Tsunami wave striking Kihei Maui.m4v

[@MrBrightlight66]

Although the images are not as dramatic as the title suggests, the narrative is very good and illustrates most of the main features of a larger destructive tsunami. Well done and tks.

[@johnnybravo5962]

The title of the video actually exactly describes the content of the video. It's not a dramatization at all.

[@Chippottle]

I learned a ton!!! Ive never lived near the Ocean so this helps if I was to ever be caught in a calm ocean.

[@weeardguy]

Indeed. And WOW! The first reflected wave shows up beautifully in this video!

[@colatf2]

He doesn’t say HUGE TSUNAMI WAVE STRIKING HAWAI’I **DEVASTATION***

[@justplainpossum]

I thought this was very well done; he knew what he was talking about, for sure. Much appreciated!

[@au69miner]

that's actually a tsumini

[@CachorroDoMSN]

Oh God 1 year later and I can say that I found the best comment on KZbin.

[@captainfrank01]

lol!

[@scanzas]

You made my day

[@PanferriDPMO]

Ohhh i get it xdddd

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

Not to be confused with a tsumami, a common feature of my kitchen.

[@mojorojo6]

It was actually wave of information on tsunami.

[@md-80enjoyer95]

Stop

[@KrypticNity]

Dude is well versed in Tsunamis

[@om3g4z3r0]

We will rebuild.

[@TheXxstarplayaxx]

TheHueisOver™ 😂

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Oh the humanity! My sandcastle! Noooooo!

[@sporadicspork6314]

This is the funniest comment I’ve ever read

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

😂😂😂

[@Andrew..J]

Now that I've watched it, I guess it was kinda silly thinking there would actually be someone casually filming a large scale tsunami from the shore.

[@Josue-eu9sy]

Andrew Jatib ikr lol

[@matty101yttam]

Not really, i've seen dumber people in video's so nothing would surprise me now.

[@jamieward9992]

Andrew Jatib click bait title lol

[@rileygonzales896]

Andrew Jatib I don’t think it’s silly at all. What’s silly is posting a video of a little wave on KZbin and labeling it as a tsunami...

[@40Sec]

@@rileygonzales896 - That's like saying "it's silly to say a small earthquake is still an earthquake."

[@holyteejful]

I was in Maui too,when I saw my first (and only) tsunami ... Very small just like this one but u could tell the entire time the ocean was not behaving like it normally does. Was quite eery and impressive , and you could definitely hear the power of the water more than you could see it

[@MrHistory269]

I was 6-7 in 2010 when a Chile quake triggered warnings I got up that night and walked to the driveway and I could see a snake of cars driving up the mountain everyone evacuating

[@boxhawk5070]

I moment of silence for all the barnacles that didn't make it...

[@vickynicoll3045]

lol, sorry barnacles.

[@themidgetking4326]

Boxhawk *RESPECTFUL TRUMPET INTENSIFIES*

[@Vyclops]

RIP Ants

[@infledermaus]

It's especially sad that Barnacle Bill the Sailor didn't make it. ;-)

[@McHeisenburger]

F

[@piizzaefichi]

Tsunami starter kit?

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

lol

[@pkoppart]

lol

[@thorrad23]

Sumwewao, yes this is the same tsunami that struck Fukushima. This is one of the much later secondary waves that struck after the main wave came ashore in darkness on Maui. I would estimate that this wave happened some 4 or five hours after the main wave which is why there was such little rise behind it. It's still an amazing thing to see even though its so small.

[@brndnshv]

Thought it would be a bigger wave but it was still very informative.

[@MrHistory269]

If it was a bigger wave he most likely wouldn’t be around to upload the video

[@chrisemerson515]

@@MrHistory269 why? I’m sure he would’ve still recorded it, only he would’ve backed up to a safer distance! Not everybody with a camera in their hand is a wondering dumbass!

[@josephastier7421]

This wave was bigger about 12 hours earlier when it wrecked the northeastern coast of Japan.

[@robbie8142]

How calm, informative and professional is this guy recording the video? Sensational! That was so well presented. Thankyou. Even if it's 10 years later. Cya 🤗🤗🤗

[@brandflakes1]

Even though this video is old, it’s still amazing. This guy knows what he’s talking about, and it’s so fascinating seeing how Tsunamis work and it’s precursors.

[@edptoblo]

Not a tsunami. That's just a fast incoming tide. Smartnen up ppl.

[@nirmalasingh7677]

nicely done. Tsunamis aren't always large. and this was classic demonstration. Wave reflection was nice

[@TomG1555]

Good video, I enjoyed the educational narration. The majority of tsunamis are of this sort, not the huge monsters that make legends. Thanks for sharing this!

[@toyabermudez2523]

tagryn yup. Most are small

[@ThorKipperberg]

Yes,but people thinks that tsunami waves are much bigger than this in height,and that is not the case,and tsunami waves don't break like surf waves,even the large tsunami waves looks mostly flat on the surface,and only creates these rolling,waves that seems harmles,until they reach the shoreline and the water rises extremely fast,and keeps pushing on land like a fast moving river. This vid,shows exactly why people die or get caught by these waves ,they just seem harmles from a distance,and people get very curious of why the tide suddenly drains so fast out to sea ,leaving reefs and rocks bare of water. The bigger/,wider wave the more extreme the tide gets.And suddenly it starts pusing on land,and continues pushing inland,tearing everything with it.Stay Away from the shores,if a Tsunami warning have been issued,cause that's an inevitable death trap if enough water have been displaced,you cant out run it,can't drive away from it,and cant hide from it .Only thing that helps is higher grounds,like tall sturdy high rise buildings,or hills or mountains.Everything lower than a normal two story building,is not safe.When looking at the japan tsunami,you see that it seemed very calm and didnt pose any threath ,until the water just overflowed everything,breaching the tsunami walls, tearing down near shore buildings that at the moment seemed pretty safe, overwhelming briges,and overpasses,and crushed homes far far inland and pretty far up in the landscape.Large Tsunamis are one of natures most extreme force of nature and should always been taken serious.In Norway a Tsunami of 100 meters in height are expected in the Geiranger fjord,due to the Askernes mountain slide.We dont know when it will happen,but its 100 % certain it will,and it will destroy everything along the fjords,and reach Aalesund city by minutes after . GREAT vid ,and.fantastic explanation :)

[@chrisemerson515]

@@ThorKipperberg u might wanna go back and look at the Japan tsunami again! Maybe the day before the water was calm. But when the sirens started going off it damn near sucked the bay dry. U can hear the people talking and comparing it to the many tsunamis they’ve had in the past. U can tell by their voice that the March 2011 tsunami was very different.

[@infledermaus]

Even that small wave height is quite honestly scary when one considers that there is nothing one can do to stop it. Easily scaled up. Great video. Educational commentary. Your video is an excellent teaching tool. Thank you for posting! I've seen a lot of video of the 2004 and 2011 tsunami. This is cool. A tsunami without destruction and loss of life. A nice change.

[@whitetornado603]

I miss Maui like crazy. Tsunami risk and all. Lived there in the 90s. So tied to my business and house and trying to save for retirement I may never visit again. Only watching Maui KZbin videos will keep me sane lol

[@GTgaming69]

Saw the tiny wave and hit the dislike button, which im ashamed abt now because i know now a lot more about tsunamis and this mans is pure af so uh lemme just switch that like real quick brb

[@KAT-ew9wz]

Thank you, this was actually incredibly informative. I knew that the water level drops first, but I didn't know how much it pushes after it first arrives. Very appreciated.

[@jameschristian643]

You have given an excellent discription and explanation with video , I hope people will take this to heart learn from it because tsunami,s can exceed over 100. Feet in hight . I like what you have done to save lives in this video thanks James.

[@TubeBrowser2]

Excellent video and narration. Thanks.

[@KallyNui]

Holy shit 2011 was 7 years ago

[@raulramirez1711]

Time sure does fly, fr.

[@dk6173]

Now 2011 is 9 years ago.

[@bananajoe3669]

@@dk6173 🤔 nowadays it is ten years ago...

[@j.watson6148]

Still scary because you don’t know if it’s going to stop or just keep on coming

[@christianmendez8321]

J. Watson that's what she said

[@weatherstuff808]

Christian Mendez. Micheal would be proud of you

[@christianmendez8321]

@@weatherstuff808 learned from the best

[@chrisemerson515]

@@christianmendez8321 oh shit that’s priceless! 😂😂😂

[@WojciechP915]

Finally, a calm and collected explanation.

[@MicBergsma]

RUN!!!!

[@adamuchiha8058]

MicBergsma first comment

[@YurkerYT]

Instead of run I'd say walk.

[@adriankyleabaja9271]

Erik instead of walking, let's just watch

[@kfcgravy5041]

Adrian Kyle Abaja instead of watching, jump in to get a closer look

[@huracansto8315]

KFC Gravy - Instead of watching. Just crawl.

[@josephastier7421]

Very interesting to see the water level dropping as the wave approached. The term "tsunami" says nothing about the height of the wave. Some are large enough to destroy cities, some are too small to detect without instruments, yet the structure in both cases is the same. A pulse of energy extending from the surface to the bottom of the sea.

[@thorrad23]

Yes! And due to that massive depth of the wave the periodic of the wave can be extremely long when it gets close to shore. That’s where most of the power comes from with these waves.

[@sherrimccune5946]

It was kind of loud coming back in, imagine the sound in Japan of a big one coming back in. Scary.

[@NYRangers520]

Nice video and explanation given on your part on how tsunami waves work on a way way lesser scale that is. Unfortunately the poor people of Japan on this day were not lucky.

[@grapiken7766]

This is very small compared to other Japanese Tsunami videos I've seen, but none the less, it's still fascinating and a little bit scary. Nature is in control and we are expendable.

[@MrHistory269]

True the Japanese Tsunami had lost most of its power by the time it hit us although I remember my paddling coach telling us the wave has crested the hill and flooded the area where all our canoes are kept But none of the canoes were on site that day so we were lucky

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

Amazing how much energy was in that wave, considering how gigantic the ocean is and how far Hawaii is from the epicenter in Japan.

[@arn3661]

I can’t believe you survived that 😱 Wish I was that lucky

[@brianmartindunn]

Nicely done video with good commentary.

[@Chainyanker007]

This guy doesn’t seem to realize it could be a 50’+ wave heading for him, it always looks small at a distance. I’m one of the few around that have seen a 50+ footer headon but lived to tell about it. Back around ‘52 a big one hit Hilo on the Big Island. My friend and I were on the middle bridge over the Wailuku River about 50’ over the estuary. The tsunami emptied out most of Hilo Bay and came in as a vertical wall of muddy water that rushed right at us, went under the bridge, covered Maui’s Canoe, a large volcanic protrusion close to the bridge, kept going upstream a couple hundred yards under the 3rd bridge. The first bridge at the mouth, made of a grill like steel was completely submerged. The estuary was just a boiling mess of swirling water, two or three more waves hit later some minutes apart. An amazing experience, the rest of town had evacuated to high ground but what do kids know. Since the estuary had almost no water in it and the top of the wave was about 10’ below us that wave must have been close to 60’ where we were. A little higher and I wouldn’t be telling this true story.

[@peeterl.2016]

Crawl back to your hole, moron. He clearly saw it wasn't dangerous. Regular waves are ten times higher than this "tsunami".

[@calebgauthreaux1328]

great video! thanks. props for having the balls to stand there and narrate so calmly.

[@maxf7351]

The behavior of water is amazing

[@Diana_L.]

Nice to find a video that doesn't just concentrate on the height of the wave, but instead informs viewers that it's the extreme wavelength that is the actually important feature of a tsunami wave.

[@wj5mjk]

This will cost millions to fix

[@Genesongx]

Indeed, those waves were produced by the japan 2011 earthquake that caused a huge tsunami

[@jamesstone7689]

I arrived in Kihei that night on holiday we spent the night in a tsunami refuge at a church up the hill. Super welcoming group. Gave us breakfast. I watched this happening the next day. Brings back memories. Thanks

[@dakotalayinlow]

imagine those waves 20' higher... whew!

[@thorrad23]

+dakotalayinlow Yeah! Also when they get that big they are also much longer wavelength, so they inundate for a much longer time. This one is a baby from long after the main wave arrived, but the big ones have a lot of water column behind them. Scary!

[@tardis3962]

i came here for a real Tsunami nice bait click

[@stretchpadawan1]

Its exactly what is described in the title.. maybe you should research what "click bait" is.. not sure what bait click is though...

[@commenter7893]

If a really big wave came how far would you be able to "ditch" anyway.

[@thorradford3865]

+commenter78 my rule is: If you see whitewater on the incoming tsunami you'd better run uphill fast. The place I shot this from is right at the beach, but less than a block and a half away the hill rises quickly. When I was filming this the idea that I may have to leave quickly was always in my mind. I had been obsessed with the '94 Indian Ocean tsunami since it happened. Had friends killed in that one.

[@you99tubejimking]

Excellent video! It's nice to hear an intelligent description and explanation of what we're looking at, on KZbin.

[@michaelcarlson219]

The same tsunami kept going to California and wrecked some boats in Santa Cruz Harbor. Doesn't matter if its small or not; the science is impressive. Thanks for the video.

[@tatonkapeach]

Wow you’re brave! What magnificent footage an amazing phenomenon. Your narration is very informative. Thank you for this. I’m very impressed.

[@yegfreethinker]

It's eerie how still the shoreline surface is slightly before the wave hits. Good quality narration on what's going in a tsunami. :-)

[@ultramet]

Welcome to da ‘āina folks. The only place I know where whenever there is a tsunami alert, the locals want to go out surfing. Very nice and educational video. Mahalos.

[@darioinfini]

10 years later, my comment. This I think is a similar phenomenon to wave theory in electronics. Very high speed digital signals create wave fronts on circuit boards. When I designed those it would create a "step function" much like the leading edge of that tsunami -- a rise in voltage "height". That wave front would propagate down the signal path -- the metal trace on the board -- at a specific speed, usually around 150ps/inch, or about 6" per nanosecond. So if you had a foot length of metal trace on your board, you could expect that signal to take 2 nanoseconds to reach the end. At the end you would want to have some kind of resistor to match the impedance of the trace so that wavefront could be "absorbed" without generating a reflection. If there was a mismatch, a reflection would be generated. If there was no resistor at all, i.e., an "open trace", the signal would reach the end of the trace and double in "height", generating a reverse propagating reflection back up the trace like this tsunami did when it hit the shore. Following the same principles -- when a large tsunami arrives on shore, it just "flows" onto land. If there is a seawall to protect the shore -- the horrifying thing is that that essentially acts like an "open trace" to the tsunami. That is, if it's a 10' tsunami, the water basically "backs up" when it hits the wall and doubles in height as it reflects back. So if you want to protect from a 10' possible tsunami you have to build a TWENTY foot high wall. Anyway, was fascinating to watch a little one do that. Nice vid.

[@SuV33358]

Wow.... Great video and great job of explaining how a tsunami happens. I did always picture a huge tall wave coming over a city. And I always thought they were called tidal waves. Well now I know better, and i see a tsunami causes the same force and destruction as what I've been imagining. Thanks for the info. (Yes, I see this video is 10 yrs old... Still had to comment) 👍🏼

[@ZombieJesus1987]

Crazy that these same waves caused so much destruction in a different part of the world. Really informative video!

[@SkyChaserCom]

The wave isn't that high because Hawaii has a rapidly dropping continental shelf, basically a "rock" sticking out of water 3+ miles deep. The wave was much higher affecting a continent such as California. Also the sea floor can focus or disperse the wave over long distances, like a lens.

[@Baronstone]

Wow, never seen the reflected wave before. That is pretty impressive even though it is a small wave

[@katerinaliakou5549]

Great video. This what tsunamis look like most of the time, huge tsunamis are very rare.

[@blankblank1762]

Wow he taught me something about tsunamis in 4 minutes that I didn't learn throughout all my years spent in school so educational and cool to see. I really liked how he explained as we saw... So glad KZbin popped this video up on my timeline!

[@angelar3997]

That was such an awesome narrative! Very intriguing video, thank you!!!

[@aniwhitgift637]

Really interesting. I perhaps am somewhat delayed in viewing, however the Hawaiian Islands have recently became a personal obsession. Fantastic place, thank you for your informative video.

[@wj5mjk]

The horror! The devastation! How will they recover?

[@ZombieJesus1987]

startrek This is actually the same tsunami that hit Japan.

[@laughtoohard9655]

It isn't about wave height. It's about wave length, which is the distance between two waves. That's why a Tsunami can become very large in shallow water. You were absolutely right about the Water Column. Nice video.

[@MichaelCampbell01]

Excellent voice over explanation. This "wall of water" discussion you hear so often is just absurd; it's like a thick carpet of water that just doesn't stop.

[@walterwilliams2377]

Very well done.. most people would just watch and be caught off guard, not realizing what is about to happen. When the water gets sucked back so dramatically thats an indicator to quickly get to higher ground.

[@samsungw200]

Didn't expect the wave to go back! Good video thanks for posting

[@weeardguy]

This is by far the best video I have ever seen about a tsunami! Especially the reflections were interesting to see (that's something different opposed to the animations numerous weather-services placed on their websites after the 2004 tsunami.

[@paulknightley]

Very interesting video...thanks for posting. What is also apparent, from reading a number of comments, is how many tsunami experts there are in the world! ;) Gotta love the Internet.

[@yogibeer9319]

This was so cool! The narration was super informative and calm

[@ccddle]

I know this is a small one but when you're at the ocean quite a bit you begin to notice stuff like this. There are subtle changes that can happen, not just with tsunamis but with a lot of things, that make you think "huh, that's not normal." You need to pay attention to those things to stay safe.

[@allisonwillcox9393]

This is really interesting! Thank you 😀 How many tsunamis do you see each year?

[@jamesmccourt9782]

Wow. What a great video! Thanks!

[@REAPERxx420]

At first I was pissed and thinking " click bait" but by the end I was think " best video I've seen today"

[@Slikx666]

well done on making this video, it may only be a small wave but there is still lots of information to be gained from it.

[@brandonb9239]

How articulate is this guy? Very good narrative.

[@stormaurora5536]

Amazing to see a safe tsunami in action! Thank you for sharing with us 👍😀😀😀

[@sociosanch3748]

It's a tsunami on a very small scale. A great way of understanding how it runs its course through demonstration without being killed of course.

[@cynthiachapin3044]

Vey well done video! A small tsunami is still a tsunami and it's so important to understand how these natural events work.

[@ffggddss]

Good presentation & narration. Very instructive. Deserves better than the ≈78% upvote share it has (6032up, 1683dn). So the Description gives the date of this footage as morning of Mar 11, 2011. Anyone know what event generated this tsunami? Fred

[@you99tubejimking]

This is the remnant of the Japanese tsunami from 3-11-11. Japan is 19 hours ahead of Hawaii. So, the 2:46 pm (Japan local time), March 11, 2011 9.1 earthquake that generated the deadly tsunamis in Japan on that day, are seen here reaching Hawaii, in a greatly reduced wave. It's sad and sobering to realize exactly what we're looking at here.

[@ffggddss]

@@you99tubejimking Thanks. So the Japanese earthquake happened on the evening of Mar. 10 in Hawaii's local time. (14:46 - 19:00 = 19:46 = 7:46 pm) It amazes me that a tsunami from such a powerful quake (9.1!) would be so tiny, even thousands of miles away. But "sad and sobering"? - Definitely! Fred

[@LorenClive]

Pretty cool! I evacuated as instructed and missed this. Thanks, Thor

[@freeroamer9146]

Enjoyed your narrative. Interesting and informative with an actual tsunami to illustrate. 👍

[@skatatataatje]

Pretty cool seeing a tiny tsunami, a lot nicer then the big ones for sure!

[@jamespowell3712]

Good video my friend, and very wise to look forward and know what could possibly be coming your way.

[@stoneyvanhorn9289]

Best explanation and visual however small of a tsunami I've seen.

[@richardatkinson724]

Very good explained!!!! It should be used in classrooms

[@stonew1927]

What time in the morning did you film this? You've mentioned that the first wave was in the middle of the night and was much higher. I live on the Big Island and I remember we didn't get the initial waves until around 5 am well after all the sirens had already stopped! Kona side got hit pretty good. I imagine the islands off Maui served to deflect and lessen the impact of the tsunami on Maui's west side.

[@thorrad23]

+Stone W If memory serves, it was around 8:30am that I shot this. It was long after the initial wave his and what I expect was like the third or fourth reflected wave. (They take a long time to pass at such long wavelengths.) I never saw the initial wave as it did arrive in the night/early morning, but the "damage" as it was, was evident on the lawns of some of the houses and parks around the area. We saw a lot of low level flooding on the shore side of S Kihei Rd, but none of it was all that big a deal.

[@kevinmac1989]

Thank you for this information. I life in Topeka but you can’t be too prepared.

[@amilcarvalenca3381]

Man, you got the job. Well done.

[@HarDiMonPetit]

Small but instructive ! Thanks 👍

[@pikiwiki]

Excellent video and description. Thank you

[@tjwash2]

This was a great way to observe the actual workings of a tsunami since it was on a smaller scale than we’re used to seeing. I must say, I thought the guy narrating might be naive and had no idea he was about to be swallowed up by the raging tsunami

[@Saidakine]

The most damage it did on Maui was destroy a small beach park on the west side. I drove by it yesterday and you can still see the damage. The county has not invested too much in repairing it.

[@quentinbrewer8953]

I gotta say, you're calm about it all ... you must have been confident about the size of it. I'm pleased you were right.

[@endeckerBM]

Little-known fact - only in 50% of cases will the water draw back from the shore before a tsunami hits. This is what happens during a "trough first" tsunami. The other 50% of the time, there will be no warning - the tsunami will arrive "crest first" and the water will just start getting deeper and deeper. There are many people out there right now who think that if the water isn't receding from the shore then all is well. It's not necessarily so.

[@privacy3116]

Thanks for very interesting and informative filming. ❤❤❤

[@HeyMySock]

What caused this small tsunami? How did you know it was going to happen? You mentioned at one point that the wave had been bouncing between the islands. Where did it start?

[@thorrad23]

This was the same day as the Japan tsunami that ruined the nuclear reactor station and demolished all of the northern part of Japan. We had been warned about it since the earthquake and watched the news reports of the tsunami waves inundating Japan. We didn't have any idea how large the first wave would be after traveling across the pacific. It might have been small or it could have been huge. We were very lucky. The wave hit at night and was smaller than predicted. After several hours the all clear was given and we were able to go back. At that point I noticed the following or reflected waves were still occurring. I'm not sure if the wave on the video is just a much smaller wave from the main set or a reflection from the other islands.

[@HeyMySock]

Very cool! I remember when the Japan Tsunami happened they'd had alerts in Hawaii. Thanks for posting the video. It's cool to see it happen on a much smaller scale like this.

[@bryanjudefernandez2195]

not your typical tsunami however it does categories as a tsunami. i found it very very beneficial and educational

[@GreyKnightsVenerable]

I live on Oahu, good to see Maui is still... I just realized this was shot 7 years ago, pay no mind to this comment

[@ilregulator]

I don't know why it has so many dislikes. Of course it's not a 20m wave (it never said that) but it perfectly shows how a tsunami hits but on a safe scale.

[@colatf2]

Yeah these people are frustratingly dumb. It was only the tsunami off the coast of Japan that travelled thousands of miles(kilometers). It’s not going to be that impactful

[@awesomeone6476]

I actually found that very interesting, and even though it was small you still must have huge nuts to wait for it to hit, glad it wasn't a huge tsunami!

[@jamesweldon9726]

I've been there. It is very freaky to see the water behaving like that, in that area.

[@robertescher3082]

An interesting view of a tsunami... in small enough scale to thankfully not be dangerous, but yeah, all the 'classic' features are there.

[@danlum304]

The wave returning to see is called "refraction" and this why when tsunami are big, EVERY coastal, cove, estuary, river shoreline can be hit and destroyed, no matter which direction it is facing. Imagine this wave is 60 feet tall and that'll give an idea how powerful these things can be.

[@timperry6948]

It's not just the wave height. You also have to consider the wave length, which might be a hundred kilometers.

[@embloom3]

Thanks for the video. I found it to be very informative and interesting.

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

My cousin and his gf were there together with their parents that day and I also had some study friends from Norway staying there during that time as well. My family and I back here in Norway woke up to the terrible news of the earthquake and tsunami devastation in Japan and we got extremely worried for our relatives and friends in Hawaii when we heard that tsunami warnings were issued around the entire Pacific Ocean but we were relieved to hear that everyone was ok in Hawaii.

[@noeraldinkabam]

Did you know what happened in Japan when you filmed this?

[@tomjonese8852]

great video dude