Swimming at the Deadliest Beach in the World - Hanakapiai Beach

[@IanMcSlater]

ive been in ocean all my life, im comfortable just about any beach up and down the entire california coast. I am completely comfortable in most situations the water brings. Ive spent years being amazed and dumbfounded at non simmers and tourists who enter water without knowledge or understanding of any dangers. Often calling people stupid for the choices they make that can get them killed. I went to Kauai for first time, hiked to this beach, was soo happy to be there, water looked beautiful and inviting so i went only feet in for a swim in small shoreline waves like it was a flat day at home. Maybe less than two minutes, in only waste deep water i was sucked out and pulled under with massive force. Within a split second i was being pulled under and sideways as if being pulled over a ledge. I instantly clawed the soft sand in a panic and dug in just enough to have the surge pass me and claw out. I believe the only reason i survived was because i was casually laying flat in shallow water instead of standing up. If standing and pulled down off my feet i wouldnt have had that split second to claw the sand out. Happened soo fast. Years later and its one of the only things that gives me anxiety to think about. Im in water nearly every single day yet it showed me how even myself can get too comfortable when visiting unfamiliar places. I was the stupid one that day.

[@alainvosselman9960]

Thanks for sharing that. It can't be stressed enough. I suffer light anxieties mentally. Still, i took on surfing just recently and was invited to join a group of surfers on a trip to Brittany, France... the region of Finistère. After stupidly attempting to surf 6ft waves as a beginner i did catch one of those... can't even steer my board yet...lol... just went straight to the beach in one line but i was very keen on having another one. I turned my back on the ocean for a second and turned around to notice i was 1, in the impact zone...2, the waves were now higher than 8ft. I can tell you when i got smashed by such a wave it is a near death experience and that is just an 8ft wave. It tears your limbs in unnatural ways and keeps you under water. I ate 4 of those and got spat out onto a pebble beach. You couldn't drag me into the ocean anymore after that but i couldn't show my surfer buddies.... lol. So i went back in next day in to 6ft waves, trying to get over my fear but i felt sick to my stomach of raw fear.

[@Riceman-o1p]

Yes but beyond that you are super special

[@TomG1555]

It's kind of like dancing along a cliffline or walking through a dangerous slum at night - certainly it *can* be done without incident, but doing so isn't a long-term survival tactic, and getting away with it doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.

[@JR-mg6mm]

Natural selection at work

[@Matt_Blade]

ignourant, not is dangerous whit waves little

[@MrFunkyfranky]

Calm day you can see it's not dangerous here.. You say "natural selection" like you have found the secret of life.. but all of our history been made by people taking risks.. no by internet commentators who think they are smartest persons ever cause they don't take any.

[@WestsiderSC]

@@MrFunkyfranky life would be boring if nobody took risks.

[@damson140]

no respect for the ocean, no respect for rescuers, no consideration for your loved ones and worst of all, no respect paid to the lives taken here before you. Not sure who you're trying to impress but if you have a look through the comments, you'll see most people aren't impressed at all.

[@bc1173]

oh shut the fuck up libtard

[@theonewhoknows2]

@@bc1173 its not libtards its common sense you idiot. All humans should use it.

[@This_gonna_be_good_I_know_it]

Calm down. The waves were maybe 1'. Winter waves there are easily in excess of 6' and that's when the beach becomes deadly. This video was shot on one of the most mellow days at Hanakapiai to be able to say "I swam at Hanakapiai!" Like crossing a rural highway on foot at 3am. "I crossed a major highway and did not get hit!" Yeah, do that trick again downtown, at 9am and we'll talk...

[@theonewhoknows2]

@@This_gonna_be_good_I_know_itit’s not just winter waves yo, its the geography too

[@stevenc9207]

​@@This_gonna_be_good_I_know_itagain, you're showing your stupidity. Rip currents are under you, not simply the waves. A calm day can change in a second. You don't know what you're doing, you'll end up being someone who has to get rescued somewhere in the future.

[@Erdos-c6l]

this is a very dangerous beach to swim! from my own experience, many years ago, I travelled to Kauai and stopped at the beach during a day hike, even though with the warning sign displayed prominently on the beach, I took a dip in the ocean, a few minutes later, a big wave surged, I was pulled in by the underwater rip current and lost my sense of orientation completely, unable to tell up and down, the current thrashed me in the water. I had to hold my breath and fortunately, the current let go of me and i was able to surface. when i joined my friends relaxing on the beach, I knew I had a very close encounter with death during my first 26 years of life. since then, I paid close attention to any beach I visited, taking the Don't Swim warning sign to the heart.

[@sex14]

damn dude just be careful cuz you may never know when's your last day. Just be careful and be safe

[@klikitzsmith8416]

thats the words i was trying to find

[@SirKolass]

"Be safe" As he swims in one of the deadliest beaches in the world.

[@franciscolopez8553]

Was his last video after 4 years

[@cameleonfleuri]

In those dangerous beaches, being careful doesn't help...at all... because you can be swimming in shallow water, in a place that seems perfectly safe, and then suddenly a strange current or a wave strongly pulls you ... and nothing can be done! End of the story.

[@Taradash4L]

Uhm , never do that , again.

[@mikerossscuba]

Duh.

[@EduardoHernandez-vz4fh]

If he dies he dies

[@mikerossscuba]

Hanakapi'ai reminds me of Monastery Beach (aka: "mortuary beach") just south of Carmel Beach, Central California. The shore break/rip currents are even worse at Monastery because of the very angle of the sand, accelerating the speed and force of the back flow of waves and creating murderous pounding shore break. Unlike Hanakapi'ai, there is a slim chance of rescue if the Park & Rec Rangers are called and get there in time, but most victims drown before help can get to them. Monastery has a couple of Mickey Mouse warning signs about the rip currents, but many folks have ignored them, and over 100 "flat-landers"(that we know of) have been dragged out just beyond the surf line and drowned - right in sight of horrified family members or friends. Some have died going in to rescue a dog, only to drown with the dog making back to shore OK on its own. The rip current is so fast and powerful that it can knock even an adult off his feet even if he's only in ankle deep water. You can just imagine how vulnerable kids are. Highly advanced and trained scuba divers specifically trained in surf entries/exits (who only enter the water at one end of the cove or the other, never in the middle of the cove) call the heavy sand grains "Monster Berries" as they are like small ball bearings when you try to make your way up the sand slope to get out (hence the origin of the term: "The Monastery Crawl" to get up and out of the water). Be safe. Stay away from the water anywhere if there's surf, and above all, don't let your kids or dogs play in the surf if you want to take them home alive. These two jamokes in the vid played a dangerous game of Russian Roulette by getting into the water at Hanakapi'ai Beach - they thought they were stronger than the Pacific Ocean and got away with it this one time. Prime candidates for Darwin Awards. Jus' sayin'....

[@toasternfriends3329]

USE. THE. 'ENTER.' KEY. PLEASE.

[@desertgirl6511]

I love the Monterey Bay but we don’t go to mortuary beach. I almost always see people down there when we go by though and I just don’t get the appeal. Just looking at it, it doesn’t look like a friendly or safe beach.

[@theonewhoknows2]

Dude there is no lifeguards and no shore for over 6 miles if you get swept out to sea at Hanakapi'ai

[@Jay-lr3me]

That sounds very dangerous but if you're ankle deep, that's a few inches lol that's not going to pull a grown man into the water. You must mean knee deep.

[@joshuaking5519]

I grew up in Monterey and I know what beach you’re referring to, everyone there calls it Mortuary beach…

[@Ridetheflow]

Waves were small this day......

[@menshealthforwealth2368]

Its not the waves it's the RIP tides

[@WestsiderSC]

If you’re trying to ride it on a 🧽 board 🤙

[@jernejglavic8614]

Why are you so angry, he is like standing there not even swimming

[@MBicknell]

Ya moms standing not swimming

[@mattr.7553]

I also walked up to my waist there. As soon as you pick up your feet you're going out.

[@RominaGutierrez-iq4dk]

Gracias por mostrarnos con este video un poco esas avuas asesinas.... Siempre hazlo bien y seguro... Suerte y Pura Vida!👉🇨🇷🫶

[@ToyLatrine]

I was just there (Kawaii) and as soon as I heard about this beach I immediately came to KZbin and this video popped up. I think what people fail to visualize in their mind is that this is a tiny little plot of land in the middle of nowhere with no other sand around for miles and no reef to stop any flow of water whatsoever. It’s literally an open water flow out into the middle of the ocean with nothing and I mean NOTHING to stop you from getting sucked out. You couldn’t pay me a million bucks to step foot in that water. Would you be fine? Yeah probably. But just think about what I described. That’s what I see in my mind thinking about this place. Just free flowing water taking you into the middle of a black abyss. It’s truly horrifying.

[@RedHaloManiac95]

The last video on this channel, I wonder if another beach got him

[@AllenMacCannell]

Maybe he returned the next day for more fun...

[@Nutty_Professor]

So far I know, the rip currents in that beach can take you 6 miles away. Unless you are open water long distance swimmer, is very risky to venture in. If you are even able to make the way back

[@Skymaster.47]

6 miles? Goddamnnnnnn

[@This_gonna_be_good_I_know_it]

That was one of the safest days to go in the water at Hanakapiai. Those were 1' waves, maybe? The waves in the video had to muster all their courage to even break at all. In the winter months expect 6'-8+' waves breaking right onto the beach with maybe 3" of water at the bottom of the wave. They will smash you onto the concrete hard beach like nothing. And then, if you get caught in any of the strong rip currents at Hanakapiai, remember that you cannot fight a rip current. You have to swim parallel to the beach to first get out of the current. Problem at Hanakapiai is that the next beach is 6 miles away! Until then it's rugged rocks and cliffs. No way to get out of the water, as the waves will shatter your feeble body on the rocks and turn it into minced meat with some bony splinters. There's a reason over 80 people have drowned at this beach. Those were all people who had had to hike out to that beach first. It's the only way to even get there. They were in good enough shape for that hike, which is a bit challenging. It's a 2 mile hike in tropical climate that takes about 1hour. They could make that hike, but still they drowned.

[@WestsiderSC]

The guy filming is 6’8. They claim they were body surfing for an hour while they were there. Mid summer. Thought it was cool they Filmed it. I guess it’s all about the drop off point. Feel like the guy was super far out there, and the depth was around 3.5 to 4 feet. Nutty how many have passed in those same currents.

[@Sedgehun]

Very wise way of explaining it and putting it into perspective, thank you

[@Jay-lr3me]

More like 40 have drowned there not 80, locals say this is exaggerated. Still sounds awfully dangerous tho.

[@This_gonna_be_good_I_know_it]

@@NexFortnite apparently none of those who drowned had ever hear of that concept. Thank god you’re so smart

[@halliharding2719]

Why would you swim in that, Hanukapi beach is so dangerous they have no reefs protecting the current under the water so therefore the water currents are so strong that’s why so many people die there I wouldn’t dare go there you could get sucked down to the bottom and not come back your risking your own life but I’ll give you credit for being brave

[@justinmejia2952]

Rip currents dont suck you down

[@RyderFreeMusic0]

mrg zlkm yea

[@lakshmandasa4184]

@@justinmejia2952 undertows do

[@seattleflyboard3807]

@@lakshmandasa4184 there's really no such thing as an undertow.....waves can suck you under but not currents.

[@lakshmandasa4184]

@@seattleflyboard3807 In physical oceanography undertow is the under-current that is moving offshore when waves are approaching the shore. Undertow is a natural and universal feature for almost any large body of water: it is a return flow compensating for the onshore-directed average transport of water by the waves in the zone above the wave throughs. The undertow's flow velocities are generally strongest in the surf zone, where the water is shallow and the waves are high due to shialing. In popular usage, the word "undertow" is often misapplied to rip currents. An undertow occurs everywhere underneath shore-approaching waves, whereas rip currents are localized narrow offshore currents occurring at certain locations along the coast.

[@vincem4756]

Just seeing this sent shivers down my spine..but thanks for the vid. Now I've seen Hanakapiai Beach...and I never want to go in.

[@andrewbarchenger2010]

Hawaiian Water Patrol should just ignore people who ignore the signs. smh

[@imperimgladius]

No wonder you're so ignorant

[@allthingsdia9307]

Agree.

[@MrFunkyfranky]

What is the use of a water patrol if they don't save stupid people who played with their lives ? If nobody goes in the water, why create a water patrol ?

[@kloppskalli]

..usually you can see where the rip tide is. Water pushes up the beach and then has to go back somehow - gravity doesnt allow waves to stay on top of the beach.. that stream can be on one side of the beach, or in the middle or anywhere, where the ground allows the water to retreat. Big waves aren't your friend in general unless you have a surfboard.. or wear flippers to propel you fast enough to get back to the shore. I'm not a fast swimmer so I dont like to go into rough water without my flippers. Swimming back to the beach is five times harder than to swim out .. the higher the waves the harder it gets ... any beach can kill you!

[@fortold1]

Amazing! This death trap is really intriguing to me. All those people that thought they'd reached a beachy paradise only to be dragged to a watery tomb.

[@WestsiderSC]

Why were you lurking on this video then, or the other 82000?

[@MBicknell]

Youre a lil sunshine at the end of a rainbow you

[@Dee-mo3oj]

do nile river next

[@Minimumholloway]

😂😂😂😂

[@insidplayz90]

This guy: vloging in hanakapai beach later... while editing video later... dead

[@IcIrc]

Pretty cool until suddenly your being pulled out with no control

[@dmarkj22]

The minute you say to yourself “it’s safe” is when you need to be most cautious.

[@Sedgehun]

Truth.

[@tornadosirenplayz977]

Hanakapiai beach is dangerous why did you go in the water. It’s not safe

[@SirKolass]

Next time wait for the high currents, so you can have more fun

[@blitzie1233]

Wish you would have showed making it back to shore. did you make it?

[@svetlanarebane]

No, he's dead but he still uploaded the video Einstein

[@aerialexplorer772]

@@svetlanarebane It might have been a live stream. Legend says he is still out there, swimming, to this very day.

[@GThomas748]

Saw a man who drowned on Dec 23, 2019 while swimming on this beach. Was pulled in by rescue team and brought to nearby Kee's beach, trying to revive with CPR for half hour. Sadly, it did not help

[@BearlyVT]

Was there today, waves were HUGE! Nobody in the water.

[@Leieieish]

Sorry to hear that person who drowned here in January 2018, hope all can make the most of it somehow.

[@Sedgehun]

How so?

[@tinat5484]

The sign sends shivers down my spine

[@inurmothersbed3279]

My man had a death wish 😔☠️

[@klikitzsmith8416]

Good footage, bad decisions. A learning moment

[@justinjakeesquiros7898]

UM dont swim here!! Its dangerous this beach has strong current

[@Stranded73]

Looks like you were caught in a rip current... You just weren't getting any closer to shore!

[@jeroenjansen2709]

What is so scary? Just try to get a wave back

[@johnmark3990]

I was hiking somewhere in Kauai, and this beach was halfway point to this really cool waterfall, where I camped out. You got balls I'd never go in that far

[@sorciak]

it was Walking not Swimming lol :D

[@WestsiderSC]

Its tough when the guy swimming is 6'8

[@0neforthemoney]

Looks safe. Next time I'm there I will swim a mile out and back!

[@freddy7304]

just mark another line on the board before you head out in the water

[@drguitar78]

some people are so weak...i'll swim 2 miles and back

[@theonewhoknows2]

​@@drguitar78 good luck with the currents. Because your stronger than water apparently. Idiot.

[@_HiitsKai_16]

@@drguitar78 well did you do it?

[@drguitar78]

@@_HiitsKai_16 No, I tried, but I didn't make it. I'm dead.

[@chardelraconner2166]

F!N FACT ~ "When Hanukkah Is Shimmering Antiochus ; Abroad says this old thing 1 thing 2 survives treacherous shit like this" ©

[@ultralooter]

I feel guilty watching this

[@coraphobic9172]

did u come onto shore?

[@renelr12]

You guys were lucky

[@bluezourar1573]

Lolwut this beach is dangerous oh fuk when I was like 9 my whole family went like 7 feet deep and were just playing in the water and no one could reach lol

[@havenwisner6776]

Why tho

[@tpstrat14]

Why did you do this? It reeks of trying to prove something. Pathetic

[@Treasures4Food]

It's up to 83 now.

[@justinjakeesquiros7898]

Or this isint hanakiapi beach

[@Uciferzalunje]

je je swiming po plazi udji tamo dublje deep nigga deep

[@1gbayfisher]

i saw nothing.

[@ramdas363]

I'm gay

[@HerpaDurpVg]

Abit disappointed you didn't get swept away

[@Ridetheflow]

Check my new vid waves were at least 3 times bigger and only me out bodyboarding

[@methylene5]

I saw that the other day, cool vid man!

[@4672-m9f]

ignore the signs

[@robingardella6240]

Foolish.

[@thomasanas7976]

youre crazy 😡😡😡

[@MY_USER_WAS_TAKEN]

You think this place is dangerous, come to Australia... I'll show you a real rip

[@toasternfriends3329]

It's far more dangerous in the winter but even so, it's objectively one of the strongest rip currents of any beach in the world. So your Australian bravado comment is pretty stupid.

[@scottscott3154]

JK Ohhhh really? bla bla bla

[@Jay-lr3me]

​@@toasternfriends3329 yeah maybe they don't have stronger rips in Australia but the wide range of jellyfish, saltwater crocs, sharks and sea snakes make some of those queensland beaches dangerous as anything.

[@toasternfriends3329]

@Jay-lr3me Yes but the topic is about rip currents.

[@mrjamesbotanist]

Easy and fun beach to swim at.

[@daijme]

Lol another 3 feet and youse gone

[@SeiLaManoSoBotei]

I was hiking somewhere in Kauai, and this beach was halfway point to this really cool waterfall, where I camped out. You got balls I'd never go in that far