RAW POV SURFING 1' Deep REEF! - Perfection

On a distant shore, there lies a reef break that is so perfect, but so sketchy because of how close to dry reef it breaks. Coral heads boiling up along the wave, with water so clear it feels like it's not even there, and it dead ends into dry reef at the end. Anytime you fell and ended up in the whitewater, you would hit bottom and get cut up. The wave is flawless though, so wipeouts were minimal, and surfing it was One of the most surreal experiences of my life, with just a handful of us out!
Thanks to @TeamONeill & @Surfline for the invite on this "Maps to Nowhere" trip! Watch the full feature here --- • Maps to Nowhere Episod...
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"RAW POV Sessions" is a Playlist where I go back and upload all the raw footage from a session/day. No frills, just straight footage... wipeouts, makes, walking, talking, whatever I film with my GoPro.

[@brettbarley]

Here is my POV experience from "MAPS TO NOWHERE - The Lost Atoll" ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/fl7Uk2Oarc9mhKMsi=EkvTE_mWLwMjsRuV Presented by O'Neill & Surfline The shallowest barreling wave I've ever surfed!

[@user-gw5ic8si5o]

first time in awhile I've seen footage that made me say "Holy Crap" from the first drop!

[@brettbarley]

Haha thanks! Am pretty stoked on how this footage cam out too

[@guyfitter3006]

Yep!

[@pumpkinflipper5751]

Turn To God Amen

[@shangerdanger]

this is insane

[@hankgoldenshaft]

I’ve surfed a wave like this many times in my dreams - you’re a lucky man

[@HoStevie]

That water clarity is unreal 🙌🏽

[@NinaNova-]

Like my rank on Fortnite

[@grimsonforce7504]

Agreed shame it won't be that way for long.

[@canaldeisaias]

You make it look so easy dude ... thanks for sharing this with us Brett

[@Jason-TheChad-Muska_circa1995]

I wait for this footage every single year. Me and my pops who's still Rippin at 65 always binge watch this vlog every Christmas Day. Stoked you're back in Hawaii for another Season and I hope you get some good quality time with your family too and have a Merry Christmas 🤙

[@hootie442]

So epic. Keep it rolling for all of us back on the east coast, Brett!

[@joshuaanderson4311]

perfect conditions and all to yourself.... im so wanting a surf trip like that !!!! Ty for sharing it got me stoked to go now!

[@gregstewart3126]

Thank you Brett ...keep them coming.....

[@laydazed]

I will be rewatching this in my dreams tonight, so epic!!

[@dreichert1438]

That was epic, and you were just the man for that job right there. Representin the Banks mighty well as always. I swear, you must have been within an inch or two of catching a fin on that first wave after the cut back. Got no choice but to trust it and go in that situation

[@michaelj8793]

I didn't remember any of these clips being in the series really appreciate you sharing these beautiful clips my friend Be well and God Bless You and Yours 👍🤙

[@morganrich4894]

A sesh ingrained forever! Thanks for sharing it:)

[@ocean4lifem8]

So sick brett, just the vibe off the clip is epic 👏

[@evolusd]

This is every surfer's dream - totally mesmerizing.

[@orion6622]

Wow! This makes me just love NC’s cold water waves even more….. says me never.

[@TheKeithandre]

Insane Brett haven’t seen any of your latest videos ,this looks so sketchy but you make it look pretty easy ,also you’re still stoked !

[@juanchaves2971]

This reminds me of surfing in Fiji, and also in the Exuma keys of the Bahamas. Many days in the Bahamas the lighting was at just the right angle so that you actually could not see where the wave was while you were up and riding- Crazy crazy crazy situation- I am sure you know what I am describing. Its so weird but sometimes you can not see the wave you are on!

[@JeffreyMoyer-ms7nv]

Stunning footage!

[@emisurfchannel2280]

Sick crystal water!! Thanks for sharing 🎉🎉

[@stuartrobinson1338]

Shark pit and windmills in Maui have reefs that are close enough that you can scrape your hand paddling and cut yourself on the reef. Great footage amazing

[@joseph23288]

Bro your barrel riding is so clean !

[@dkp92788]

that left is 👌🏽 and the ✌🏽 sign barrel was killer awesome video 🤙🏽🌊

[@dreams2reality410]

The camera work is on another level. Representing East coast to its fullest potential. What an amazing reef and amazing planet we live on.

[@brettbarley]

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoyed it :)

[@brettweyman9435]

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@DRLLNPROD]

beautiful. brings back memories

[@philipeppos]

Man, those are some sick catches. Smooth surfing at it's finest, crazy. Nice session, man.

[@brettbarley]

Thanks!

[@jamestemple9295]

I have seen so many surfing videos and reef povs but this one is difffferennntttt

[@jeffg4686]

@3:52 - that's a poster right there Brett - beautiful I'm feeling bahamas

[@Strik9]

Jello tubes, amazing ✌️👍🤙

[@wavemaker54]

I can see why there’s no one out. Such a sweet wave. Go Brett!

[@striker5785]

Wow!! That was insane!

[@hman7236]

Wow mesmerizing water shots

[@timyarrow8844]

Unbelievably sweet. That water.......

[@ExtraChrisP08]

Well this was an absolute dream. Glad you got to experience it in real life. Little sketch but worth it

[@davebrown2728]

Beautiful barrels!!

[@ericporto9603]

What a perfect lil left ... It looks so similar to that fast lil left Jaime O'Brien surfed a couple months back ... So sick as a goofy footer this is heaven

[@ShimaUta86]

It’s the same spot

[@ishinetwo]

What spot?

[@Ihatetoprocrastinate]

This looks like that Surfline maps to nowhere mystery island. Beautiful footage thanks for sharing

[@brettbarley]

It is. Used my GoPro our last session.

[@wavespoiler]

not a mystery, some know!

[@henrybarth5509]

@@wavespoiler where is it

[@thisisme7587]

​@@henrybarth5509 nice try 😂

[@measures_of_distance]

crazy footage

[@bobandrews4498]

Beautiful water!!!

[@hondorama]

I just stumbled on to this. I don't know you, but you have big balls, and a ton of skill.

[@kyleb6236]

A perfect surf. Looks like a dream

[@shock_6680]

Ive only surfed NY beaches this looks like the ultimate surfing experience

[@davidhavard1908]

Good to see Hatteras guy in a far away land ripping. In the early 90s growing up we didn’t have the opportunity as much to get noticed . Sick footage ready for some Hatteras swell .Did you ever fall and be like wow that was close . That looks sharp

[@brettbarley]

Oh I hit bottom hard 2-3 times but never drew too much blood… every single one of us went home with scars though. If you fell you hit, it was that shallow

[@Harry1s]

Awesome!!

[@aarmcintyre]

Awesome, pov is the future

[@samueleboga7398]

Wtf man that's unreal, soooo shallow🤯🤯🤯

[@rhf743]

Absolutely epic

[@AndrewCooperr]

Pure perfection

[@prayacharters]

Sick!!

[@TheWatcher-NM156]

Beautiful clear, clean water!

[@patrick03333]

3:49 so sick 🔥🔥

[@RM-kh1jj]

Unreal !!

[@wisdomoverfear2685]

I'd probably have a heart attack surfing there seeing the cheese grator looking reef and blowing the drop ! I'll stick with the 3' onshore slop at my local beachbreak ... although it looked pretty epic !😮😮😮

[@brettbarley]

its a bit nerve racking to know if you fall you'll hit bottom and get cut 😆

[@inFAMOUSBeatsGFx]

So sick

[@kiteblaster]

Nothin' better than pullin' in with that reef reachin' up to grab ya.

[@aliikarma7822]

Dang epic glassy barrels!!!Were there a lot of sea urchins as well?? Love the content man!! Aloha

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

absolutely mental

[@meegssan5716]

Its like diving and seeing the reef but just getting barreled

[@josmith2062]

Mind-surfed the f* outa this one! 🤩😍

[@billybobthorton]

😅 love it!!!

[@charlesshaw9116]

peace sign claim was exquisite.

[@jonasm3812]

Thanks, and stop it. Working in UK at the moment, 35 and rainy.

[@user-co9wd8no2e]

I lived in Rodanthe for 8 years. Thanks for doing this for us.

[@Jason-TheChad-Muska_circa1995]

Same here bud. Lived off Sea Isle Hill Dr for 4 years and then Runboat in Frisco for 3 years. As a little kid I grew up between Virginia Beach and Kitty hawk and Manteo And much of my family still live in those areas down there today. But I now live in VB but still have my family home down in the OBX and spend quite a bit of time each year down there. I always miss it when I'm gone. We just need them to open up a FedEx ground or UPS route down there and I'm coming back baby🤣🙏 Merry Christmas to you brother And they you and your family have great health, plenty of happiness and prosperity coming into the new year.🤙

[@theman21030]

Wow that’s a fin nipper ! Looks like Caribbean.

[@kirkdunn1379]

this is what people who dont surf never see.....in tropics the reef going up thru the wave, pretty incredible

[@Chris_hilton1]

Unreal footage

[@brettbarley]

thank you!

[@zachscott4867]

Chills! You can see that angry coral trying to poke out of the water and snack on your flesh.

[@kahalekui]

Reminds me of the many barrels on dry reef sessions at Alligators, and other north shore Oahu breaks as a kid. Where the payoff was almost always worth the wana sticks and reef rash 😂

[@mikebranch7928]

Insane

[@joshsmith7999]

Crazy thing is its probably shallower than it looks, i know i would end up mince meat from the take off 🤣, Brett makes it look to easy 👌

[@MBailote]

Damn that’s shallow 😮🤙🏼

[@chrisculley3756]

That had to be a great trip with the boys. But that's just freaking nuts man. That is literally skimming The Reef. I think I saw an octopus flipping you off. RLTW 3/75

[@NickSurfing]

looks like a dream brah

[@didymostruespeal]

Brett you're crazy guy. I mean that in a good way. So I was wearing polarized surfing sunglasses. And a similar thing happen on a very clear day the water almost disappeared. Did you use a polarized filter? This was a wonderful feeling and it was shallow that day too. not crazy like you though. Incredible I recommend the glasses. Except I actually could not see where the wave was. I had to throw spray to figure out where the bottom was.

[@danb8877]

cool fish in wave at 3.57. looks super fun. I surfed super sucks this year. was similar but 10 times longer. unfortunately the barrel length fucked me up. this looks good tho. shallow isn't bad. reef is good. thanks for sharing something magical.

[@brettbarley]

ya you can see the photographers swim through the wave too on one of em

[@superfluityme]

Awesome work and joy. With a person in the water filming above and below the water; the footage would've been amazing.

[@brettbarley]

there were... it was in Surfline's "Maps To Nowhere" Ep. 1 released spring of last year. check it out

[@tubedus]

Tremendo!

[@cjrideson]

Sweet.

[@garrettsadventure]

Know exactly where this is, wish I was good enough to surf it

[@andrews9328]

This guy paddled from up river to that break!

[@daudfazeeh3692]

That’s how we do it in the maldives as well. Reef breaks are amazing . And thrilling

[@RamFly1A1]

Sick view Brett , any damage on the fins? And how was the fishing 🎣 thanks for sharing brother 🤙🏼 North Sentinel Board Riders for Life 🤙🏼🇨🇷

[@brettbarley]

No damage to fins luckily! Just my skin 😂

[@SURFXLANI]

HOLY CRAP UR AMAZING 🤩 😮❤

[@whitecloud3356]

🎉😮 incredible

[@adlene5961]

When perfection meets your dreams expectations

[@addisonhill2960]

Unreal! What settings do you use on the GoPro? Super view, 4k?

[@brettbarley]

Shot with GoPro MAX 360 cam. Lot of editing to get the shots to look right and not all warped.

[@AntonioRodriguez-fv6vt]

Epic POV footage! That reef definitiely looked scary! Do you use the max lens on your gopro?

[@brettbarley]

This was shot with the GoPro MAX 360 camera.

[@GONE4GOOD79]

DREAM SEQUENCE ...

[@xxx7917]

Perfection. There's one shot , a yellow fish swims past while your slotted

[@danrodrigues3531]

The camera may be deceiving my eyes but I'm curious how far from where you paddled out was the surf?

[@howdy1487]

That water is a double-edged sword. It's beautiful as can be, but the danger is on full display. Would be less nerve-racking if you couldn't see the blades so well. There's beautiful water in many areas of the globe, but I'm guessing Caribbean to get that stunning.

[@manuelnogueiraalmeidamori9309]

Its recorded with the gopro MAX?????

[@azzamason]

It looks so fast when u catch a wave😮

[@cloud84strife]

it's so perfect that looks like a videogame.. where is this place? Maldive?

[@berniedmj1]

Was that a black tip reef shark?

[@user-co9wd8no2e]

Nice

[@spencerbrady6791]

Beautiful open face turns

[@christopherbreen6225]

What settings do u recommend to get shots like these?

[@deedubs602]

OMG!