How this beautiful beach got destroyed!

How this beautiful beach got destroyed! Few times a year you have a chance to ride this amazing river wave located on the north shore of Oahu at a place called Waimea bay!

[@davidsmith422]

It's done to prevent flooding after major rain events. The beach is not being destroyed.

[@petestronach4949]

mate, it's completely natural it's not done, . . "it happens"

[@kalikeliihoomalu1661]

Source?

[@howzit9397]

Yes!! This been happening for decades!! Everyone looks forward to this while decreasing the water level of the rice which way back then it’s river was open to the ocean but after years the surf closes the river opening and accumulated water from the mountains! This been going on for over 50 years

[@tmayorca8770]

You blind a sunthin

[@willromaine2252]

Huh

[@sv5610]

Waimea Bay River on Oahu, people have been doing this for years. If it gets really flooded the river waves and current are crazy

[@whosthatguy1]

Both places I’ve been to. This is great for both people and the environment.

[@GiblerHermosa]

Shoot really!!! I never knew that, Waimea is pretty crazy too in general, had the pipeline over here this year!!

[@whosthatguy1]

@@GiblerHermosa depending on the weather it can sweet. I don’t surf or anything. But if you do try to go when the tide is high.

[@srpdesigns]

Thanks for explaining I've always wondered what was happening in these vids

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

Lol this is waimea bay... didn't recognize it at first...I had so much fun there as a kid.

[@SaxonLee808]

Used to do this with my friend as a little kid. The lifeguards let us borrow the shovels and everything. Growing up in Hawaii was the shit honestly

[@gabeisanerd808]

Same

[@Icebearded]

you must've hated hawaii so much to call it shit. jk

[@stevejackson9952]

No way it was better than growing up in Northern Maine

[@AnonYmous-hu7jo]

I miss home so much. ESP waimanalo

[@mikehoncho9344]

​@@stevejackson9952 Jackson please, central Wisconsin was the best place grow up

[@boblatkey7160]

Who says the beach is destroyed? That is absolutely ridiculous.

[@AccountDeleted629]

r/wooosh

[@memesarentfunny2248]

Because if that is natural flow you cant fix the beach anything you put in to block it gets washed away? not super complicated, Its only because it was a surge flow that receedes that it isnt destroyed, if the comments are rught

[@wind_king-lh8zs]

Well at least a large portion of it is for now I guess

[@Emp4th]

Hahaha, beach is fine. They do this several times a year.

[@The98racer]

Their joking lol that’s JOB a legendary surfer and river wave creator

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

Ummm no it's not. That shit don't get replaced.

[@The98racer]

@@dont-touch-mepg1392 yes it does💀 stop assuming their professionals. This is completely fine pal

[@b3755]

@@dont-touch-mepg1392 bruh the high tide washes the sand back up and creates another sand bank

[@promotiveeng]

@@dont-touch-mepg1392 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️ what a muppet..

[@TheRoche22]

This was the way to DRAIN THE RIVER from being destructive…. the BEACH IS NOT BEING DESTROYED. Thank you. 🏝🏖🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️🌊🌊

[@austonsmith536]

beach no go bye-bye?

[@mech0p]

looks pretty destroyed. Thats a TON of sand to haul in and fix that,

[@TheRoche22]

@@mech0p Nope…. it happens every year or 2.. its just a “natural happenstance bro.”. 🚀🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

[@DeltaElites]

@@mech0p ..the waves create dunes that block the water flowing down from the canyon. They do this a few times a year to prevent flooding...;) This is "fixing" it.

[@Pyro_Auro]

@@mech0ptheres no “fixing” it lmao. This is a sandbar, and if it didnt breach the river would flood multiple towns. It shrinks over time and eventually must be rebreached, but ive never seen this current from river to ocean not be here before

[@my11badkids78]

Ive seen other videos on this. It happens naturally but for that to occur it floods property inland. So the residents help it by doing this and preemptively stop any flood damage. The beach heals itself and the process continues.

[@TheRealWattLife]

Nothing natural about this

[@my11badkids78]

@wattlife8248 No but the amount of water that needs to accumulate inland would cause significant flooding g and property damage. So yes this isn't natural but would happen with or without human intervention.

[@thatonegirl4676]

​@@TheRealWattLifeWhat they are saying is "if it's allowed to naturally happen, houses and properties will be destroyed".

[@Lil_Robya]

@@my11badkids78 they’re gonna make the beaches brown again💀

[@SaberVR979]

it doesn't it erodes more

[@jesusoftheapes]

the beach is completely back to normal within a handful of days. Someone does not know how the ocean works .

[@truthorbounce]

These days we are blessed that some ppl know how 2 + 2 = 4 works.

[@watercarepro9610]

Michigan man charged in Sleeping Bear Dunes river tampering Andrew Howard, 62, of Frankfort is accused of diverting a river in Sleeping Bear Dunes last August

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

Ya, even if the beach was destroyed they were only expediting a natural phenomenon. Sooner or later, and probably sooner, that water would’ve made its way to the ocean on its own. But when people do they can control when and where it happens and prevent water from building up upstream and causing flooding further inland.

[@SaberVR979]

yea you dont it erodes more

[@SaberVR979]

@@gamingwhilebroken2355 nope it causes more of a issue when people PLAY GOD

[@Red_F1ag_Br0]

After putting the title on the video, the publisher glued their head to a painting. 😂

[@learnbritishenglish9516]

😂

[@ValacircaTN]

This comment win

[@mspann8255]

❤

[@mfcobb1]

The publisher lives on spaghetti O's and Hot Pockets!!! 😅

[@eranwilliams4098]

Or, they raked in cash because by putting a contriversial title they got massive engagement that you helped with by commenting.

[@DARTHTAKRA]

Love the fact that you just need to get it started and it'll do the main work for you

[@theguy9234]

I used drive by there every week. People dig it out AND the river does it naturally all the time.

[@bodylanguageconsultant]

Was just at Waimea yesterday... beach was still there.

[@eveosiris3039]

I lived north shore few years before getting priced out one too many times. in Aiea stuck at home with sick keiki... watching random videos from all over the world realized I miss living up there. hope I figure out how to get home soon.

[@theendoftimesgodhelpusall9570]

I live in Hawaii and we have a major problem with erosion and beaches on North shore .

[@Cloudyb01]

nah fam, breaking news, waimea bay no longer exists. Neither does oahu

[@eveosiris3039]

@@Cloudyb01 lmao. Must be true cause it's on YT. Like your ribbon lei tutorial!

[@coywolfproductions7056]

I lived in the military housing crater in Honolulu for three years a few seconds of video here and I instantly recognized waimea Sometimes I really miss Hawaii

[@chrisgiller8793]

River breaches are part of the world water cycle. It would have happened naturally anyway. Zero harm was done here.

[@ianalderson5133]

A few hundred fish would have died. Most adapt. Like you said it would have happened anyway

[@user-dd4ir7lj1r]

@@ianalderson5133 died fish who not redbooks

[@user-yi6mq7cv6i]

Bro didn’t change history He changed geography (skull emoji) (He changed Google Map by just destroying the beach)

[@dirksnolan]

Lol rivers move, sand moves. My home beach never looks the same week to week. Love watching the groms dig out and make it happen!

[@chrismondrick5422]

Why do so many people who upload videos know nothing of what they say.

[@ak-burn1]

They do know what’s happening. Vid titles are made up to generate interest and views. The worst ones are the game streamers who hold full scripted convos with other “random” gamers

[@trainsplanesandautomobiles2547]

That’s literally the entire internet bud

[@austinboston609]

It’s rage bait.

[@theomgguy5911]

It gets more attraction to either spread full negativity or full positivity, nothing in between where it might look bad but is good or it might look good but its bad because a lot of people dont care to see an explanation

[@iDropPhats]

This is needed to sustain the ecosystem upstream. Large pools and lakes near the ocean cause flooding up the rivers and streams, so this process is almost like a pressure release for a dam. It keeps everything in check. The beach will be back to normal in a few days or a week. Once the water drains, the sand will reform into a beach line and the process will repeat every year.

[@armandomejiatakara818]

Enjoyed all da local's comments. Listen to them. I've lived here since 1991 and am STILL learning every day

[@EricInArizona]

Jamie you're always diggin out Waimea or riding it...

[@Dima-Dimalicious]

Gotta love when the person making the video knows nothing about what is going on.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Cliffworks]

They know, it's purely to make us engage so they can beat the algo

[@rippydippy_fpv7304]

Gotta love when the peeps don't know who the creator is and where he lives or what he does for a living😂😂😂😂 OR that the creator can be seen surfing the destruction 😂😂😂😂😂

[@KkevrockK]

Slactivists need to whine about something..it’s not like they ever have a clue what’s really going on ever..

[@ajediheisnot]

Beach is there. Just one small channel of water flowing out. What's the effin Drama for 😂

[@ztoob8898]

Views, obv.

[@mattd5681]

Democrats.

[@adambent9574]

@@mattd5681 dens are whining about this the same way they whine about the trans community having rights, and also how they are still scared of gays getting married and minorities having their history taught in schools. I tell you, these dems are going to have alot to be embarrassed about when history reflects the fact that they acted like bigots. Thank god these dems are finally turning on bud light with their huge and impactful boycott

[@Katie_The_Magazine]

"this beautiful beach is destroyed" The beach: looking even better then it already did

[@FaithwalkerTodd]

We tried to do this for midnight Pass back in the 80s. The pass got closed by the actions of some rich homeowners. Apparently, their properties built right on the edge of the pass was more important than having a functioning pass. Amazing.

[@nostradamus7648]

Solution,...get rich. 😂

[@KCCCSwimming]

I have loved in Honolulu for 40 years. This is not beach destruction. It’s a natural occurrence. I am also a civil engineer and an expert in river engineering

[@concretebaron5759]

i to am an expert in engineering

[@danielwilkinson1024]

I had a poptart this morning. Does that qualify me?

[@concretebaron5759]

@@danielwilkinson1024 yes. welcome fellow engineer

[@danielwilkinson1024]

@@concretebaron5759 "yes. welcome fellow engineer" You don't know how much this means to me, lol *sniff, wiping tear*

[@concretebaron5759]

@@danielwilkinson1024 We need more men like you in this world.

[@robertp.3293]

And then, by the next high tide... it healed itself 🙏

[@aarondostie7366]

Looks like a blast let them have fun plus their helping out as well

[@jamesadams4420]

WOW. Learn something new everyday. I had no idea that could happen.

[@tylergagnon4850]

imagine walking down the beach then finding a river in your way that wasnt there before getting back along the same beach

[@tHeBh0Le]

It takes hours most of the time.

[@stevebroad8804]

Nobody started the music. 🤙🤙

[@operationexploration9831]

This is temporarily destroying the beach, but it actually keeps the beach there longer in the long run. Plus it’s just flat out fun to surf and or boogie board.

[@jayirvin3629]

I do the exact same thing with my mashed potatoes and gravy...

[@jedfra9172]

Underrated comment of the whole thread.

[@PaulSmecker1OnXBOX]

Read the comments done to prevent flooding upstream.

[@robluxipiech4033]

The dunes in most places are typically heavily monitored and engineered to the best of our ability to tame nature, to prevent water erosion from destroying an entire beach. This sublet is literally in place to gather and be released instead of constantly adding driftto the dune. Forgive me I forget the name for the math involved something to do with plants being strategically placed to grow these alcoves and prevent the over angling of a beach or it's erosion.

[@demonshaz]

A river going through the beach! That's fkn awesome

[@cameroonkendrick6312]

Listen up twitter users, this is done to prevent flooding. The sandbar comes back at high tide. If it didn’t, there wouldn’t be a beach there would be an estuary.

[@kawmort]

This poster obviously is not from Oahu! LOL

[@J.Stank9]

jamie got a house right in front of pipeline big dog

[@kaipoijamile1157]

Waimea bay... ay that water got Lepto in there. Hope you no get kakio from that.

[@mattd5681]

You wearing a mask outside? lol

[@-rocky-5110]

This is not destroying the beach. Its opening the waterway for an existing creek/river to prevent flooding & allow fish like salmon and steelhead to migrate upstream to spawn in fresh water. These people just enjoying the process hopefully they will be safe about it as they enjoy the day and not leave a garbage mess behind when they are finished.

[@aryangaming4147]

Him - now this beautiful beach is destroyed Me- this now a more beautiful beach than before Who agree 👇

[@Castro-sl5qw]

Theyre too scared to go out and catch some REAL WAVES.

[@JRastafari007]

tooootally bro

[@termitis2]

People just have to judge shit they know absolutely nothing about.

[@charleswhisler493]

fr

[@MmmmmmmmTaters]

Actually everyone is wrong this happens after a major storm it’s called a River Break . It’s happens when a storm and high tide come in and blocks off the area with a ton of sand creating a damn . Usually locals will did a trench to the ocean when the water gets to high inland . Which they gets some sweet waves

[@adamrasmussen9939]

idk, still looks pretty nice to me.

[@andrewferguson8032]

Long live the destroyers!

[@KorawichKavee]

Civil engineer here. (Though not minor in water engineering) The caption doesn't make sense. The sand bar is the beach what??? and to truly destroy a beach it would need something hard to accumulate the energy from water to ruin the soil setup. That's not this video. This video even dispersed the energy of water. Probably to reduce severity of flooding. Dispersed water head will eventually deposit more particles too.

[@Iamtahir021]

It's like the subway of the river Where it connects to other 😢

[@bloloo69]

imagine being like 80 going on a nice walk on the beach and on ur way back to your car you see this

[@McLovinMcFlurry]

You ain't learned how to swim by 80 at this point it's about time you learn, know what I'm sayin?

[@gilligan369]

All the kooks explaining it to Jaime 😂

[@OvelNick]

I promise you... The dude posting this knows EXACTLY what's going on. He also knows the way to drive traffic to his channel is via engagement. People LOVE to comment about how much they know...even more so when they think they can look superior by "correcting" someone. Time to take the L and subscribe...he's the owner of this W.

[@-a-l-t-]

g'z that sand and water looks beautiful!

[@JoshuaPulawa-fh4vp]

Ahupua'a

[@kevinmichael9888]

Karen, I thought we asked you to stop

[@tollbootheddie]

How EXACTLY was this beach "destroyed"?

[@GTMemes2]

OK Karen It will be a beach again tomorrow morning relax

[@Midnightproductions1776]

Never a good idea to do

[@rauliiitzio1573]

Destroyed? Literally coolest beach ever.

[@papaj2605]

The residents of Carmel-By -The -Sea in Monterey, CA used to dig from the beach to the Carmel River to encourage salmon spawning.

[@dustinhenderson8324]

Why would you do this. Is it, just for fun or is there a responsible reason for diverting an entire river system in to the ocean.

[@jamesg9617]

It’s done to prevent flooding. When the rivers are overflowing they usually drain them into the ocean and the surfers use it for enjoyment as well.

[@elitehacker1416]

There an actual reason behind it. And doesn't destroy beaches it actually does the opposite. It prevents destruction. Places where this is done is done on a regular basis. So tell me if the beach was destroyed how does the sand return? We use to do this in Maryland in calvary County where I used to live. There are houses that live one these lakes so when it floods either the houses are destroyed or the entire beach get washed away so to prevent either of these thing happening you drain the lake via a little trench in the sand. In doing so is lowers the water level and only washes a section of the beach away instead of the whole beach. The the next storm thatvrollsvthruborvwhenn the tide is strong the sand that was washed away get pushed back to the beach thus repeating the process over again. And who says u can have a Lil fun in the process. I've seen lots of communities try putting concrete sewer tunnels from the lake to the ocean but that never works because it get filled and clogged up with sand and it's alot more expensive and time consuming to clean out a tunnel every time it rains than it is to just make a trench with a 5 dollar shovel. Doing this stops land erosion, house flooding, washing out entire beaches and in some cases damaging reefs

[@petestronach4949]

dude, ffs it's natural it happens to many many rivers repeatedly

[@dustinhenderson8324]

@@petestronach4949 dude ffs, all I did was ask a simple question in a very reasonable way. So I could learn. Ffs, I literally ask if it was done for fun or for a reasonable reason. Tell me whats wrong with the tone or syntax of my question.

[@petestronach4949]

@@dustinhenderson8324 ok, fair call, no badness meant i was probably stressed out and cranky peace ✌️ most likely my bad

[@anitaleung1394]

Yall just haters easy fix

[@richardhale1866]

Haters gotta hate...

[@TheRealWattLife]

Humans destroy everything they touch smh

[@bekizeki]

Naaaah the beach is fine it looks even better and more beautiful 🤩. Looks like a flowing natural river is flowing into “The beautiful 😍 beach” 🏝️

[@andrewmetzger1862]

All Haole's NO Hawaiians or Kamaainas.

[@sabbie7]

These humans clearly are not concerned about climate change

[@telx2010]

Perhaps they've stopped listening to the highly paid government science puppets.

[@Butcho22]

Wtf does this have up do with climate change lol And yeah the climate changes, but they're significantly exaggerating humanity's impact on the climate in order to usher in a form of global communism.

[@EdPfeil]

Sarcasm? I hope so.

[@christophermclaughlin8920]

Has nothing to do w this situation 😅

[@sabbie7]

@@EdPfeil yessir

[@Zeorymer300]

So much fun! I loved this as a kid when I was little.

[@gmooney77]

If 5 guys with a shovel can "ruin the beach" this has been done for thousands of years.

[@mitchellminer9597]

It's a perfectly natural occurrence. All they did was make it happen sooner and prevent some property damage. It's where a little river is trying to flow into the sea, but the waves pile up sand in the mouth of the river, blocking it. The river water backs up in a pool, flooding the property around, until it goes over the sand. Once water starts to flow, it erodes the sand away, and the pool empties. When the flow stops, the waves put the sand back, and the water in the river floods again. It happens all by itself. All the people did was start the water flowing sooner than it would have done by itself. They didn't destroy a beach, they didn't waste water, they didn't cause a flood. They actually prevented flood damage where the river backs up.

[@mamacitadelosperros533]

Anyone who has been there knows this has been going on for years. The water has to be drained to make room for the rainwater that comes from up mauka. Jamie and his crew have been surfing this river break for years.

[@GP10_Edits]

Times when plans didn't go as planned

[@Criptider]

For anyone wondering, the river would have naturally crashed down so this isn’t illegal as they are only speeding up the process

[@MrMuir333]

Nice work guys!!! Have fun be safe out there!!!

[@BadaBing215]

It also prevents stagnant water from creating a bunch of deadly bacteria

[@viju09]

Rivers drain into ocean . It's natural. Chill !

[@JimmyLucas-ev1hp]

One day that will be a prime fishing location

[@Pawcio2115]

I love this song, it's so calming.

[@deena8929]

Humans are how this beach got destroyed

[@SirDinamus]

They created a home made Flow Rider which is pretty badass but the locals who use that beach are definitely gonna be super pissed and I don't blame em If it was my beach and I showed up to that I would be livid and looking for asses to beat 💯

[@aaronyu2660]

For those saying that this isn’t destroying the beach, just keep in mind that it depends. Generally speaking, water crashing into land breaks apart larger rocks into smaller and finer sand, never forming larger rocks again through this process. This process is called erosion, and it’s been happening across almost all coastlines. Doing this may help our properties, but speeds up erosion and receding coastlines. They may be doing this for years, but do people realize how much human activity have caused an unnatural change in our environment? If you guys look at the structure of a lot of beaches, you would actually realize that after a certain point of gradually deepening slopes, there’s generally a “cliff” where the ocean gets really deep all of a sudden. If go far enough from the shore, you might realize that in some beaches. That being said, a lot of people think the beaches heal naturally on their own, but in reality, most beaches don’t do that in the way they think it does and depends on many factors too many of which includes natural disasters, tectonic movement over time, water current direction, etc... There’s actually a lot of room for the sand in the sea floor, especially once it reaches that dip, so erosions generally move the sand outward and levels the sand off. There are moments and mechanics where sand gets pushed back onto the land, but it depends as mentioned earlier and generally sand gets further out. Even though we think the beach is healing most of the time, it’s generally an illusion in which it’s simply leveling off the loose sand. Even though we think the oceans look like it’s always pushing sand towards us, a lot of people seem to forget that the tides recede as well, pulling the sand along with it. As the sand from receding coastlines level off, it’s actually allowing more water into land since the displaces the volume of water further up as more sand sinks towards the sea floor, allowing the flooding to occur more often, as you see here. Moreover, a lot of the people don’t realize that a lot of the sandy beaches we go to are man made and maintained by the government from offshore sand. Otherwise, a lot of natural beaches would look more rocky like California or European coastlines (however that depends on the natural geology of the location in the end). So people thinking that all beaches heals itself naturally, well, it might as well be unnatural for that beach to be there in the first place. Just look up receding coastlines and beach maintenance. It’s more than just climate change.

[@robinmowbray5663]

I live in NY and even I know that the beach naturally repairs itself!

[@anthonybrakus5280]

You are obviously not a local. This has been done for as long as people have lived there. It's probably done a couple times every year. It prevents flooding. Coastlines change constantly, that's natural.

[@Comet_IsAfurry]

Bro that made it look better.. imagine the photos there, also if they build a bridge on top 😍

[@wavydavy9816]

Shock and outrage as water flows into the ocean! 😲

[@anthonyjones9256]

Those subtitles were placed to perfection👍🏼

[@GOAT-7-CR]

After a few storms the sad goes back into its place and the have to do this every year to prevent floods

[@daveweese9856]

they diverted a natural waterway killing an entire ecosystem

[@davidsammut335]

Nature has its own way ,I don't see any threats to anything at all

[@devinsharp579]

Someone just recently did this to the platte river in michigan, and the person responsible is facing federal charges😮

[@tribeoflife1046]

Aaaah!!! is this where short wave radio started 😊

[@StixFerryMan]

Say "now this beach is destroyed" as if a controlled breach is worse then an unexpected one that catches ppl unaware and that could cause hurt or worse. Plus, nature has been destroying( and creating) beaches for millions of years, so there is that.

[@Johngoodman454]

Humams thats how everything we touch we destroy 😢

[@lexierietze8213]

So beautiful. One day I’ll get out there!

[@tropicalpunch8590]

DAMN RIGHT YOU WILL!! im rooting for ya!!

[@ColitoBurritoGamez]

How did you do that?

[@mustachestreak]

Girls plays with heart Boys plays with ECOSYSTEM /Geographical

[@RAFF-tl6ff]

I went them today the surf was great Jamie!

[@ABC-sc2ip]

The beach may be fine but that sudden influx of fresh water into salt water can seriously unbalance the habit for aquatic life.

[@stratolestele7611]

Lol. That was funny! 😂😂😂

[@dylanjames9671]

Bro made Christopher Columbus confused

[@kanealanelson7512]

Waimea Beach was greatly changed about 100 years ago when businessmen took the sand from this beach and transported it to Leeward O’ahu to create the man-made Waikiki Beach.

[@brillopad1392]

A 15-foot channel does NOT equal a destroyed beach. Hyperbole can be a lie, you know.

[@krystleleckelt8315]

Great job, and idea. Can be dangerous, someone could accidently drown. Now if only this idea used all over the world. Go out when it's raining, or before, and dig ditches. Clean out ditches! Keeping them clean, redo them every so often.

[@codysmith605]

some people are so stupid they see someone else having fun and it hurts them emotionally

[@brentsoriano8502]

sand grows back like plants. its good. not destroyed.

[@jedfra9172]

"sand grows back like plants" WTF kind of school did you go to?