MOST Dangerous Inlets and Marinas

[@vaskylark]

I've been out at #6 Oregon Inlet and it scared the hell out of me! Was really happy when Captain got us through that as the waves were huge that day.

[@MsAlien911]

I live in a hill overlooking the number 2 one. The Greymouth bar. Seen dead people on beach, upturned boats, a single fisherman's gumboot, yeah, its a beauty. I've been out on one of the boats in the vid. The Cook Canyon... Puked the whole way in

[@johnr5252]

Over the years I’ve been amazed at the changes in the landscape around Oregon Inlet. It changes drastically every year.

[@shawnhenderson1130]

Isn't it common sense that a bar changes every year or after they dredge or lack or dredging..

[@johnr5252]

@@shawnhenderson1130 no, it isn’t. I’m comparing it to when I first saw that area 50 years ago.

[@patrickperigaud2503]

3:08 Red right return doesn’t mean to stay to the right side of the bouy, it means keep the red marker on your right side as you return to shore (so you would be to the left of the red marker when returning to shore).

[@bradleywoodle9454]

Literally stopped watching this video after the narrator said this garbage... thanks for clarifying this on here for folks that don’t know.

[@andy99ish]

To be precise - that is the case in buoyage system B, which is in use around the Americas, Japan and Korea. In other parts of the world is is exactly the other way round ( buoyage system A). There the memory hook is "red to red" for incoming vessels (the red marker on shore shall be on the side of your vessel's port side red sidelights).

[@karlfranks6827]

Port to port when heading to port…. If your talking left or right on a boat, you shouldn’t be at the helm

[@ChuckyLad]

@@andy99ish yep. In Aus it is oppositr. we say green to green when heading upstream

[@BullisticFan]

It changes in the Intracoastal Waterway. Red is always on the mainland side of the cut. This is because the ICW starts in NJ and ends in TX. Following a clockwise direction, you are "returning" when going clockwise from NJ. Red, Right, Returning. So, if you are on the Florida Gulf side headed north, the red buoys would be on the starboard side. If you were on the Atlantic side, the red buoys would be on the left. Look for yellow markers to identify the ICW.

[@pedrowoolson4273]

If there's one thing the internet has taught me well it's that, when it comes to boats, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing

[@davenorman6717]

You are a wise person, Pedro. I am blessed to have grown up with boats for over 60 years, yet i still feel fortunate to still be alive after all of the dumb stuff i've done on boats.

[@rosco8720]

Very familiar with barnegat inlet. Going out in rough weather is tough. But coming back in rough weather is the real challenge

[@karmaisreal261]

I live here in Oregon and am glad you put Columbia Bar on top, its no joke.

[@williamturner1517]

How 'bout the entire Oregon coast. Try Bandon for fun. I've been stuck here since mid March.

[@PhoenixLyon]

The entire PNW is no joke. There is a very good reason the Coast Guard runs 44ft. SAR boats only up there. Capsizing is common, and the 44 footers will right themselves. I always wanted a transfer from Galveston to the PNW. The Gulf of Mexico can throw some stuff at you, but you really have to be on point in the northwest.✌😸

[@jimmysails994]

I was just thinking about Bandon. Almost lost my life on that bar, commercial fishing. It can get real bad.

[@vaardwho5630]

Unbelievable power of water

[@paulstanek9649]

Yeah I'm familiar with that with that riverbar also the one that comes out of the Rogue River they're definitely not fun and you better know what you're doing

[@GypseyGuy]

I came here for the comments after listening to one minute of a landlubber blabbering on about stuff he obviously knew precious little about. Thanks Guys and Girls, ya'll didn't disappoint ;)

[@jg4719]

Depoe Bay Harbor Oregon (Famous for One flew over the Cuckoos Nest). One vessel at a time and you have to time open ocean swells and navigate the rocks 10 ft. to either side.

[@ruatrainman2]

I worked at a place called Hoyt Marine in Newport Oregon back in the 90's, and it sits in Yaquina bay Oregon. The inlet there is one of the most dangerous places I've seen. I once watched an 80 foot commercial ship get swamped and sink in the break waters, the coast guard ship that came to their rescue also sank trying to save them. In all several people died that day and all the bystanders could do was watch in horror. I was so close to the men in the water I could see the scared looks on their faces, but jumping in there would be suicide. I'll never forget that, as long as I live.

[@DixieNormous00]

Wow I was born and raised in Oregon and have been there many times, always thought it was dangerous but wow. Crazy story, thanks for sharing.

[@32SQUID]

Any proof that's it's dangerous?

[@josephoester5542]

Been there my self. love the bridge

[@aspen3156]

@@32SQUID yes its a graveyard for literally thousands of boats.

[@1manforequality]

@@32SQUID Pack.. See for yourself, I've got a Hatteras 54, I wouldn't go near that place

[@majorsynthqed7374]

I think almost everyone who has boated in South Jersey for any time has grounded coming out of Barnegat Inlet. What you didn't mention was that the jetty on the north end is submerged into the ocean and poorly marked. I've seen people cut that corner coming back in, only to run into the jetty. The sandbars constantly shift as well, and for whatever reason the ICW in New Jersey is the worst, most poorly maintained part of the ICW. That is why almost all boaters making the trip from New York to points south prefer to stay outside the Jersey coast, with the exception of going into Absecon Inlet to Atlantic City, probably the best inlet in the state. And then boaters usually end up at the Golden Nugget casino and lose their money.

[@rockydubois2418]

Shoulda just had a Jersey hoowah come to the dock and bring playing cards. Woulda been cheaper

[@josebenitez3732]

There's a reason why the US Coast Guard trains coxswains on the Columbia Bar. Also affectionately called Cape Disappointment. Semper Paratus

[@erichammond9308]

But never forget that when the NMLBS was looking for locations they deemed the three inlets on the outer banks of NC (Oregon, Hatteras and Ocracoke) "too dangerous for training"

[@aaronbaertsch9269]

Grew up on Hutchinson Island living close to the st.lucie inlet. Running the inlet for the last 35 years, it changes with every tide. IT'S NO JOKE!

[@GetOutTheHouseGoFish]

😆 I was watching the video last night and all of a sudden I’m like… hey that’s me trying to cross St. Augustine Inlet in my kayak 😮 I’m like hey that’s my kayak that’s me 😆 Great informative video👍 Lesson learned; even in a pedal kayak that current was so strong that I had to break out the paddle too and the out going tide was still sucking me out. Lesson learned that day. #getoutthehousegofish

[@totemthepole]

An inlet so hairy, a pedal kayak has to break out the paddle to make it.

[@c.shoefish]

"The things I saw on the Columbia River that night will forever stay me because of their monstrous dimensions." -Ron Jansson A quote from Commander Wilkes, US Navy (ca. 1860) sums it up nicely: “Mere description can give but little idea of the terrors of the bar of the Columbia; all who have seen it have spoken of the wilderness of the ocean and the incessant roar of the waters, representing it as one of the most fearsome sites that can possibly meet the eye of a sailor.” I can speak for the bar, I was stationed at CG station Cape Disappointment. I have seen first hand what mother nature will throw at you when she gets angry ..and it can happen in minutes. It'll go from calm 4-6' rollers to 15+ in a matter of minutes, it's a beautiful place but it is not a place to be messed with.

[@davidGrainger]

3:00 Red Right Return does not mean stay to the right when returning. It means pass so that the buoy is to the right of the boat when returning..🤔

[@curtis3653]

Red right return buoy better be on your starboard side

[@bradcameron1376]

I was going to say something about that but you folks beat me to it. We’ll done. Hopefully the person who doesn’t know will read these comments and not just trust the narrator. Or better yet they take some classes.

[@sewing1243]

I heard that and knew it was wrong. The only thing I can think of that the narrator might have been try to say is that, depending on what direction a boat is heading on the Inter-coastal Waterway the side for passing red and green markers can be flipped depending on what direction you intend on going once you enter the ICW (Because the ICW runs along the shore, the conventional adage of “red, right, returning from seaward” becomes unclear. So the Coast Guard adopted the following clockwise convention: moving in a southerly direction along the Atlantic Coast, then in a northerly, then westerly direction along the Gulf Coast, is considered returning from seaward. You can remember this rule as “red, right, returning to Texas.”). So while entering an inlet from the sea "red, right, returning" is correct, but once you hit the ICW that isn't always the case.

[@GeocaverDan]

You seem to be clueless about West Coast bars they are so much more serious then the East Coast variants including the Yaquina Bay bar which I have personally ran. At least you mentioned the Columbia bar. A real boater needs to do this list...

[@mattewflash3421]

East coast easily tops the west coast on dangerous inlets by a mile marker lol. Just look up the most dangerous US inlets. Out of 10, maybe 1 or 2 in the Pacific make that list. But as far as "the" most dangerous inlet goes, Oregon inlet probably trumps all. It's really not even an inlet but more of a group of scattered sand bars made from a hurricane. Aside from the unpredictable changing cross currents, the massive breaking waves literally coming from every direction, the shallowness makes it's nearly impossible to navigate, and it changes so unpredictibly the bouys are almost useless 😂

[@shannonlinquist2649]

Back in 82' I was stationed at Oregon Inlet on an 82ft Coast Guard boat. On a cold November Saturday, we received a call from Hatteras Group office of a 100ft trawler aground the south side of the channel. We had figured maybe a 2hr case. Nope... After a extremely wet cold long morning, flipping our RHIB, two of our crewmembers thrown in the water, the crew of the FV Lois Joyce gets evac'd by E-City helo and the Jois Joyce becomes another casualty at the inlet. Yup... Oregon Inlet takes the top 5 I would say. Oh yeah... Cape D takes the cake for sure!

[@erichammond9308]

The Cape Hatteras area inlets are worse than the west coast when they get rough. Been in both - nothing compares to Diamond Shoals.

[@shannonlinquist2649]

@@erichammond9308 Got that right! We would round Diamond Shoals anytime towing to Ocracoke, which we would avoid if possible.

[@erichammond9308]

@@shannonlinquist2649 Ocracoke is tricky - miss that dog leg to the left and you're screwed and aground on south point.

[@layoutman69]

Oregon Inlet on the east coast and the Columbia river inlet on the west have historically been known as the most difficult inlets by most! The coast guard have their most robust training vessels at each inlet!

[@yanceydavenport8657]

I live in nagshead N. C. ...

[@bryancooper5495]

Yeah it's pretty bad I crab fished out of. There

[@aaquamann1]

When you’re talking about South Lake Worth inlet, known as Boynton ditch, you were showing the Palm Beach inlet which is quite easy, deep and wide.

[@robertpray1064]

Wait what? "Every sailor worth their salt knows the old saying red right return...meaning when you see a red buoy STAY TO THE RIGHT to you make your way back to the marina." Not trying to nit pick, but don't stay to the right...you must keep the buoy to your right when returning, not stay to the right of the buoy when returning or your staying to the left of the buoy...That would put you on the wrong side of the buoy. Maybe I just heard that wrong///

[@4406bbldb]

Right, I think. I get it.

[@rekartda3rd696]

No you heard him right . Lol said the same thing . If I stayed right of the buoy where I keep my boat . Stratford CT . I would run a ground . Lol so ppl keep the BUOY to the right of starboard.

[@monkeyboy405]

there will be a green buoy the opposite side and aways stay between the buoys . just adding my litte touch of common sense but you explaned it well

[@biggest23]

The USA and territories are the only places in the world where entering a harbour you keep red buoys to your starboard/right and only sailors worth their salt know that. The system employed in the US is reversed from the entirety of the rest of the world and is really just America acting contrarian for no good reason. Entering a harbour is not something done only by those that live there but, also by seafarers from distant parts and setting buoys up to match the colours of port & starboard on the vessel as you enter, is the greatest assistance you can give to those who’ve already had to face what the sea can throw at them. Adding another burden to their passage by an illogical reversal of the international system of buoys is a pretty phuqqed up move and has no logical basis at all.

[@billclark5943]

Robert Pray. Caught that too. KZbin University

[@pushing2throttles]

Kind of surprised that not one location in Alaska was included. Hmm

[@markarnold1616]

biggest tides in the world bar none.

[@Steven-v7y]

In 74 I got to take the wheel of a 78 foot Longline steel boat over the Columbia Bar on a outgoing tide. The Bar was closed because of a big storm ravaging the Oregon coast in Nov. 74. It took 2 attempts to get back over the Bar about 3 weeks later. The whirlpools, and large waves coming from every direction was insane!😅 Our boat came within yards of being tossed on the jetty rocks! We made it out a few hours later and survived the huge storm and delivered the boat to it's owner in Seattle Washington.. Last repro job for me!😅

[@tbusch63]

You got BALLS Brother!

[@Bird1964]

Once in a lifetime experience! Thank goodness!

[@christopherhopkins949]

In the Chatham Inlet, the depth of the canals are always changing. The two points with the inlet in between used to be connected and accessible by land, it was called Monomoy Point. The break occurred in 1991 during "The Perfect Storm". Once the breach occurred in what was a barrier for the harbor and the homes, sand kept being swept into the harbor, creating sand bars in the harbor and constantly changing the depth. Oc The harbor is dredged when absolutely necessary, but otherwise the depths of the inlet fluctuate so you never know when a sand bar has been created. The breach also caused 10 or 11 homes to fall into the ocean as erosion took all that land away, the homes were previously protected by the point.

[@Cec813]

You mentioned Boynton Inlet which should be on this list for sure, but all the footage was of Palm Beach inlet

[@First_Coast_Fishing]

Thought the same thing. Like one clip was the rocks at the south side of actual Boynton inlet

[@patrickbutler3022]

Honorable mention should go to Ocean City Inlet in Maryland. Especially when there’s an outgoing tide on the full moon it can get very rough and treacherous if you’re not careful. Even on a slack tide the currents are very strong and you can land on either jetty very quickly. But it’s not nearly as bad as say, Haulover or Oregon inlets

[@davenorman6717]

Ditto. Went into Ocean City first time at 3:00 am. Narrow...have to hug the north jetty going in, then a dogleg in the middle of it, shoals....fun.

[@forcedtosignup007]

The first time I crossed the columbia river bar, Illwaco, I was about 12, in a 17 ft Olympic. Was pretty spooky for a kid. My dad was nuts. When he wanted to go fishing he went. The Westport bar is pretty crazy also. North of the Columbia. I have crossed that one also. Low tide at either and a swell is sketchy.

[@landonoletymer]

In regards to your comment on Saint Augustine inlet and your statement “Red Right Return” which is true , but you said keep to the right of the red buoy when returning which is false, it means keep the red buoy on your right side when returning from the see.

[@jimjones8300]

As a dredge boater for the last 20 years I have worked just about every inlet on this list that's on the east coast . Some can get pretty knarly but if you know what to look out for and how to operate a boat you would be fine .

[@ManuelMello-wk2op]

A place up here in the real northern ca is called albian .the inlet is very narrow like its one way at a time .and rocks line the edges not very long but its crazy.

[@lando9flo]

Cape Disappointment! Served there for almost 2 years. Seen some crazy stuff out there

[@Muzikrazy213]

Hopefully no lives lost?

[@Trouble-Clef]

If you need to be the best of the best of the best at Haulover someone should tell the people that boat there!

[@erichammond9308]

"Rough" at haulover is a joke.

[@dakasis]

One inlet that wasn't mentioned was Barnegat Lighthouse inlet on the north end of LBI, NJ. Because Great Bay runs from Beach Haven to the south up to the lighthouse inlet conditions can be pretty dicey depending on wind currents, tidal flow, sand bars and traffic.

[@MrDanksta8toes]

Barnegat us mentioned

[@SeaShanty2016]

The video is about inlets in the USA, however the very first clip is from the bar crossing at Greymouth New Zealand

[@ss0073]

I figured Barnegat had to be in the top 5. Been going through there almost every weekend during spring, summer, and fall for last 15 years. The sand bars are constantly changing, and I’ve seen numerous people grounded on the sand and on the rocks on the north side of the inlet. Also, want to make mention at 3:05….that is incorrect. You don’t stay to the right of the red buoy when returning….that means the buoy is on your left and you are out of the channel. You KEEP the buoy on your right in order to stay in the channel.

[@PennWolfsSailingAdventures]

We used to call Indian River inlet the jackhammer, because it will pound you into the rocks the minute you screw up, and with a big boat that's about all you have with engine failure,a minute or two till your in trouble.

[@dimebagdave77]

Amazing video🔥thank you

[@thegismobile]

should check out some of the inlets and harbour bars in nz, like Mt Manganui

[@donaldbrooks1713]

I have crossed the Columbia River bar out of Ilwaco. When boats go down within a mile of the marina it’s scary.

[@rski1036]

O the DRAMA. When I lived in Miami I used to often use Hullover with my then 18 Donzi. Simply avoid the nasty days and it's fine.

[@eastcoastfishwhisperers7588]

Went fishing at Indian River Inlet during a winter snowfall. Knarly ass waves and current!

[@Fishwheelspdx]

I crossed the Colombia river bar a few days ago!

[@Bird1964]

How was it? Congrats!!

[@PennWolfsSailingAdventures]

Good ol' Indian River inlet, i grew up going there, we called it the jackhammer for a reason. Charleston is pretty swift itself, I've seen Charleston spin around a couple hundred foot freighter in a few minutes. Timing is everything. If you want to see a really tricky spot look at the narrows on the ICW just south of Charleston between the two inlets, its about 35' wide and sees 6knt currents. It's like trying to run a boat in a surf pool, rocks and concrete on both sides. One screwup and your boats done. I came thru that with my 34' sailboat and had to hold position against the current while a smaller sailboat struggled thru ahead of me. Basically it's ridding rapids when your against the current.

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

I've fished out of West Port, which is Gray's Harbor, north of the Columbia River..... and even that bar can be rough! My dad was a deckhand for a charter fishing boat and I've gone out many times. It's a 55ft boat, made for that kind of weather....and I still managed to get nearly washed overboard 😶 15ft rolling waves are the biggest (they aren't the 30+ Deadliest Catch type waves) but, when the wind is bad, you're facing those 15ft rollers as they break over the bar.... it gets a bit rough. Astoria area, though (the Columbia River Inlet)....that is a a scary bar to cross. My dad fishes there all the time, though. 🤷‍♂️ off topic but, incidently: Sig Hansen from Deadliest Catch used the charter fishing company my dad worked for when he wanted to go recreational fishing. 👍

[@Bird1964]

Thanks for sharing this information. And what a cool story about Sig! 😊

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

@@Bird1964 I, unfortunately, didn't get the chance to meet him myself, but everyone I talked with that did meet him, had nothing but nice things to say! I guess he was funny and just a chill guy the whole time! Also, super humble! 👌 So, sounds like a truly great person!

[@Bird1964]

@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879 nno matter what, still a cool story. I'm surprised to hear from you considering your post is from a year ago! But thanks again for sharing. I was a total fan of the show!

[@mikeh2520]

I went into the Columbia River bar in the sailing yacht Canvasback in, I think, July 1987 on a passage from the San Francisco Bay. The ship was a 71' aluminum catamaran and we motored in. The captain was dreading the bar crossing and let us crew know that many times a day during the entire trip. When we got there, we found no swell running at all, the winds were light and variable and we caught the tide at slack to incoming and it was so pleasant and uneventful that it was really funny. It's all about the conditions.

[@polarisnorth]

I found this one very interesting & would be curious to see a similar list focused outside the U.S.

[@jaquigreenlees]

true. or include the bays or lagoons that are dangerous to enter or leave. Like Lituya Bay in Alaska, a narrow bending inlet that must be traversed around slack water. Or Nepah Lagoon in British Columbia that can only be accessed at high water slack.

[@Tully_23_32]

We all should know by now that America think that they are the only country on the planet so why would they talk about anything outside of the US coz they don't know anything about any other country or their waterways, even countries names & where those countries are located on the map

[@bold810]

Hey folks? There's a PACIFIC Ocean, too. ..sheesh.

[@gottalikenick]

Red right return doesn’t mean to stay to the right side of the bouy, it means to keep the red marker on your right side (so you would be to the left of the red marker when returning to the marina).

[@matty2x302]

EXACTLY 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Casey-Jones-i1y]

I been in and around commercial fishing my entire life. I went fishing on 16 bass boat in the biggest lake in my state and I live on Gulf Coast, its a Brackish water lake. The wind was at 7 mph to the west, and the swells were throwing that bass boat around.

[@tbusch63]

A hundred 125 mi inland on the Columbia River. Your 16 ft. bass boat would be sunk in the afternoon. We are talking 3-4' whitecaps or more on a typical summer day. You don't even want to know what winter is like in the Columbia River Gorge! Some of the nastiest weather around. Not even truckers dare out in that 💩💩! and That is on the fwy I-84. The River itself? pretty much forget about, it unless you are running a 24' Alumaweld or similar.

[@n40tom]

Barnegat Inlet . I had three friends who capsized in Barnegat Inlet in the 1970s . Two of them were rescued by another boat who seen what happened but the third one went under and drowned . They didn't find him for a couple days . Sleep well Hank those are us who are still here miss you buddy .

[@Lehmann108]

I've used the Boyton Beach Inlet hundreds of times to go scuba diving. Not too dangerous going out, but if there are seas above 3 feet and you're coming in it funnels the waves together into these really steep rollers. The dive boat (Loggerhead) I used to go out on actually went stern over bow coming in one time. I wasn't on it though. But it was underpowered and couldn't go faster than the waves.

[@shaunlowekey4525]

This was interesting to hear, well just looking at the video is scary for me but you don't have to worry about me getting out there, the water is way too muc

[@briannugent7836]

The Lake Worth Inlet and Boynton inlet are two different inlets the Lake Worth and let also known as the Palm Beach Inlet is not very dangerous or tricky just watch out for the cruise traffic and all the Yahoo's from Peanut Island but the Boynton inlet is the narrowest of all the inlets pretty much anywhere and is super sketchy with very sharp Jagged metal on both sides hidden underwater at high tide I would put this one on a rough day at the top

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Might want to rename the video to "MOST Dangerous Inlets and Marinas (in America)". Some very treacherous bar crossings in Australia and NZ where they're not marked and help is a long way away...

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

[@FishScaleDuke]

Look into San Louis Pass. Southwest of Houston 👍🏽

[@aaronkelley8909]

The Columbia river bar is to be avoided at max ebb. The river current is so strong the effects of a strong ebb can be felt 18 miles out. No joke!

[@davidbrewer8402]

Haulover is no joke few years ago we took my 22ft boat to Bimini for a few days nice calm crossing the return trip was pretty rough but when we entered the inlet I was behind a larger boat so I slowed down and it felt like it was sucking the back of my boat down so I gave it full throttle and at full throttle still didn't move for about 5 seconds I never seen current that strong Definitely proceed with caution

[@COMMANDER-ONE]

You should have explained “Red, right, return” a little better. You don’t stay on the right side of the red buoy or marker.

[@williamjohnson6705]

Jump off the haulover bridge was a thing growing up 😂

[@gstoddard1325]

Keep the red on your starboard \ right side to enter \ return. Green on the starboard \ right means you are going on a vacation. Lol

[@samciarametaro2705]

Lots of inlets.but they failed to mention was the mouth of the Merrimack river going into Newburyport harbor in Massachusetts. Very unpredictable and massive riptides. Sometimes the coast guard is there to prevent boats from going through. .

[@77Jonb]

Shout out from Terrell Texas

[@krisone63]

Hmmm, Boynton inlet, narrow and heavy chop almost all the time, some boat insurance companies will state that if you run Boynton and it trouble you are not covered. Been through Barnegat inlet many times, and never had a problem with it, just stick to concentrating on it and you'll be fine.One thing that many don't realize is that in the north many boaters only run five months of the year whilst in Florida they run all year, experience counts.

[@danzmitrovich6250]

St Paul intel in Alaska is one of the tough channles to navigate

[@curtis3653]

Absolutely! Probably one of the most dangerous for sure. This video favors the east coast. I've been in the Bering Sea barometer bottomed out with 30+ ft seas and steady 90 mph winds

[@danzmitrovich6250]

I seen the combat footage from the boats from the deadliest catch crab fishing industry and the alaskan monarch that got suck in the ice flow in 1990 and that was one of the worst fishing season

[@michaelmckenzie2031]

The video footage is incorrect for number 4, the South Lake Worth (or Boynton) Inlet. The Boynton Inlet is indeed very dangerous but the video shows the Lake Worth (or Palm Beach) Inlet, which is one of the safest and best inlets on the east coast of the United States.

[@bartel-shop]

thx ;)

[@martinsmallwood9605]

yeah First clip is two fishing boats going in at Greymouth South Island NZ. Roaring forties. Most of these inlets would not rate as hazardous in NZ.

[@mrharry8466]

The one thing I took from this is Florida is up for some serious threat from rising sea levels. Run for the hills.

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

They don't have any !!! Be a very long run !!!!

[@jeffatkinson3288]

Except the sea isn't rising so theres that

[@mrharry8466]

@@jeffatkinson3288 😂 that's funny

[@angrymuffinsb]

You know there’s other places outside the states, right?

[@landonoletymer]

Red right return,keep the red on your right side not to the right of the red.😂

[@Revix-ok5zb]

HMFSOMFG Those Are Serious Waves🤯🌊🚢💥

[@jeffreysearle2996]

On that happy note

[@elcapij]

Red right return isn’t keeping your vessel to the right of the buoy.. it’s keeping the buoy to the right of your vessel.. if people followed what you said, they’d end up in the shore.. 🤣

[@stevenjulian3137]

Not surprised to see bogue inlet near the top. It's very unpredictable and sand bars everywhere and poorly marked.

[@erichammond9308]

Nearly all of the North Carolina inlets are more dangerous than anything in FLA - they call the North Carolina coast the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for a reason.

[@scottharden1827]

Morro bay central cal we came in after 3 boats rolled and 5 fisherman brothers died that day

[@stinker43]

Have you heard of the West Coast? What about Fort Bragg, CA? Tomales Bay? San Francisco Bay?

[@theblackbear211]

Heck, most entrances north of Santa Barbara., and certainly any entrance with "river" in its name.

[@lindawick455]

San Francisco Bay is so dangerous. O went out with the Coasties whe. I did some contract work with them. They treated me. It was brutal. I live in Oregon. PNW is exceedingly dangerous

[@diycatcraft]

Merrimac River is more dangerous than all except the last two.

[@DavidJames-s9b]

Try kalbarri Western Australia. The ones you have shown are mild

[@PhoenixLyon]

Now you can see why Mississippi river boat captains had stretches of the river that they took on a 'lightning' pilot for. Sandbars, snags, shallows...that river changes daily. That would be an interesting topic, navigable rivers with cantankerous personalities for traffic.✌😸

[@CM-qe3vp]

I do wonder why you show downtown Tampa and call it St. Lucie Inlet. It also looks like the Indian River bridge sure looks like the Sunshine Skyway in St Petersburg as well.

[@michaelb2388]

That's why they call it Haulover. The clue is in the name. If you're not careful it will haul your boat over

[@randellgribben9772]

You left out depoe harbor, the one's you posted here are kiddy inlets,as compared to depoe bay in Oregon

[@GregoryMillar-l7n]

You need to study your navigation rules or you're going to get someone hurt. Oregon has some of the most dangerous bars in the world and you don't need a harbor pilot to cross the Columbia River bar fisherman cross it all the time, you just can't be a idiot

[@stevekuchin2984]

Nothing about any of the inlets in Alaska like False Pass. Also Southeast Alaska has some wicked inlets and the tides are really gnarly.

[@macdaddymtb]

Charlie Sheen doing voice overs for KZbin clips now 👌

[@erichammond9308]

The USCG has 19 surf stations and 23 heavy weather stations (where winds are > 30 knots and seas are >8 feet 10% or more of the year). Not one on the east coast is farther south that North Carolina. Sorry guys, can some of the Florida inlets can be tricky and dangerous to the inexperienced, absolutely, but they are very very rarely "truly nasty and dangerous" compared to those inlets with surf and heavy weather stations. Take out the high traffic factors ("extreme number of people who have no business operating a boat", and "people should never operate small boats too close to giant cargo ships") and base it purely on 1) frequency of and number of combined dangerous conditions a)extreme currents, b) frequency of highly confused seas, and frequency of rogue waves c) shifting shoals and frequency of change in shoals (aka the "that wasn't there yesterday!" Factor) 2) frequency of surf 6-8 feet high, and frequency of seas within 10 miles higher than 12 feet 3) frequency of rapidly altering sea states 4) nearby sudden alterations in seafloor that cause rapid changes in seas (ie. Diamond shoals can cause breaking surf up to 10 miles off shore with zero warning) 5) % of incidents per number of transiting vessels (daily average traffic) that are unrelated to operator incompetence or reckless behavior, including intoxicated boating(not just pilot error, but absolutely stupid and have no idea what they're doing, drunk /high as hell)

[@LukeXlll]

Exactly. I live in NC, and the inlets here can get way nastier than the Florida inlets.

[@matthewwilson5019]

@@LukeXlll try the clombia river bar in oregon, haul over on a bad day is a calm day for the colmbia river bar

[@captaindave542]

Red-right-returning does not mean that you go to the right. That means you keep the red buoy on the right side of your vessel and you go to the left of it

[@chrisheatley706]

Red right return definitely does not mean what you said! You said "if you see a red buoy keep to the right" The correct instructions are: " if you see a red buoy keep the buoy to your right" Anyone who followed your instructions would be outside of the safe channel

[@alexh9039]

I’d like to see this same list for the rest of the world aside from the states

[@biffjohnson3354]

Do the research and make your own. 👍🏻

[@borysnijinski331]

Sealegs refers to not getting seasick, not about learning the navigation of an area.

[@Bear2man858]

The most capsizes could be because the most alcohol and the least life vest. Fished there all the time. 😂

[@lanceprzybyla7662]

Just found this site...subd!!

[@ethanamldon5657]

I have a lot of friends that lost their boats in the charleston harbor

[@jasonj6731]

the new life marina in bethel island, northern CA makes all but the top 2 look like pieces of cake.

[@floordoctor]

Columbia River Bar at the top…. cool, but why start with Haulover, when you say it’s the worst Florida inlet (proceed to mention 5 other Florida inlets)? Just an observation… a bit strange.

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

I saw some Iceland KZbins that looked like it can kick up pretty bad. I grew near the potato patch, which is outside the Golden Gate a ways.

[@MrRoundwound]

Red right return means keep the red light or marker to your starboard,not keep to the right of it. These Inlets are easily navigable,as well

[@sammylacks4937]

I used Carolina B. Inlet for years. It can be tricky and dangerous, the problem being the large amount of water that drains out and when the wind driven waves meet the falling tide current they tend to pile up surprisingly large. This plus C. B. I. is very shallow with a narrow channel and a dogleg turn at the point of no return is what makes this Inlet tricky. It has very shallow shoals on either side that should be avoided. Masonboro I. N of C.B.I. in Wrightsville Beach has rock jetty borders and even with much more traffic is easily traversed.

[@acgAdventures]

The footage used for the South Lake Worth inlet aka the Boynton Beach inlet is incorrect, that footage appears to be the lake worth inlet aka the palm beach inlet. The Boynton inlet is dangerous for a few reasons but mostly because it's extremely narrow. One could easily toss a baseball back and forth from one side to another.