Huge 55 Foot Swell At Sharks Cove - February 22 2016

[@lesco09418]

I lived in Maui when I was a kid and it was in the winter months and they would call high surf advisory on the radio and my brother and me would ride our bikes to Kehei Beach and witness the biggest waves we've ever seen in our lives. I'll never forget how massive those things were.

[@gonorrheabreath3774]

Wow! The waves are absolutely relentless! It's beautiful and frightening at the same time.

[@ishenichole7340]

What i thought too

[@drewx123]

sublime

[@louisanthony266]

The cameras never do these waves any justice, in real life these things are terrifyingly huge

[@amberbryeans114]

Louis Anthony I bet they are. I backed away from my phone was like damn 😯

[@jasonwoodbury3717]

Do you Know where sharks cove is?

[@evandisher6656]

I wish I knew how to reference it but I’ve never seen big waves in my life

[@uswtlt13]

Louis Anthony moo mlm

[@richardfoutch1454]

@@jasonwoodbury3717 North Shore Hawaii. Past Waimea Bay, almost across the street from Foodland

[@wlieu12]

There must be a dormant section of the human brain that is activated by the cellphone camera that transforms humans into zombie picture takers, no matter what.

[@trentwhitney3095]

you must be so much fun to be around

[@SilentKnight43]

@@trentwhitney3095 lol...wonders why he's not invited to more parties

[@MeryKeit]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who was thinking it. Like don’t people just watch at things any more and...idk...remember them with their brains and not the cellphones?

[@SilentKnight43]

@Careful Icarus Tell us where the bad man touched you.

[@SilentKnight43]

@Careful Icarus Likely never met your own either.

[@mikemccourt6225]

When the lip is falling in 'slow motion' - you know it's huge

[@waynelkduarte45]

Yes 55 feet is huge

[@Aromatic-ring]

Nah that’s just offshore wind

[@davidh1249]

That's what she said......

[@Aromatic-ring]

@@davidh1249 Explain sir

[@paulh7589]

Mike McCourt, I never thought of that. You make perfect sense.

[@KateDenthimamai]

Amazing waves, I could stand on those rocks watching this the entire day.

[@rajanacharekar4063]

Me too😃

[@guidedmeditation2396]

I hope all the sharks are okay.

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

They sounds magnificent!

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

@@guidedmeditation2396 sharks are able to ride waves.

[@Mama03514]

Pretty sure I won't see you on one of those rocks if I checked at night

[@devildawg1065]

Did a scuba dive at this beach in around 1988. Steve's dive shop out of Honolulu took my wife and I as well as a couple from the U.K. to this location back around 1988 . I remember them telling me you can only scuba dive this area two months of the year because of the ginormous waves and currents that batter this area on the north side of the island the rest of the year. We were fortunate to be there during that two month period that year and were able to dive the caves. I had the best most memorable dive of my life. They instructed us to hold one hand out in front after we surfaced when working our way back to the beach. Holding the arm out was to protect you from being planted face first into the rocks during the inbound wave push.There was still a very strong current and surf and it was a struggle trying to swim against the outgoing wave when attempting to get to shore . Then the inbound wave would thrust you through the water at a really high rate of speed . Unfortunately one of our dive masters , a young lady made contact and received a laceration to her forehead needing several sutures to close it . I also remember asking after the dive on the return trip the name of the beach and that's when we were told it was sharks cove. Before we left we were told we'd be diving the north shore and would have the rare opportunity to dive the caves . Glad I didn't ask and they didn't tell me beforehand.

[@someguy5035]

It is a great dive site when you can get in there. Just don't get caught in the lava tubes.

[@danyeo]

I’ve snorkeled there plenty of times. Definitely more than a 2 month window. It’s just mostly Winter when the waves are this big. Spring thru Fall it’s an incredible dive/snorkeling spot. Only downfall is how crowded it gets.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

crystal clear water on the north side! I've been down there.

[@Stefanthenautilus]

1:33 You can faintly hear some dude living his best life right then

[@winstonc8510]

sounds like he let out a big diarrhea

[@claucara-joanjettfan3984]

@@winstonc8510 🤣🤣💀💀

[@philippides]

Not only were these waves staggering to witness in person but the contrast was staggering as well. A lot of days, the surf in shark's cove doesn't get more than a couple feet high. To go back literally one week later to this usually hospitable place where you have walked and swam and played and see 60 foot waves is a feeling that's hard to describe

[@antonioromao5681]

Where are the 60 foot waves? Have you seen the 80 feet waves of Nazaré? They are almost three times bigger than these!

[@whatif2336]

Wowwww!!!

[@dpqbpqbdpqbpqb4754]

The wave was 55 coconuts tall

[@Masterberry1948]

dpqbpqb dpi...aww, the hell with it. You there, walk up the page a bit. soulerflare7 is looking for you.

[@theguire]

Coconuts...Hilarious!!

[@EdjeMr1975]

I whould say .. jump in and you will find out

[@hawaiianitedivah]

Haha nah' "HIGH TIDE" with 12'ft face. Lol

[@tommygun4752]

dpqbpqb dpqbpqb tourists never listen

[@andrewsercer9538]

Good to see I'm not so crazy for being just fascinated by big waves. My family always made fun of me for spending hours at a time watching waves.

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

Waves have fascinated me as well! I was fortunate enough to have been able to learn to surf. It's the greatest thing I've ever done other than be a father. Hoping to get back into it soon. Have you had the chance to surf?

[@andrewsercer9538]

@Salvitori Popadillo. Nope, I've lived my whole life inland. But my mom and dad took our family to a beach for vacation twice in my childhood and that's about it. I live near a small lake so it's nothing really but when it gets really windy, which it does often where I live, I go visit the shore and soak it all in. Closest I've been to surfing is water-skiing... tried it once but failed miserably lol

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

@@andrewsercer9538 Well I appreciate a non surfer having a natural love to just looking at waves! That's awesome. I was born in Australia but grew up in Minnesota. I grew up reading surfer magazine that my uncle and cousin would send me but I too was as far inland in every direction you could get doing my best with the water skiing. We didn't own a boat so there wasn't much consistency. That's another thing I learned about surfing. If you want to learn you have to be somewhere where the waves are consistent. Good chatting. Peace ✌️

[@marktwain380]

Wow, the eternal ocean, been rolling and rolling magnificently since the earth began. Respect the ocean and all who live in it for it is beautiful, awe inspiring, life- giving and we would be sorry arses without it.

[@willyboy6126]

True...and I love your books ; )

[@commenter7893]

Wrong. The Earth was a ball of fire when it began, if Im not mistaken.

[@CharlesBecket]

It's like the rocks at water's edge have been polished smooth from centuries of surf. It's quite overwhelming.

[@brooksanderson2599]

RADIO High wave warning! Joe Sixpack. Honey, lets take the kids to the shore and take some closeup photos. LOL!

[@CharlesBecket]

And let's get on the 6 o'clock news by going out too far and getting rescued by the Coast Guard.

[@jacmusic1111]

Lol 😂

[@susanolson3611]

The row of weird plants at the edge look like they are from Star Trek TOS. lol

[@ImMarius1]

*The tsunami in the behind coming be like: Hi sisters!*

[@Randy-le6ub]

😂😂😂😂

[@jadox21]

P

[@ImMarius1]

@@Randy-le6ub xd

[@RuanAntunes7]

Tsunami? This was not even close to being one

[@wjatube]

I love going to the North Shore of Oahu to watch the natives dive off the rocks and cliffs into the tide. You can tell in their calm reactions that they've done this their entire lives. Amazing.

[@charvie1147]

Humans: *We are the most Supreme being on earth.Nothing can stop us!* Nature: *"How cute"*

[@victorwashington7306]

lol!

[@frederickwilliam140]

Who speaks like that ?

[@martinwalsh4820]

You bet not the day to be clamming lol

[@poitoulibre636]

Where and when is that at ?

[@dkm016]

I'm lovin these natural selection videos..

[@TimoDyer]

30 foot waves max. Look up Nazare, Portugal wave vids for 50-90 foot waves and compare.

[@jonathanstrauss2083]

those waves are incredibly scary massive

[@willwagner2252]

People have no idea what a 50' wave really looks like. These are 20' max and probably not that. In general terms look at a building with five stories and you will see how really high that is. But I did enjoy watching the video. Thanks for posting.

[@Alohadunebuggy]

will wagner actually they are about 40 for the most part, there is a 20ft wall of rocks (the water sits about 10-15 below them usually) and those waves about 20 ft above the rocks. We have a guide with us on all these tours that is a local surfer and indeed, there was one set that was about 55 feet. This is the same system that brought in 65 foot swells the next day. Videos never do these things justice.

[@Mr10061961]

Yep there always has to be the 1 know it all. Cant judge a wave by a video but yes they are well over 40ft

[@jonathanstrauss2083]

Aloha Buggies does anybody know what caused the swell and if this is a common or uncommon event in this area?

[@sleepinglion1192]

will wagner 20 foot backs maybe. And your saying these are not even 20 foot waves. So your telling me there's a guy out there who rode a wave 5 x the size of these waves. GTFO . bc the biggest wave ever ridden was around 90 ft. These waves have easily 40 foot faces.

[@alexv4307]

+Sleeping Lion its measured by tje back not the face.

[@Masterberry1948]

Aloha Buggies, NO one is saying we did NOT enjoy your fantastic post! We all love it! It's great. Hope you post many more!....but the title is wrong. It should be, "Huge 20 ft. swell at Sharks Cove-February 22, 2016". The waves are what they are. Call them 1 ft. They are what they are. See them, awesome, monstrous, powerful. Remember the salty smell, on the air. The way the ground trembled! How the wind blew the spray. The excitement, of mixed wonder and fear, that held the watchers, fixed by awe. YOU posted this. From All of us, every single comment, THANKS, Man! Tremendous stuff!!!!

[@clayguy33]

You can tell it's at least 55' by how long it takes the lips (crests) to fall... it's like slow motion, but it's not... it's just huge.

[@cristobilllumberg2473]

hawaii a would never call that 50 feet. Agree it is huge but no Hawaiian surfer thinks that’s bigger than 20-25

[@clayguy33]

@@cristobilllumberg2473 tend to agree with you - might have had a couple of brews that night - but there are many ways to measure a wave, and crest -to -trough, in front of wave, is not how seasoned surfers tend to measure it. (ie... it's always underestimated). For example 5 foot Pipeline = waaay over head. Blah blah blah. ;)

[@commenter7893]

My bet is 15 feet, 20 tops.

[@larryslemp9698]

@@cristobilllumberg2473 WTH.....how in the hell can "where a person is from" dictate how well a person can, or cannot, estimate the height of waves??

[@cristobilllumberg2473]

@@clayguy33 yea man. i’m just saying that at a hawaiian local isn’t calling that 50 feet.

[@1macful]

I’m still waiting for the 55 foot swell 🤔🧐

[@SilentKnight43]

It's in S3E4.

[@tonyfitzpatrick8081]

Must be 55ft wide

[@ajlisknillat]

fascinating and wonderful! I never understood why there is sometimes a set of huge waves and then nothing after that.. Its odd to me, someone can explain?

[@TSIXGaming]

gravity 10m per second 1:55 to 1:57 for the lip to fall in one section 2 x 10m = 20 meters is like 65 feet just saying

[@neverready]

Gravity is fake

[@juels508]

DEAR GOD-

[@commenter7893]

@@juels508 Yes my son?

[@commenter7893]

You can’t measure it just like that. It requires frame by frame analysis.

[@juels508]

@@commenter7893 heyy gurl 😻

[@robertbeining141]

The fury, grace and beauty of nature. Nature and mother Earth will be here a long long long time after humankind extinguishes itself.

[@pumpkin9916]

Watch how long it takes for the wave after 1:18 to crash. These are definitely 50+ feet it takes that wave a very long time to turnover these are huge. From this distance they look small but they are absolutely not.

[@antonioromao5681]

If these waves have 55 feet, the Nazaré waves have 150 feet!

[@pumpkin9916]

@@antonioromao5681 Funny you mention that. Just pulled up a bunch of Nazares biggest wave videos and they have about the same times in terms of how long the wave takes to turn at the top and then crash onto the water. Check for yourself and compare between the wave i timed here with a Nazare wave. All about the angles and views from the camera. This views is from top down very far away, Bazare videos are ocean level and up close.

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

What shore what country what time you should provided the information before upload on KZbin !

[@johnganshow5536]

Where is sharks cove? Would love to visit!! From Arizona...

[@wanda4573]

Thank you to whoever shared this. Interesting.

[@whatif2336]

Thanks to the guys who whistled and yelled to step back🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@conniepayne591]

I just think it's nice to watch them. I miss them all the time. I wish people would put a lot more up,

[@sugabtsloverjustcallmeandr9914]

the way the wave folds over in slow motion ... so bootyful

[@Masterberry1948]

Suga bts...Unless, you're under it, looking up.

[@edwardecko]

It's amazing knowing how big the wave can occur it doesn't look that large. But come back here in July and see the rocks in the distance the average water depth is 15 ft below those rocks you see in the distance. Between the opening the Shark's Cove is an average depth of 90 ft below those rocks in the distance just amazing.

[@Alohadunebuggy]

To those making such scientific claims that these aren't 55 foot waves :).... look up the date and you'll see that on the North Shore of Oahu indeed on that day there was actually 65 foot waves not 100 ft from where this was shot. Additionally where the video is shot is about 15 Feet above where the water is normally, the rocks are about 8-10 feet in height (which means you already have 25 feet roughly) and about a minute in you see at least a solid 15-20 feet above that point. That's 45foot minimum... with the second to last set being taller than all of them previously. While I realize youtube brings out the scientists... let's maybe enjoy what this is....a cell phone video 👍🏼

[@shashakeeleh5468]

Closed out anyway.

[@Novusod]

Maybe 55ft if you include the spray. A real 55ft wave would have washed the photographer away and where he was standing would be 20ft under water.

[@da96818situation]

You call her Stephanie

[@Axlthedevil]

30ft I would say. That´s almost 10 meters. 55ft would mean a building with 6 floors. I don´t think they are that high.

[@willwagner2252]

Aloha I did enjoy the video...after I was done intellectualizing:) Thanks

[@Poufkimashoula1]

At which height are waves considered good enough for surfing?

[@mm2024-7]

More like 25’. Don’t think it could hold 55’ surf there. It would be breaking much farther out…. Perhaps a mile or more

[@tryptala]

I'd guess around 15' Hawaiian scale, so about 30' faces on the bigger ones. The 55' faces were probably down the road breaking on the outer reefs.

[@renorailfanning5465]

You nailed it !

[@Tenalibajantriyulu]

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[@markkelly1775]

where do you come up with 55?

[@KennethStevenson3]

Great video. Massive waves didn't disappoint.

[@TASMAN-1]

Exactly 55 feet ? Did you measure them all ??

[@anaclaudia9924]

Que maravilha é a natureza e o homem não tem como deter. Amo o mar pois é tão misterioso.

[@amrutharaoch3033]

what's the difference between these waves and the tsunami waves. I saw the tsunami videos but these waves look bigger than them

[@Masterberry1948]

amruth ch, Tsunami's are more like a tide, that just keeps rising. There are breaks and rolling surf, in the process....but the water level just keeps rising.

[@mxandtrailbikekings]

maybe peaked at 20'. waves are measured from sea level, not the face as they suck the water out from in front.

[@Kruppt808]

you go to a shore break beach on Oahu like Sandys or Makapu'u. You look from afar, your local friend says its small, 2 to 3ft ish. When you get in the water, 2 to 3 feet is no joke and its a massive wall of water with alot of power. These things are 20-40 foots waves....... I saw a 10 ft wave hit the beach at Waimea bay and almost sweep the shore of these 2 tourists wearing heavy leather jackets back into the ocean because they underestimated how far and powerful the waves were. We tried to help them but the clothes they were wearing with the water made them like twice as heavy..... we did get them out but if others weren't there, they might have got in real trouble.

[@dragulia_venaro]

That's not usually happen isn't it? So, I wonder what causing it?

[@dreddph]

Everyone: That's some huge waves! Patrick Swayze: Hold my beer

[@jasonengelage2907]

Wow was there a typhoon or earthquake offshore?

[@Jpgundarun]

Wheres the 2 surfers on the shore with boards under their arms discussing the best way to paddle out?

[@davebaz8142]

Amazing footage... But I seriously question the 55 foot swell part. 20 foot - 30 foot max more like.

[@Qui-9]

This is absolutely breathtaking ❤. Especially since I'd love to go out and surf those, of course not by the rocks. The sheer power of these...

[@hyzercreek]

rocks? You mean coral.

[@morokko5stars68]

Where this bro??

[@baTonkaTruck]

I’m not a surfer, but that looked unrideable to me, all closeouts.

[@SilentAdventurer]

Anyone notice the bigger waves out in the back?

[@youroar]

i like how everyone is stepping back and recording

[@SeanWyseman]

I used to live just down the road from there and the neighboring Hookipa beach. Only once have I seen waves the size of the ones in this video. Almost nobody was surfing them and they were better lined up, more frequent, and more uniform in size. My neighbor who returned having broken his board in it and almost drowned having to swim back in without a board. They said they were 20' ers. My neighbor is a pro. He knows his stuff. He said they were 20'ers as did everyone reporting on that day. In Hawaii you measure wave height from the back of the wave. I only saw one swell breaking in this video that would qualify as a 20 footer. Definitely no 40' ers ever at Hookipa. You have to head east a few miles to Jaws to get waves over 20'.

[@mesk412]

I snorkeled here in the summertime and it was flat and peaceful. It's a whole other animal in the winter.

[@donaldpowers3314]

Should of went out at nite .. I did back in 73-4 never went out agsin in theday time.

[@mesk412]

@@donaldpowers3314 sounds amazing, but scary. I don't fuck with the ocean at night lol

[@lasourisverte1802]

which country is It ?

[@arongonzalez9366]

How did you measure it?

[@reggierico]

Is this North Shore Kuiu?

[@michaelcobaugh7287]

Makes me wanna listen to The Beach Boys . The two would put a fixed smile on my face. I miss the 60/70’s

[@elstoniobanderas4091]

What is the science for measuring height of waves? Or, rather how is it done? I always wonder how they measure the big ones at Nazares.

[@Jangle2007]

During the first video minute I was tempted to write "no way 55 foot waves". But that set that rolled in during the second minute were really impressive. We they 55 feet? I don't know, but they were huge.

[@anastymp]

Where is dis ?

[@hibbiteejibbitee]

shark cove is a great tide pool normally. surprised to see it completely disappear under waves.

[@varatic644]

Tom Edgar it's called high tide and low tide

[@renorailfanning5465]

Summer is when its a tide pool. Winter is chaos.There might have been a 55 foot set but I don't believe it was filmed during this video.

[@denisstanley6546]

In deep water away from the coast big swells are normally orhanised and noy a problem. Its when the seas are big and confused that can be a problem. In any sort of other than mild seas life lines should be worn most of the time.

[@LesleyDT6227]

where is this ? what country ?

[@Masterberry1948]

Lesleyt58, North shore on Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

[@davidlanham99]

I would’ve been a mile inland by the time that hit, you can’t tell if it’s a tsunami till it’s too late.

[@simplyzulu1426]

Are these high tides!!

[@ajlisknillat]

I never understood how the sea could be calm and then a series of waves comes and then it settles again. its a mighty thing.

[@abidibrahim9413]

Its controlling by almighty Allah

[@victorwashington7306]

I would have gotten the hell away from there after seeing the first monster swell racing ashore!

[@curtzeek8818]

At 1:52 The camera shows a small beach of sand to the right. If you stop the video there you will see that no water has gone up on the grass at all. I believe 50 ft waves would have gone farther than that.

[@gbarnewall1]

Could watch this all day long

[@arthurfowler3766]

I was there in 83. Talked with the guy at the shell station. He said the last time the waves were this big was 69.The wave that came in was 50 foot. Swept over Kam hiway.

[@Dinngg0]

I have waded about in shark's cove in summer... very calm.

[@butter7734]

These are more like 20 to 30 foot waves. Clickbait

[@glywnniswells9480]

Those waves are 55ft if not then the gus who surfed the big 50 ft waves had better recalibrate,if that wave is not 55ft what wave is?

[@mrthunder8190]

Wow - those are some heavy waves!

[@TheFortyTheives]

The sea was angry that day my friend

[@jquest43]

its puffy jacket time

[@ktpinnacle]

But I don't wanna be a pirate!

[@joelegouffe2692]

..I tell ya he was 10 stories if he was a foot !!!!

[@tmac8892]

John like an old man returning soup at a deli.

[@davidgraham2673]

When in fact, it's all that it should be, AND MORE.

[@patriciaminer7491]

They have to be told to back away?

[@delhi-interior-work8069]

Where in ???

[@wasabiginger6993]

One winter I was renting a room that had this view ... when it got over 30 feet, it would wash under entire house ... very exciting!

[@olusha]

Do people surf these kind of waves, or are these too much?

[@andrewjenkins2370]

Where is the 55 ft wave?????

[@Reefahholic]

The buoy was 55’. The waves are maybe 30’.

[@jeanrobinson705]

Sharks Cove. I expect you know where that is, but others like myself have no idea.

[@chalcedonyclapper1216]

I've seen 20-30 foot waves before but jesus... these things look massive. You can mainly just tell by how slow they crest

[@josimpson7999]

Beautiful and bloody lethal in equal measures 🇬🇧

[@strings1586]

I didnt see a wave over 20ft, where is this 55ft behemoth?

[@willwagner2252]

Waves were measured by the back? How did New Yorkers get into conversation?

[@Hay-tn6hz]

And just like that the waves were gone.

[@the1highlander1]

What causes these waves?

[@sdean4816]

Back in the early 80’s I used to scuba dive in Sharks Cove. It’s a very nice but shallow spot for beginners. Obviously not in winter when the big waves come in.

[@conniepayne591]

It doesn't feel so very good to be slammed to the bottom of them. Which happened to me when I lived there. On Oahu at Yokohama Bay and at another beach which I can't remember. It was across from that navy base, Lualualei. So have fun at sunny Hawaii. Aloha!

[@jayli5690]

Wow gonna be kinda hard to differentiate between these swells and an actual tsunami

[@larryslemp9698]

No it's not, you big idiot..!!

[@MaritsView]

Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes/massive landslides/volcanic eruptions, asteriods, A lot of people think a tsunami just means giant wave, unlike regular waves that form by the wind. Tsunamis are giant waves but often referred to as "giant wall" they're caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. (Tsunamis are a series of extremely long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean, usually the result of an earthquake below or near the ocean floor) Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases Now, unlike this big surge here. A tsunami will cause the ocean to drawback or it will cause an significant increase in sea level, often bring swirls, and very strong currents, when the ocean comes back, it will appear as a giant wall, traveling 75mph to 100mph nearing the coast, unlike a regular wave a tsunami doesn't stop on the coast. It just keeps going inland for several miles usually 1 or 2 sometimes even 3. It takes everything in its path and pulls it all back and then does that several times, sometimes there can be more than 4 tsunami waves.

[@larryslemp9698]

@@MaritsView Yours is the most ridiculous definition of a tsunami that I have ever seen man!! You don't have a friggin' clue what a tsunami is.....dumbass!!

[@MaritsView]

@@larryslemp9698 I studied in natural disasters. But since you're an expert, let's hear your definition of a tsunami.

[@saurabhshrigadi]

@@larryslemp9698 ya let go and call everyone idiot right, explain the thing or stfu

[@RodneyisGodney]

Read the title people, it says 55ft swell not wave. SMH.

[@TopVideos-lx5po]

holy moly that set was massive

[@darrellbrock4788]

Your video ended before the 55 foot wave, all I saw were the 25 foot waves.

[@mkechelesurfer]

It was a typo or click bait brah

[@LardGreystoke]

The 55 foot wave killed him.

[@gnosis7662]

That was a huge set of waves! I would hate to be caught in the middle of that!

[@mitymo1968]

nowhere near 55ft maybe 20/25 ft max

[@tommygun4752]

aussie blue well the wave was 55 ft from the beginning

[@TimeStrider]

I thought the same thing too, more like 20-25 feet which is still big, but at 55 feet I doubt they would be standing there.

[@mangotango1871]

Look up the date on a weather map and see lol they were up to 65ft in other places nearby