you don’t learn from your mistakes the sea will take you" Unfortunately sometimes she takes you without giving you a chance to learn from your mistakes and the worst part is sometimes you can do everything right , and she still takes you.

We have all that information these days on our phones when at sea or planning a trip which is amazing but you still have to treat the sea with upmost respect even in good conditions,the west coast bars are legendary and deadly even today

That’s not Florida, that’s Fort Bragg ,California 1987

Very informative video.👍

I'm a sea dweller I love the sea but I will not work under this condition NFW

Too much yappin not enough ACTION!

The guy definitely has people chained in his basement

We're their saying Florida it's not it's on the west coast of the U.S. somewhere in the north west

Hangin out for one of these fax machines....

did he call the Olympics the alps

that first clip it noyo port its in Oregon

now I understand. incredible complexity.

what do they mean when they say bar? Do they mean like a sand bar? A shallow place in the sea?

He said the boats trying to make it to land? He wants to beach it? Was he on the beach? Is that what kept it from capsizing?

there was nothing but luck involved in this video! as soon as the wave picked up the boat and it began to yaw very little skill was involved and luck took over! by far the most dangerous situation a vessel can encounter! those of us who own boats ( and are professional captains) know that skill will only take you so far

some things are just to much,in this case waves or comment ?

Couldnt a bow thruster be used to try and prevent broaching when steerage is lost from the rudder at the stern? Apols if this is a stupid question, I dont know much about boats and my only experiences have been really fair weather, nothing like the bars in these vids. Just thought that some steerage from the front might help maybe if the vessel cant be steered from the stern.

u r great sir

You sir are correct it is Noyo =)

I am a commercial fisherman here in northern California. I recognize the harbor right away it is Noyo Harbor like warty2200 says. There is a longer video of this watch?v=Lku2Nzsq710

Let me rearrange your words for you U are out of ur mind, full stop. Which god do you think stopped what he/she/it was doing and helped out the skipper in this episode?

Not Florida. Looks like Noyo Harbor in Northern California. 99% luck.

Good Skipper

what an excell...vid..thanks for shareing this.i learn ssomething every day.

I"m sorry, The skipper was probably a very good one but it was pure damn luck that she came back on an even keel. I am sure the skipper gave it every opportunity to do so with his application of the thrust of the engine. He stayed at the helm, kept his head, fought to keep the boat on course, which is basically keeping it at ninty degrees to the wave action in this particular situation, and succeeded in overcoming the pressure of the following sea with aggressive handling of the steering.

MERICA!!!!!!!!

There should be a way to numerically quantify the conditions from the shore, that way it takes the emotion out of the decision. Each aspect should have a number rating that is a real measurement against a fixed reference. I'm also surprised that there are not webcams on shore that can be called up, that way you can watch the guy in front of you or at least see the conditions first hand.

I'm sitting here watching this series and realizing the biggest problem is all if these boats are way under powered for the conditions. He comments about the lack of flow over the rudder. If the prop is turning, there will be flow and the boat will steer. Size comparisons a small speed boat has little trouble in high waves, as it can easily climb or run with the waves. I've driven a jet ski over a bar, and it was a blast. Not scary at all, because you can power over anything.

,,Peterbilt

I love it that part 1 starts in part 2 :-)

Man thats some serious weather

what a kook

I live in Indiana but I visit Florida between 4-8 times every year. I have NEVER seen waves a fifth that size, and I go on all-day deep-sea fishing trips every time I'm down there. Where exactly was this in Florida? This is incredible!

Very informative and well taught. Thank you, Sir.

Two things: 1. Hope he didn't spill his coffee... Next, would my walmart raft make it?

Nice music...

@fishin1111 I think being skillful in a foolish situation is a bit of a contradiction - Number 1 rule when entering a river / crossing a bar is to have enough power to keep up with the waves - that boat couldn't hence the broach - if the wave he broached on had refaced or stood up, it would have spun and capsized in a second - the skipper had very little control, which is never good. imo

90% skill and experience, 10% luck, without a working brain and hands for split second reaction, the boat would have capsize....im a skipper myself and experienced a near capsized before....