Tsunami Surge in Honolulu, Hawaii March 11, 2011

Small tidal waves in the afternoon following the main waves. I was sitting on my lanai watching the water and noticed that the reef was draining to bare coral and then filling up again in about 15 minutes time. It's about a 15 foot surge. Grabbed the iPhone and decided to record it.

[@5oglock474]

Same tsunami. Large and deadly in Japan. Small and harmless in Hawaii. Also called The Ripple Effect.

[@wildweatherworldwide6655]

Nice pfp

[@zeff8820]

Because it's too far from the epicenter

[@beelzebub469]

Lol

[@beelzebub469]

HAMON

[@hebneh]

Not "small and harmless" in Hawaii. Hours earlier, the main / large waves destroyed entire buildings elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands; no injuries or deaths because thousands of people evacuated due to warnings.

[@hebneh]

Of course people will look at this and make fun of it - but yes, this is really the effects of a tsunami, only many hours later, and very much reduced in power. A really major tsunami like this one, which traveled all around the Pacific Ocean, will eventually be reduced to a lot of conflicted, refracted forces coming from different directions as the waves bounce off various obstacles like islands and continents. You clearly can see here how the visible waves on the surface move in different, unusual ways, like from left to right diagonally. Normal wind-driven waves will come straight at the shore.

[@Moodsaver]

then... you call this a fucking tide and a wave.... jebus... why make it so dramatic !!!

[@hebneh]

@@Moodsaver I did not call this a "fucking tide". And these little waves are still coming ashore hours after entire buildings were destroyed elsewhere in Hawaii.

[@eragon1378]

@@Moodsaver Bro why do you have to swear, do you think it makes you look 'cool', well reality check here it doesn't!!!!!!!

[@jadeblades]

@@eragon1378 fuck

[@eragon1378]

​@@jadeblades get a life

[@user-fh5ov4tu2j]

That ocean is not behaving normal at all. It's scary to imagine how it was for the Japanese. I was still a little kid when it happened so I didnt fully grasp the scale of the disaster

[@julieholmly]

the ocean is behaving like the ocean there isn’t a normal it’s always changing and moving

[@danieldowty749]

I'm glad you are ok. That was intense

[@cbbxx]

I know I was terrified for him

[@owo-xv8ll]

Ikr it was huge

[@JesusChrist-dj1ot]

Compared to the tiny one at japan

[@pleasewhipmejungjaehyun4946]

Of course. Camera men never die.

[@s1lenthunder]

😂

[@chologeronimo6507]

Some people says, “It’s like a normal sea” but they didn’t know that there’s a mini tsunami.

[@Qt_achoo]

Like everyone says Be the cameraman. You’ll live 👍

[@man.7237]

how i mispronounced "live" makes more sense, and a pun too

[@theevilem]

Nice view for some very small waves. I can't even imagine Japan :(

[@hariyanuar8222]

Theevilem Imagine Aceh

[@blebfleb2303]

Thats hawwai

[@waves1747]

James Martinez - dont you know that the tsunami also affected japan in a greater scale

[@katyperrytoursavrillavigne9179]

James Martinez No he meant about the tsunami in japan on March 11, because those are the after shocks of a tsunami.

[@nihilism2500]

James Martinez When will we meet hawwai

[@catz8449]

“Big, massive wave, but it’s really small” what?

[@iamkyle8884]

lol

[@TRNMittens]

He meant long(massive), but small(height).

[@pawbu6682]

YAINT ! Thats what she said ;)

[@thumpted8417]

It looked small from his hotel. You can see palm trees that are Tiny suggesting that he is high up

[@sunandanmahapatra5875]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@mycroft16]

It's literally the ocean sloshing around the pacific basin. Like a gigantic tub. It's insane to see so clearly though. Kind of spooky.

[@sandrakelly7793]

I was in Hawaii at the time thank god it didn’t happen but was so impressed how fast they had everyone off the streets

[@beowolf9480]

it makes sense why it wouldn't happen with where the main event happen, if you want to see the full force of this, look at the 2011 Fukushima quake, that lead to the Tsunami which caused this, at this point in time, it most likely would just have some minor undercurrents, but if you look at the full scale of it from Japan, it was a very dangerous Tsunami, and it did kill a lot of people

[@tuckernogales6616]

Dang this was made in 2011 and still better than my videos

[@pensharer69]

they are always better because u dont have any

[@humanman2358]

@@pensharer69 inspirational

[@makii.i]

I used to live there :D 0:39 toward the left side of Koko Head Crater

[@josephastier7421]

That wave shoaling a kilometer offshore would have had me getting the foxtrot out.

[@LewisBeckman]

Thank you for documenting this.

[@kshmrs]

I did so much research on the 2011 earthquake and this is the first time I'm seeing this footage. Very interesting!

[@user-bj1fs8ev8i]

It's so pretty there! Thanks for the nice quality video!

[@xstackxxx2358]

Who is looking at this video in 2018?:D

[@haijon2364]

XSTACKX x x me

[@deadchannel4334]

Me

[@jacobthacker4853]

I am

[@valeriauhmno258]

Me

[@boohickman2470]

;-)))) me

[@emmyyyy_]

No one: Literally no one: KZbin:Recommends this video 10 years later 💀

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Really interesting. May seem small, but the power in behind that would be extraordinary.

[@JT0046]

The reason small tsunamis hit other Pacific coast's was because on March 11,2011 a huge earthquake and tsunami hit Japan but since the tsunami was huge it traveled further but because of how big it was but became smaller because of how far it traveled

[@alpacawithouthat987]

Nova 0407 Thank you! It amazes me how stupid people are sometimes!

[@nativechique7589]

I actually had no idea what was going on til this comment lol ty

[@VegasTigger]

You are on Kahala Beach. I lived in Kaimuki for years. While you were filming this I was on the top level of the parking structure at Ala Moana mall, I saw just about the same thing you did. And the entire place was as empty as I've ever seen it of people.

[@kainoa9468]

Um I know where you live(d) I guess you are/were my neighbor. Do you live on.... Paiko beach ? :)

[@kainoa9468]

I got a correction to make lol. Your name is Mark right? You live in California now I think. You used to live on... Maybe I shouldn't say your address lol

[@kenzobernardo3599]

Vegan Apples xD

[@Tumini1026]

People who say this is a normal beach/ocean behavior or that it is not dangerous are probably the ones caught off guard when there's a tsunami. Noticing the small changes is key when it comes to the ocean

[@gudy0079]

this is the worst thing that would you happen

[@v3clearshot618]

He knows there is a small tsunami coming and he stands there lol

[@najrenchelf2751]

After living in the Netherlands for so long I probably would have laughed at the „high tide line“ shown in this video had I arrived later that day. For context: the low tide in my town reveals about 100 more meters of beach...

[@Vaihly]

is there lava and fire in the netherlands? or ghasts?

[@afrinmullick9679]

Who is looking at this video in 2021?😅 : Me

[@teamsquares2616]

Tsunami starts: I'm just going to sit here and filming it cuz why not

[@alpacawithouthat987]

Team Squares It’s not dangerous. The tsunami was very small by the time it got to Hawaii.

[@thecakeisalie1885]

10 hours more like 10 years ago will become history

[@starboom7730]

I'm glad to get some good reference on an incoming Tsunami

[@jabolagryczeb5863]

No i gdzie to tsunami?

[@dcampbell876]

Commentator: Tidal waves Coming in here!! Japan:...............

[@PacoOtis]

Wow! Think about being half way to Japan???

[@V8sareslow1]

No way in the world that I would be standing there. There's no telling how large the wave would actually be when it comes in. Gonna end up being one of those missing people.

[@BRAYANGAMI]

interesante, hermoso!

[@NeutronGD_OFFICIAL]

It happened on the same day when the Tōhoku Earthquake happened

[@epilog80]

ANYBODY ELSE GET THIS RECOMMENDED RANDOMLY?

[@jeanttecalimag]

That’s it ?

[@deadcello1956]

Oh gosh, these waves are nothing compared to San Diego..🤦🏽‍♀️

[@srathwa5947]

That was intense 👍

[@juliainnit1298]

I was in Honolulu In late March to Early April in 2021 and i am happy it was a normal vacation

[@tunarblx1470]

omg why are you not running??

[@juliannankivell8934]

Looks just like waves

[@chanio1179]

Julian Nankivell that wave is from japan tsunami

[@diegosoloco5893]

Julian Nankivell its a storm surge. Idk why he called it a tsunami surge but a storm surge is a phenomenon of rising water in a tsunami like substance

[@diegosoloco5893]

BOB.org so I am a moron for making a statement? Fuck off

[@asuspicioustype12classfrig80]

DiegoSoLoco it is a tsunami

[@penguinlim]

this came from the 2011 Japan earthquake + tsunami that totaled many cities and towns in Japan. This is the tsunami after crossing halfway across the Pacific.

[@PopCapMusicTrending]

High tide or low tide

[@humayunrahman6910]

did you watch 2011 movie?

[@theta3404]

That was a 40m+ wave in Japan. Something similar happened yesterday from a volcano eruption but not nearly as big, should be about comparable waves in Hawaii, almost 3m in Japan and 1.5m in California. Tonga's internet is cut off, i hope everyone is okay.

[@vic8610]

still looking for that huge wave he said

[@dankmemers1360]

*ITS N0T 4 B34CH 1TS 4 B4THTUB*

[@naomihorton4882]

Dank Memers yes

[@direfulkn1f337]

Issa toilet

[@ratonastick4450]

You need a lifeguard ✨

[@Forever_OzzyNRF]

Huh if the water doesn’t recede where are the waves?

[@chrismylonas764]

Was this the after effect of the earthquake in New Zealand?.

[@SakuraChan-mj8dc]

No...it was from the Earthquake in Japan were thousends of people died. The cause of Fukushima Daichii reactor meltdown 10years ago

[@brodyhackworth5262]

my dad lives around Kailua and lanikai

[@ajaygusat2973]

Who is watchin in 2020 ?

[@chrisireland2071]

im in 2021

[@anthonyowens5878]

That's the same day of the tsunami in Japan in 2011

[@penguinlim]

it's the same tsunami

[@mikerock621]

Glad yall made it out

[@johannesjahn7857]

Guys "tidal wave" come from tide. A Tsunami has nothing to do and is not created by a tide.

[@patricktan6524]

Johannes Jahn i believe that tidal waves are affected by the incoming tsunami

[@sammy4282]

Johannes Jahn they come from tide pods

[@jaezmuzik8928]

The affects of an earthquake somewhere else is affecting other beaches the water is going somewhere else and it's gonna cause a tsunami

[@schwi5425]

Tidal wave is actually just a really crappy name for a tsunami

[@sammy4282]

Luca Grinyer Did you read the main comment?

[@Sahdmiggy]

Congrats This 10 Year Old Video Was Still In Your Recommendations!

[@rafaelandrebagano5178]

Wow I just noticed this happened on the same day, when the Mar 11 tsunami in Japan struck

[@Julian-oi8no]

Rafael Andre Bagano yea it effected the stuff like San Francisco

[@gregorydiggs9227]

One of the worst disasters imaginable would be a large scale tsunami in the Atlantic ocean affecting the North American continent. So many major cities near, at, or below sea level. And it's a possibility.

[@cherokeeheartct8633]

Tidal waves?

[@user-di2df6uf8v]

I came when 2021 was behind 9 years ago so long ago ..

[@xxelsbellsxx2273]

This was on my birthday!

[@connordrysdale1796]

Seven Years Ago Today

[@tejaslokhande3725]

10 years ago, 7 days before today!.... its 18 March, 2021

[@SasukeUchiha-sz6wb]

Funny thing is, I lived in Hawaii and still am living in Honolulu and yet i only find this this video now???

[@maileebumanglag8386]

I live on oahu, I remember this

[@Joebidensspunk]

Does the word run come to you at all

[@cameroncraig7691]

Brokenlungs234 Jeff there was literally nothing to worry about

[@Bfodil]

A wave of 1000 feets high!

[@wif1x532]

My sister was born on the same day! Her birthday is March 11,2011

[@huskystray7874]

When I was Swimming in Naval, There was a Wave but big and My Family thinks it is a Small wave but big! 😡

[@HoustonGamerTVHGTV]

Can you surf a tsunami?

[@TheRetiredPanther]

Even such small waves look like a potentially dangerous phenomenon. I surfed many big wind-driven waves but I think I’ll be scared even to enter into water towards these waves.

[@raserei]

My God! It's Epic! e.e

[@fbl7360]

Hi, I'm From 2021..

[@cinnamorollgirl4961]

@@fbl7360 :D me too

[@sailoregg_11d14]

Hello

[@BulletAgario]

Woah, you are from 2011.

[@dempot3613]

Hehe

[@theservant2419]

Where the heck is the 15 foot wave? Do you mean 15 Inches?

[@darthnihilus4074]

It’s not a 15 foot wave it’s a 15 foot surge. They are different. It means that the water receded and then surged up 15 feet, which doesn’t happen in that short amount of time unless it’s a tsunami.

[@danahan01]

How did they survive!!

[@chrisireland2071]

well lots of people died in japan from that tsnami but that was the after math of it traveling across the ocean to hawii where this video took place

[@RareAbble]

March 11 2011 was the same date as the tohuku tsunami, hope you are okay!

[@phanthom091]

are you sure it wasn't the tide?

[@ChillFrost]

he stated in the vid the month and the date

[@josephv.8844]

phanthom091 the tide doesnt go in and out that fast

[@faithrada]

Ahhhh yea. Tsunamis have nothing to do with tides... it is all about suddenly displaced water,... in this case caused by tectonics.

[@colescheer6485]

Dude the tide takes 6 hours to change, not six minutes

[@penguinlim]

this came from the 2011 Japan earthquake + tsunami that totaled many cities and towns in Japan. This is the tsunami after crossing halfway across the Pacific.

[@efabiano82]

That was terrifying.

[@CrazyDoggie269]

Wait..... THAT'S THE TSUNAMI I WENT THROUGH WHEN I WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS OLD!!! 😱

[@julianolivaresolivaresbarr8688]

man those waves came from ohio or what the heck??? they traveled a lot of distance and remained intact the whole time!

[@michaelduddy1812]

I don't understand how more people don't understand that when you witness the the water line of the ocean has been sucked out that it means there is a tsunami in bound

[@BH-wj9lx]

I hope there was no casulties that was very stressful exspearance for you hope you get over the trauma

[@JustinKais]

I believe they are still seeing psychiatrists to deal with this dramatic, cataclysmic disaster in Oahu. Oh the humanity of it all.

[@lh_flow258]

why didn’t he run

[@carlride7265]

Watching in 2020😌🤚

[@skullyskullroblox]

It's very confusing is a tsunami suppose to be big well that day I was scared there might be a tsunami like the one from Japan

[@tobi888100]

By the time it reached Hawaii it had already lost 99% of its energy from traveling over the pacific ocean.

[@alpacawithouthat987]

Lucas Favazzi But how do you know there was no interference between Japan and Hawaii?

[@penguinlim]

this came from the 2011 Japan earthquake + tsunami that totaled many cities and towns in Japan. This is the tsunami after crossing halfway across the Pacific.

[@leticiabrilhante7314]

Cade o tsunami?

[@Ambush705]

WHO MADE POSEIDON ANGRY?

[@mavenxox9583]

I always have nightmares of huge(not tsunami just big waves) waves. I’d be outta there real quick.

[@almondmayo]

Thanks so much!!! U just wasted my time.

[@uex1118]

IT HAPPENED IN THE DAY A TSUNAMI HIT JAPAN

[@sh.g83]

@@uex1118 that was before or after??

[@uex1118]

After

[@uex1118]

@@sh.g83 after

[@penguinlim]

this came from the 2011 Japan earthquake + tsunami that totaled many cities and towns in Japan. This is the tsunami after crossing halfway across the Pacific.

[@queenmh7627]

March 11 is the date of my birthday 🎂

[@archronin2707]

Toys 2 Me same 😍

[@joaquinlalama7760]

Toys 2 Me same 😁

[@furrelo3806]

Queen MH oh okay

[@jayb5734]

The water has to get small waves in the front, and then the water gets back and the tsunami starts in seconds.

[@thatlibrarysmell720]

All I can think is Run you fool!

[@user-fw9gs4be7h]

Купить хочешь?

[@bjtaudio]

Sudden sea level change, it like a wave but its not a normal wave as such it as its the entire ocean with water movement right down to the sea floor, dragging with it sand and rock.

[@imbatmanwaitnorobin9403]

Glad your okay

[@grim6505]

But I do admit those are some big waves

[@QuetzalcoatlAndKukulkan]

Glad they didn't underestimate the ocean 😌👌

[@lauramartins5953]

2:12 You call that a fast wave where you live? Then the ocean must be incredibly still there!

[@ZevFei]

Im gonna live in jungle now

[@jindivik321]

very tragic......i bet that took you weeks to clean up!! i hope you received some government aid

[@juvnxtrill9267]

jindivik321 my prayers go out to their families

[@L._.A-06]

He said that because it was the after effect of the earthquake in japan

[@thimitrakipreou1800]

Lil Floors ahahaha 😂. .

[@thimitrakipreou1800]

jindivik321 ahahaha 😂 ..

[@awhammett]

I guess you had to be there.

[@glide-to4223]

But of course it gets recommended to me 7 years later