Black Rock River - Part 2 - Mahlongwa River Breach

Part 2 of the natural breach of the Black Rock ( Mahlongwa) river on the Natal South Coast - KZN - South Africa.
Sorry about some of the audio and video quality . A wet phone ,although fully waterproof , made the mic and lens hazy at times.
I still laugh at some of my own narration of the event.

[@carloshernandez-xy1eu]

He's still recording part 3

[@abhishekkumarboby2937]

and he will upload it in 2021

[@isaaccoleman7534]

Lmaoo

[@vgfxworks]

glad he shared this anyway.. I suppose the ocean pushes the sand back in one night and close it till the river breaks it again and so on.. look for the waimea beach river break video here on yt.

[@imanhaikal0715]

@@abhishekkumarboby2937 its alr 2021

[@abhishekkumarboby2937]

@@imanhaikal0715 eagerly waiting for the part-3 upload 😂

[@MadTad]

Me as a kid: HOLD THE LINE! HOOOOLD THE LIINE! *dropping more and more sand where the water tries to penetrate*

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

You just summarized every single summer of my childhood in two sentences. Take my like, you monster.

[@andreasapei2859]

After having made a ditch for the water to go through

[@Oryyyt]

definitetly me 🤣

[@pavel9652]

I was wondering if this could have been stopped? Looks like at the beginning when water was just about to penetrate it would be possible, but I am not sure for how long. It would require quite a bit of sand anyway., Chances are it would find a weak spot somewhere else.

[@DrJohnners]

This was me last weekend, on my own, aged 48, while my wife sat 50m away shaking her head.

[@rickastley3033]

hard to believe that this started as a tiny little stream of water

[@GYM829]

175 subscribers with no videos LMFAO

[@Nick-lx4fo]

@@GYM829 make that 176

[@rickastley3033]

@@GYM829 ye lol now s u b

[@GYM829]

@@rickastley3033 if you sub to me then sure

[@atlash]

this "stream" is probably now a proper river lol

[@Bako751]

"All the fish get to go free" Fish: proceed to die due to sudden massive change in sodium levels

[@spangy2108]

Exactly what I was going to say

[@Myne1001]

Some fish can survive in both types of water. A lot of species that live in river estuaries have to adapt to changing sodium levels

[@davidsteer8142]

Sodium levels are the last thing I’d be worried about if I was washed out. By the time this video ended, every big predator species was lining up in that gutter waiting for the smorgasbord. I was quietly thinking to myself what I’d give to be there on that beach flicking lures into that patch where the river and sea waters meet.

[@Shaden0040]

Fish that live in the deltas of rivers are euryhaline, and can handle the saline level changes.

[@IronMan-kt1lb]

*Laughs in Salmon*

[@howardbaxter2514]

Imagine you walked across that area a few hours ago to visit a friend and then you comeback and see a river flowing where you had walked over.

[@yourboimi]

That would be funny

[@christiandietz6341]

Hold my staff! (Moses)

[@nicolaspalcat3772]

Now,I'm Depressed!

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

OOF

[@LightWaIker]

Reminds me of Into the Wild.

[@nicotherabbit2987]

What did the ocean say to thank the river? ------------ I appreciate the sediment.

[@Bozbaby103]

.groans Good one, but...groans

[@kathythomas7371]

Nico The Rabbit 😹

[@chuumon95]

Nico The Rabbit I don’t get it.

[@chuumon95]

William Casey Oh! Now I get it. Really funny. Though it sounds like a joke Fozzie Bear would use.

[@zacharyhentze64]

That’s anti-sediment

[@jayrutherford5903]

Legend has it he’s still stuck on that rock

[@worldpeaceisthegoal5560]

Lol

[@Kringspiermusketier]

My father: Son do something with your life, you're almost 42. Me: looking at videos of collapsing beaches on KZbin.

[@abliviustrey]

Bruh

[@mistseeker388]

relatable

[@captainjackpugh6050]

Holy shit that’s depressing as fuck

[@captainjackpugh6050]

Do you actually not have a job? What kind of education do you have?

[@Ningei]

Aaand 100 likes for you!

[@Suspicious0bservers]

"Don't play with nature... it'll sort you out." --- best thing I've heard since my college roommate said "It's no durbin poison but I'm high as a giraffe ass right now."

[@djackson006]

Suuuuup. Would love to see you debate some of the ppl who think electric universe model is on par with flat earth. Professor Dave has been talking shit about Safire specifically, but you were mentioned to. Calling you a lawyer profiting from uneducated stoners. Speaking as an un programmed stoner, "fight, fight, fight, fight" 🍻

[@ianbagass7798]

😎😎😎

[@KateDenthimamai]

Yet he messed with it instead of letting nature do it on its own lol

[@christopherstein2024]

@@KateDenthimamai he didn't

[@ryanvess6162]

Dude I'm so glad I found this post 🤣

[@robvernon2459]

only took 15 months to upload part 2. how'd you do it so fast? 😂

[@Hephaestus_God]

lol

[@hasinoltabar1925]

Wonder if next year will be part 3

[@calgon8013]

He was on the wrong side of the river...!

[@Jay-ly4jj]

Ha

[@krashvandicoot8126]

He uses Internet Explorer.

[@MilesProwerHere]

POV: You're in the Mediterranean during the Messinian period seeing the Gibraltar breach

[@gabrielcollstefoni7765]

exactly my thoughts when i saw this hahahah

[@dr.julianbashir9193]

POV: You're a regular Tartarian with a passion for letting the water work for you.

[@pavel9652]

Thanks for the reminder! I read about it a few years ago ;)

[@user-ft9ul5ul5v]

Or Bosphorus breach. Black Sea already was there as a lake, but 100~300 meters below the current levels

[@IanCummings]

This gives a good insight on how it went with the forming of the Gibraltar Straits and the flooding of the Mediterranean - but scaled up massively of course. If you look at satellite maps of that area you'll note that the cut of the land is similar, and the deepening bowl just before and just after the pinch point matches the flow effect in the video. Fascinating!!!

[@howardchambers9679]

I liked that without bothering to check if you're correct.

[@timothydonlan9112]

Very similar for the Black Sea.

[@monterrang1]

honestly I'd rather imagine it started like this, only to go way beyond as it went on & on

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

It would of been a site to see. :0

[@pavel9652]

How long it took to flood the Mediterranean sea? I read about it, but don't recall many details. It must have taken a while depending on the breach size, the breached material and the water level difference.

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

At the end I was hoping he'd say "oh shit, I'm parked over there"

[@johnwpelfrey]

I think the awesome part of this whole thing was the fact you filmed it from the very beginning. What an apropos occasion

[@talionescu52]

Seeing this after part 1 really puts things into perspective...

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

My 6 year old brain: sTOp iT, It'S gOiNG tO DrY tHE eNTirE rIveR

[@pls.8792]

😂😂😂

[@MrKristian252]

wow, what started as a small little way for the water, turned into a semi-dangerous stream of water. Love it

[@715SF]

Semi-dangerous? Dat shit is dangerous-dangerous

[@skimaskedabi]

@@715SF nah its not at all dangerous people (children included) surf and bodyboard on these kind of river flows all the time as theyre essentially a stationary wave lol

[@assassin_5656]

@@skimaskedabi and Dozens of people die due to drowing from that exact activity every year

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@skimaskedabi stationary waves ARE dangerous...

[@soreloser2798]

Thats a rip current on great white shark testosterone, and a storms coming in, and there’s a cold front. If you’re lucky enough not to hit the rocks, with or without a life vest, you would probably die if you fell in that.

[@TheCosmosagan]

The level hasn't dropped. Its a river that probably continues for miles at the same level.

[@stormchaserfromhome7424]

It seems so on Google maps

[@dallaswood4117]

Yeah I laughed when he said that like dude not only is the volume of that river incredible but it is also constantly flowing so any “lost” volume is immediately replaced and then some

[@justinkennedy3004]

@@dallaswood4117 please think about what you say. Water levels change very easily, even affected by the moon. A breach this size absolutely will change the water level, maybe an amount you don't find interesting but the guy who filmed it seems to have an appreciation for the magnitude of this river. Even a micron change is represents a huge amount of energy.

[@andrewroberts7428]

@@dallaswood4117 there's absolutely nothing wrong with being curious about the world around you and guessing at conclusions about its nature, even if they're incorrect and unfounded. what's truly awful is mocking those who demonstrate that curiosity without appreciating their desire to know more, and instead of offering derision, offering help and knowledge you might possess so they can reach a more informed conclusion.

[@luciustarquiniuspriscus1408]

5km. It's a small river.

[@KhyroOfficial]

Lets just watch this satisfying video and appreciate that he recorded this on landscape

[@GP-gh5vy]

The river fish: And that kids is how i met your mother xD

[@vimalchevdawala7303]

What?

[@kevinv.m.94]

@@vimalchevdawala7303 One parent came from the river, the other came from the sea. They had children.

[@gauravshah4857]

@@kevinv.m.94 lol

[@dalmatiangirl61]

Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better. Tao Te Ching

[@LazyMonkey24]

Next year you should put up a tripod and just do an hour or 2 long time lapse

[@pulakification]

John Michael Kilcrease no time lapse.. real time 3-4 hour video..

[@existentialist1539]

@@pulakification 🤣🤣

[@thorr18BEM]

@@pulakification you mean you want a real-time stream next time of this real stream?

[@KevinBenecke]

I'd like to see a real-time video of it wash it out all of the way across.

[@HOSWELL444]

Imagine seeing this dude down the beach filming this , then coming back 15 months later and he’s still there

[@sanjaiv405]

I think this the only video on youtube with drastic changes in almost evry passing second.. combine part 1 and 2. Great recomendation after all these years. Couldnt skip at all lol..

[@shirleysenkler781]

You were so lucky to be able to catch this from the beginning. Seeing how fast that little trail on top of the sand (part 1) went to this is fascinating. Thank you for recording it.

[@-tee--bee-3230]

Of course, he was able to catch it from the beginning, on video!🤤🤤🤤. He made it happen!

[@maiaglen93]

@@-tee--bee-3230 if you saw part one, he didn't make it happen

[@-tee--bee-3230]

@@maiaglen93 your right! My fault!

[@anjeroxjp]

wish there was a part 3, could watch this for hours. Something so satisfying about seeing the water eat away the sand

[@chrisstiff4734]

I'm hip to that statement!!!! The sounds of the rushing water just calmed me right down, but the visual of that breach was intense too say the least! I've never witnessed such an event before!

[@Triggernlfrl]

The river flows into the sea anyway...

[@rjsavage7228]

​@@Triggernlfrl the science of watching the river and ocean create a siphon with eachother is awsome .wouldve liked to see another 5mins ....the weir rapids had just flattened out meaining it had matched flow speed with the out going tide draw ... the ocean level would have joinned the river hieght, totally against the time of the tide in the area of the connection

[@digitalhouse6969]

legends say he is still recording part 3 and will upload it in 2029

[@matthewehritz3544]

"And though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea"

[@brucewilliams8714]

Not in Australia. Massive rains in Queensland flow south to Lake Eyre and Lake Torrens, but not often.

[@shakesmctremens178]

Those camera skills are unparalleled.

[@dantefalls2156]

Steady hand.

[@NoCoBandit]

How he almost purposely misses the two biggest washouts on his side is pure art.

[@kipdon]

whaaa. you shoulda went yourselves and filmed it then!

[@johnhuwowens8683]

Shakes McTremens w

[@gabrielh5105]

@Blind Freddy shoulda goes

[@Sahadi420]

The best breach on youtube. No digging.......pure nature. From zero water reaching the ocean, to full stream. And you were the only one there.

[@My_NameJeff]

Can't believe it started with a trickle of water

[@kookwater456]

"Don't play with nature, boys. It will sort you out." Duly noted

[@bunnyfufu7578]

I would of loved to see this in person... great video

[@benrotstein]

Stephanie Perez would have*

[@bunnyfufu7578]

Ben Rotstein I would have loved to see this In person

[@MorrisHGT]

You can see him, the part that he blow the lens haha

[@nymenris2821]

You did see the video In person unless you watched a reaction of this video lol

[@justinbaas843]

I wish I could have should have seen been there in live person now then .yeah

[@redpoole9323]

Love to watch water carve its way where ever it wants to go. Awesome video

[@BradfordGuy]

You know it's cold when your breath fogs up the camera lens! *Thanks for part 2!* It is awesome to see this part of nature work its miracles. Going from the first trickle over the top, to a deep, fast, deluge, certainly creating an undertow in the surf. That would have been a dangerous place to be if one fell in! Glad you stayed safe on the rocks.

[@spamh8r1007]

Yes! I found part 2!! Thank you for uploading. It's beautiful out there. It's absolutely amazing and terrifying at the same time.

[@louisvantonder8155]

To be there when something like this starts is something special thanks Wayne.

[@digester2427]

That was awesome ! Your video should get a science award for catching a natural sand levee breech from the very beginning . To see the breech open up and turn into a white water rapid in such a short amount of time was unreal . I wish your could have continued to record more footage of the draining of the river . A nice finish would have been riding a A.T.V. on the drained river bed from the levee all the way upstream while recording things like erosion, debris, and any watercraft left high and dry. Good work, let's have a followup video showing some of the results from this all natural process.

[@wayneeaston2394]

Digester 24 Thanks you so much for the compliments. 👍🏻

[@hebneh]

The river doesn't get completely dry in this process. It keeps flowing even after the sand has been breeched.

[@kenwelch198]

Amazing video! I came across this because I watched a similar video from Laguna beach where some kids dug the starting trench and it turned into a huge torrent of water with surfers riding the wave. I was worried about the damage they caused but I see it was a natural phenomenon that they simply helped along.

[@Wintercourse]

Imagine suddenly seeing bodies rushing out to the ocean.

[@Oryyyt]

wtf

[@Exe3D]

You okay bud 😭 no more internet for a while okay lol

[@Wintercourse]

@@Exe3D It's how my mind operates! You know there is at least bare minimum a body down there.

[@mikesmechanical1102]

Look it up. Big swimming day out at the beach in SA and after they all left people started washing up.

[@Exe3D]

Mike's Mechanical when

[@123TauruZ321]

"Now we're cooking" Hahaha ^^ In that South African dialect, which sound very funny to me ^^ Yeah, i can't believe it, 95% of all hand held phone videos are shaky as shit, but this one is absolutely terrific. I can watch this without scrambling my brain. Thank you very much! You're brave to go so near it ^^ Imagine you was flushed out to sea!

[@prich0382]

He might of turned on KZbin video stabilization which helps a lot

[@diceyr6056]

Weirdly satisfying.

[@jayson16]

Watching people fingering slimes are weirdly satisfying

[@soda4765]

@@jayson16 That's not satisfying at all

[@jayson16]

@@soda4765 that depends on people's taste some might not like it and others do

[@soda4765]

@@jayson16 Yeah ik...

[@IronMan-kt1lb]

I wish they put things like this on the oddly satisfying videos instead of the stupid rolling balls.

[@nuclearcasserole]

thank you for keeping your wits while being there at the time these events took place. Very well done! As this was a once in a lifetime event for you, it is now a once in a lifetime event for many others.

[@MrWc867]

This is a prime example why you never tell ANYONE about your secret alternate backroads when traffic jambs happen.

[@bethroesch2156]

Better than an episode of National Geographic!!! Absolutely crazy. You were lucky to have caught this. Thanks for sharing ✌️

[@brandtbrat3]

Thank you for this. It was amazing and beautiful and if it had been an hour long I would have watched it to the very end.

[@Anonymous-wj6et]

Aw 😊

[@16echo101stI]

It's so relaxing watching the awesome power of nature. I always liked to watch the interaction of water and sand together in the tidal zones. This is beautiful to watch. Thank you for sharing.

[@chrislodge7437]

Seen this at least 10× and still watch when ever it pops up. Amazing!!

[@JamieS1992]

we have a place near me where the river is not connected now and again it joins itself sometimes people do it themselves when the river starts to smell and the water look bad but while its open and flowing there is some really good fishing to be had

[@CBeard849]

An amazingly progressive demonstration of the power of water and gravity. Thanks!

[@barbarawashington844]

Chris Beard - and I read a comment in a thread the other day where someone said they didn't believe in gravity! Now I'm used to the folks that say the earth is flat, but no gravity? I asked her if she was willing to test that belief from the top of a 30 story building. No response yet, lol. I'm beginning to rejoice when I see comments from a normal person.

[@a2thee270]

Barbara Washington so density couldnt be a factor?

[@howardbaxter2514]

A2theE2 density is the number of particles within a given volume. Density is not a force, nor will ever be a force. Buoyancy is also related to gravity and a force called normal force. You learn all about this basic stuff in elementary, middle, and high school.

[@a2thee270]

howard baxter simple experiment. Create a vacuum chamber put water in it turn said vacuum on till you reach a zero gravity environment the water will stay at the bottom. Water always seeks its lowest point with or without your unicorn gravity

[@batron6030]

Chris Beard the power within

[@susangallagher986]

Thank you so much for recording this!! I’m enjoying so much! I have never seen how the river can break through to the ocean before. I can imagine the beginnings of canyons, Niagara Falls, the Straight of Gibraltar, etc.

[@debraolivier2147]

I remember watching this some time ago and really enjoyed it. Glad i stumbled upon it again - enjoyed it just as much second time round. Great stuff, thank you.

[@SSArt98]

How much longer did it last? Did you stay and watch? Kind of wish there was a part 3 and more! _Thanks for sharing!_ *James*

[@404killer]

lmao no reply

[@rj6110]

Owen Terry im pretty sure these are on a cycle

[@touchm100]

SSArt98 You actin cringe af, it was a joke. Just changed name but okay, ”SSArt98”

[@yannick0752]

It never stopped and still running today

[@wayneeaston2394]

Hi James. Many thanks for the kind words. I stayed for another 10-15 minutes. There was a big storm pushing up the coast and I was the only one there so wanted to get back to my car parked +-3km down the beach. I'm glad I stuck around to see it overflow. Keep well. 👍🏻 W

[@vaylonkenadell]

"Don't play with nature, boys." That's solid life advice right there.

[@yeahimere9631]

Vaylon Kenadell. It's an estuary river, and this is a natural event that should happen to estuary rivers all over the world about once a year, if it doesn't happen, due to a low river level caused by insufficient seasonal rainfalls upstream, or an unusually high sandbar, then the local coastal management authority will breach the sandbar with an excavator if necessary, to prevent the estuary turning into stagnant blackwater, due to plant matter falling into the river and accumulating in the estuary, also to allow thousands of sea creatures into the estuary to breed, and to prevent flooding of properties around the estuary. Type in - "Terrigal River breach" for an example of this.

[@animeguy7192]

You shouldn't help it though.

[@neilmcmahon]

Doe that mean that girls can ?

[@yeahimere9631]

Animeguy71. Why not? There's no harm done whatsoever.

[@hoot1141]

This is so amazing to see. Thank you for recording this for everyone to see the beautiful cycle of life.

[@srrk3500]

I've never seen anything like this. Thank for posting.

[@mrrevolution2878]

A very satisfying video. Thank you for sharing.

[@wakargamingyt]

River be like lemme change the direction of the waves 😂😂😂🌊

[@powerq21]

This is awesome. From a tiny trickle to a gushing torrent! Amazing! I live in KZN and have never seen the actual moment of breach. Thanks for posting!

[@JasonKechely]

Incredible. Fantastic timing, thank you for sharing!

[@str1xt]

Freezing g cold at 12.oc. that's summer time in the U.K 😂

[@scelofakazi3032]

Yeah well it's South Africa here... we have proper weather the sunshines most of the time XD

[@double0hsnap538]

New York here. I was like 12°C ain't freezing lol we wear shorts in that weather!

[@alidaboettcher7376]

At 39°C I am still comfortable working.

[@zacheryhowell4230]

I am a Floridian, it is hot and muggy here, it never gets below 30 degrees F, to us weather in the 60s F is freezing

[@awildfilingcabinet6239]

Sorry, I had to miss school here in Minnesota. Reason? It was -50f with the windchill. At least it warmed up a bit from yesterday

[@Psychol-Snooper]

I started one of these at the Malibu Lagoon as a child. Very satisfying.

[@auditamplifier8493]

I'm so glad you kept recording... incredible! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jonaeflure]

I'm so glad I checked to see if you uploaded a 2nd part. No stopping mother nature once she's decided.

[@overthehills_faraway8320]

That's how the Grand Canyon was formed it began as waterfall on edge of draining lake and just kept eroding away. It happened relatively short time.

[@scootergrant8683]

Except this is eroding and re-filling in a cycle.

[@Justin_Bank]

overthehills_faraway eeeeeeeehhhhh not really

[@tornadomash00]

a better example would be how the mediterranean sea formed

[@gstutje]

At least we learned why it's called Black Rock River.

[@gayathrichandrashekar2778]

Oh it's so nice 😍 to watch the River , happily running and joining her beloved ❤ sea .Thanks for the vedio.

[@chrissgraniteparadise2656]

Very cool, thanks for taking the time to capture both videos. I was just thinking about the Mediterranean, but Ian commented great on it below. Awesome example!

[@saggyai7950]

people the next day on the bridge be like: "yo where the water at?"

[@USNVA11]

It's a fish water slide ! Yeeeehaaaw ! 🤣

[@VonDrak-gk7gm]

its a fish death slide ! Yeeeehawwwww !

[@Suspect002]

To their deaths because they are freshwater fish

[@jocabulous]

put a net there and you'll eat for months

[@jimmycw]

Thank you for share this awesome moment ! Loved.

[@kirkhenry3867]

Great video! Water is wonderful but scary with so much force , truly incredible. Thank you for sharing!

[@eugenetiffany937]

Talk about being in the right time... that is, referring to part one.

[@TheJhtlag]

Kinda guessing he started it conveniently closer to the rocks

[@syrenet]

pretty much like any rpg main characters, starts are little squirt and over time becomes this ungodly thing that can over power anything.

[@CaptainEdMercer]

syrenet haha good analogy.

[@Hxrb]

also shounen-anime main character.

[@stephaniesmith7317]

Awesome! Right then, right there, WOW that is an amazing amount of natural earth energy. The ocean is always powerful, ebb & flow of the tides combined with breaking waves on & off shore charges the water with life. Same type of power in rivers. Most notedly large rivers especially during snow melt & spring rainy season. When we are able to be in the vicinity of such a combining of these two types of natural hydro energy it is palpable. Pretty neat stuff I tell ya!🏞🏖🌊

[@ethelwilson1450]

This is a magnificent visual of what the breach at Gibraltar might have looked like from tiny trickle to mighty raging. Congratulations for the effort.

[@jlhunter5390]

The Google image makes me think maybe this river only breaches at certain times of the year and doesn't always flow?

[@barbarawashington844]

JL Hunter I was wondering that too! Maybe it goes dry & only reaches the ocean part of the year. Seems weird to me, but I live in a land of lots of rain, and mountains with snowmelt. Rivers don't run dry in the great PNW! :-)

[@snepNL]

Barbara Washington once a year it breaches

[@katrinachioson]

JL Hunter s

[@scelofakazi3032]

KZN is known for its droughts there's a lack of water because of the temperature. So yeah that's why it barely occurs

[@bdoglance]

yeah was going to say. as soon as i looked it up and saw it basically looks like there is/was a wall of beach blocking the end of the river from the Ocean

[@StonyRC]

You caught it at the perfect time - amazing to see it start slow and increase in volume ever faster as the amount of energy built up. Great video Mate.

[@albertoalmeida3424]

This is cool. Everytime I see a river close to the beach I will try to do that. You are just helping the nature doing that.

[@samael335]

Thanks for standing out in the cold and rain to film this. It's pretty incredible.

[@dzspdref]

Wife: "Hi honey, so anything interesting happen today?" ... Him: "Not much I just made the Malongwa river go in the opposite direction and created a new one, that's all. How about you?"

[@ReneeWardRealtor]

thank you Wayne 👏

[@CanyonWanderer]

Wow, after seeing the start of Part 1 I would never have expected it to end with such volume ... Nature can be so impressive

[@blackfriarsffc5232]

Excellent catch, mate! Thanks for the post! Greetings from Canada

[@c182SkylaneRG]

Hydraulics are amazing, and there's something so satisfying about watching soft sand erosion.

[@ffggddss]

Had to keep wondering what was off to your left there - what was your remaining escape route? Also, what was the final state of this flow event, and how long did it take to drain as much as was going to drain from that river? It looks like the near part of the river is pretty shallow, so there was rather high sand under it, that would have to be washed away before any serious draining of the deeper parts of the river could happen. Like it could've taken days to finish. Fred

[@zozoromeognoka9550]

Thanks for this awesome video man, and thanks for being steady with the camera !!!

[@RoberttAvro]

Cool videos Wayne, thanks for posting.

[@astrinymris9953]

Never underestimate the power of moving water. It's incredible.

[@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954]

That and electricity...

[@darkracer1252]

and then when it's giant and too dangerous to cross. remember the car is parked on the other side

[@roblostandlate.6005]

darkracer125. Nah, after a while it'll be as wide as the river itself, and only ankle deep.

[@darkracer1252]

only ankle deep? somehow i doubt that

[@roblostandlate.6005]

darkracer125. Why? When the breach widens out as wide as the river, the sand can't get any lower than what the normal beach sand is already. This is a natural event, and it usually happens annually, after the wet season. In my home town of Terrigal River, the river does this about once a year, and after a day or so it turns into a 200 metre wide, very shallow, and gentle flowing waterway that joins the sea. Sometimes the local council has to use digging machinery to breach the sandbar, in order to stop flooding around the estuary. I'm sorry I can't provide any links, 'cause I don't know how, but type this in to see it - Terrigal river opens up live This is only one video, filmed by a local man, of the local council breaching the sand bar about 12 months ago. Because the estuary level is up to maximum again now, and still hasn't breached the sandbar naturally, the council will do it again within the next week.

[@ronindebeatrice]

darkracer125 Even if he crossed in the ocean it would only require a little wading.

[@sosweetbaby4]

@@darkracer1252 theres rivers meeting the ocean in Puerto Rico too n is shallow after the rain

[@ruthfannin9990]

This was so wonderful to watch. Thank you for posting

[@carni1233]

That was too cool and you are able to catch it from the beginning way cool thanks for sharing man that was awesome!

[@Edcognito]

Any chance to get a look at the area now and see what it looks like after?

[@wayneeaston2394]

Ed Riker When I go past there again I will definitely have a look and let you know all know. 👍🏻 we have had a lot of summer coastal rainfall so I'm sure it's breached a few times this season already.

[@adamkilam]

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[@daboss8590]

Adam Malik not sure how you found that, but thanks

[@hebneh]

This process repeats itself regularly in all such places in the world. When the river is low, the ocean currents can move the sand across the mouth of the river to create the beach. When there's a lot of rain and the river gets high, then eventually the river water will flow over the sand and wash it away. Then the river level gets low enough for the sand to return. Repeat indefinitely.

[@johnarizona3820]

Thank you for sharing. God bless you brother!

[@amacuro]

Amazing beautiful stuff. Can watch all day.

[@drZoidberg1969]

That escalated quickly 😄 Hope you're on a good side of a river... great video

[@mikecurtis1111]

1:40 you literally get to watch a low head dam and hydraulic jump form.

[@DibDibbersen]

Up to now (25.03.18) 194 Folks disliked a Video from a Man who captured a river breaking through into the ocean ... what the heck is wrong with those people?

[@TBlanktim]

That was neat to watch. Thanks for recording this event. It happens in my hometown also.

[@dockmasterted]

Great video my friend!........ It shows the power of water for sure eh.