Sneaker waves with King Tide

There are two waves. The creek channel is about 10ft deep.
Watch the second wave at 33 secs.
King tide at Rockaway Beach Oregon
11/15/2020 at 12:08 PM Pacific
Logs are several hundred pounds.
High tide over 9ft

[@GaryBeardsley]

Wow, that is remarkable indeed. Been around the ocean in California all my life, but this beach is much more gradual (I do love Oregon's flat beaches). As a result, when the wave that comes it takes a seemingly long time and fools you into thinking there isn't much depth or volume. This video proves that wrong!! You are right Bill, that channel is deep, and it fills up so quickly at the 2nd wave. If it doesn't drown an older folk, it's certainly gonna get *everybody* completely drenched to the bone, swimming in their clothes, struggling to not get carried back out! Thanks for the video. I'll keep my eyes peeled for sneakers' next time I'm in Oregon. ;-)

[@hueyh9773]

Wow how many people died in the past being out there like that knowing that that giant sneaker wave is going to be what 3 ft 5 ft and you cannot outrun that 5 foot no way where you going to run to jump on those logs s*** the second you touch those logs you're dead oh my God great video

[@TheRealBoroNut]

It took me all summer to build that log cabin.

[@Trouble-Clef]

When you see all that debris on the beach it’s a good indication to stay back.

[@Jessebella1]

yes as opposed to all of the silly people walking down there and not staying back! ................................................

[@XOXO-mb2vh]

I don't know how anybody really knows where to build those houses or structures seeing the shoreline is so unpredictable. Yet somehow there's no problems over there.

[@liamm9069]

It's crazy to see how close they are to the shore. Honestly there is no sum of money that could get me to live even close to an ocean let alone right on top of it.

[@debraolivier2147]

Famous last words ... "I got that on video" ...

[@randallmarsh1187]

The photographer never dies

[@xyzct]

"Sneaker waves" is the layman's term for _surf beat,_ relatively long-period waves (30 -120 seconds) that form along the coast distinct from the underlying swell (which usually has a period around 10 - 20 seconds). The dynamics behind surf beat is rather complex, but it tends to become very prominent when there are large swells running concurrently from two different directions.

[@pooderbill]

Here's a bit more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_wave

[@xyzct]

@@pooderbill, as a physicist and life-long surfer, that wiki is a bit confused. Open ocean rogue waves are _solitons._ But they are not the subject here. The proper term for what beach-goers experience -- for what they call "sneaker waves" -- is _infragravity waves._ Oceanographers often refer to infragravity waves as surfbeat.

[@pooderbill]

@@xyzct Thanks for a better identification. Since we regularly get sneaker wave alerts from coastal weather notices, I am assuming that there are measurements that can predict sneaker wave formations.

[@xyzct]

@@pooderbill, surfbeat (or infragravity waves) are always present, but it's the period and amplitude that matter. The long period, high amplitude conditions that catch beach-goers are usually during the winter, when there are two or more large, long period swells from different directions.

[@pooderbill]

This is located in downtown Rockaway Beach Oregon at the Wayside.

[@ChidiUma]

It’s always the Pacific

[@taiweannoona1204]

Knew it!😂

[@justicewokeisutterbs8641]

Woof! I was just thinking, " Looks like Oregon..." Never turn your back on the ocean. 😆

[@GHOSTHUNTER212]

Good videos 👉👍🔔❤️🇲🇨🙏

[@blissshastings1818]

Crazy how it just moves them logs like nothing

[@pooderbill]

It takes less than 5" of water to lift and roll 1,000 pound logs. Playing on top of logs along the surf line is incredibly dangerous. Logs will lift and roll in just a few seconds, trapping people underneath.

[@Brex806]

Killer waves

[@taiweannoona1204]

Is that Rockaway?

[@iasunflower2944]

Ya'll can have the ocean...

[@adambamf9365]

atleast the town would have ample firewood

[@ingridarnold9995]

👍👍👍

[@NevilleFarkinBartos]

just because you can stand there, doesn't mean you should, standing 2 feet above surges like that is incredibly stupid

[@elainekayes8087]

Not to bad

[@drive9997]

Few people taking pics do they no when it’s coming

[@SlamABanana401]

Ofc they do, its jus that they know the camera man never dies

[@NorthwestAdventurerNWA]

Where was this video filmed at? It reminded me of the Washaway Beach area.

[@sbrecke1507]

Rockaway in Oregon

[@pooderbill]

Rockaway Beach Oregon at city center, an area called the Wayside.

[@NorthwestAdventurerNWA]

@@pooderbillThanks, I may have to visit that way. 👍🏽

[@loganbut1122]

It’s a mini tsunami

[@deepfriedmackerel2263]

Pretty but dangerous, just like my wife.

[@sbrecke1507]

OMG 😂

[@amilcarvalenca3381]

😂 like my ex

[@sbrecke1507]

@@amilcarvalenca3381 lol😆

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

Seriously?

[@user-sn7pn7gk5z]

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