Very Dangerous Morecambe Bay tide , time lapse , Apr 16. Super high tide in 48 seconds!

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

It's not the speed of the tide that's the real problem. When the water comes in, it loosens the sand/mud and created a quicksand-like surface and it's hard to walk. If you're fully clothed, the wet clothes weigh you down. Cold water makes it physically difficult. And panic prevents you from thinking clearly. Otherwise, you could just roll over, float, and let the tide carry you to shore.

[@LuisC7]

True most times people can just float but die trying to fight

[@onzkicg]

Will remember that.. but I hope it brings me to shore not to open sea 😂

[@kyndness]

I’ve learned this the hard way! Thankfully I stopped panicking quickly enough and did what I was taught to do: to increase my surface area as much as possible by laying on my back and slowly working my legs back to the surface. Still lost my shoes, but didn’t lose my life!

[@CraigNiel]

@@onzkicg The fact the tide is coming IN is a bit of a giveaway as to where it will take you. 🤦‍♀️

[@onzkicg]

@@kyndness oh no.. I can’t imagine lying back in there 😂 what if it sucked you while lying down. So you flipped and crawled out? Happy for you making it out. Govt should put some warning signs.

[@azimuth361]

Thousands of movies. Thousands of shows. Millions of videos. All the information and entertainment in the world literally at my fingertips. I think the most enjoyable and satisfying thing I could watch is grazing sheep, drifting clouds, and the rising and lowering tide.

[@joeoak8181]

Well put. Me too!

[@cyrilsquirrel2874]

and cats

[@PhilbyFavourites]

@@MisterBuffers your secret’s safe with me Matt

[@nisebiggs6572]

@@PhilbyFavourites and me

[@nisebiggs6572]

My drug of choice is the Doggy Daycare Farm in Australia. Better than any soapy.

[@vmm5163]

I remember being on Morecambe beach aged 4 in 1965, a coach trip to the resort. The sea came in SO fast we had to run. A man pulled me up onto the wall and helped my mother up too. I've never forgotten it, I was terrified!

[@nickjones7737]

That's pretty crazy, given that this footage is nearly 3 hours long sped up into 48 seconds. It's the sort of thing some might find suspicious.

[@vmm5163]

@@nickjones7737 Lol. You've never been to Morecambe have you. Maybe you should research the fact that the tide comes in faster than a man can run

[@nickjones7737]

@@vmm5163 why would you say that?

[@vmm5163]

@@nickjones7737 💋💋💋

[@MIbra96]

@@nickjones7737 In the description it says: "The fast in-coming tide can out-run a galloping horse."

[@christins.1481]

I remember as a little girl at a beach late and my Dad said we had to leave because of the tide rising. I didn't understand and he pointed out something tall on the beach and told me later that will be under water. I thought that was impossible. We left, he brought me back and showed where I was standing hours ago was all under water. I was amazed.

[@akitas8165]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful but boring story with us.

[@christins.1481]

@@akitas8165 It was amazing to me because I was 5. I learned how the tides worked by my Dad showing me this. You don't get that much today.

[@patrickmalone1902]

@@akitas8165 you got nothing better to do?.

[@buakawfan333]

​@@akitas8165 I was highly entertained

[@PrinceDuCiel7]

We have tidal flats that stretch for miles where I live. I was out at crescent beach in BC Canada during an ultra low tide. Walked all the way to the edge of the water. Played around with the muddy sand and noticed the water was creeping up. Turned around and saw the “front” of the water was now twenty feet behind me. Started walking back but by the time I got to the sea wall, the water was up to my hips. And I’m 180cm/5’11”! Parents were carrying their smaller kids, I looked back and saw some were just swimming in. Including some dogs!

[@keshatton2334]

Same thing happened to me in France, scared the crap out of me

[@unabrazoatodoslosbuenos]

I was fishing on the lava on the west coast of Lanzarote Spain. I got up high on an out cropping of lava when the tide came up suddenly with the rising tide. The water gushed put from behind through a lava tube. About pooped my pants. No wonders nobody else was fishing there. Ocean levels can change quite literally in a blink of an eye.

[@samuelluria4744]

And this is why we teach our children to swim.

[@keshatton2334]

@@samuelluria4744 and respect the sea

[@samuelluria4744]

@@keshatton2334 - Yes.

[@Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate]

Having walked across the bay several times, I don’t think I’ve ever been more cautious, nervous, or extra aware of the bay tides speed. It was quite an adventure the first time, especially stopping to try catch some sea trout, but I quickly realised that there’s wisdom in the phrase “that time and tide wait for no one”, not even Royal Marines!

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

It's man.

[@brucebannerman6848]

In the rural community where I grew up that phrase was, time and tide wait for no man,and damm few women

[@Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate]

@@brucebannerman6848 Good one!

[@Volcano-Man]

It is said that the tide at Morecambe Bay comes in faster than a horse can gallop. Having seen the speed it does flood several times,its not something I would wish to try.

[@keithreeder]

@@anvilbrunner.2013 Awwww - a bit triggered there, princess? Does your masculinity feel threatened?

[@jackglossop4859]

Nowhere near as dangerous: but I was recently shocked by the tide at Brancaster. I dozed off with the water a clear 500 meters from me and woke up 20 minutes later with it lapping at my feet. I can see how people get into trouble.

[@AbdullahAli-cf6mk]

0.5m/s

[@bprabawabr]

@@AbdullahAli-cf6mk vertical? No way. Horizontal? Probably, depending on the slope

[@malcolmabram2957]

I had an Aunt who lived next to Morecambe bay. I remember as a young kid looking at the sea. The next day I said to my Aunt, 'Where has the sea gone?' It was sand to the horizon.

[@bradnotbread]

At Southend you can watch the tide coming in and walk in with it. It never ceases to fascinate me. It's not waves; it calmly and visibly flows in. It does go out a heck of a way and the ground is fairly flat.

[@SamBendsHollings]

I rememebr going to Southend as a 10 year old. There wasn’t any water as far out as i could see. I’d never seen a tide so far out. After a few mushy peas for lunch I came back to the beach and the tide was fully In

[@carolynallisee2463]

A few years ago, a number of people drowned whilst out picking cockles. They'd been caught out by such a tide, and, what made it worse was that they were able to make phone calls to say they were trapped by the rising tide. Efforts were made to save them, but the water came in too fast. The unfortunate victims were all Chinese and part of a commercial cockle picking crew. This incident heigchtened not only people's awareness of the danger of tides, but also how little proper training, support and supervision were given to such commercial crews, working for relatively low pay.

[@Volcano-Man]

The problem was fog. They could be heard screaming but were unable to located! I know people who went out in small boats to try and rescue them. It became a recovery operation and still haunts them.

[@BillCarrIpswich]

They were illegal migrants trafficked by gangs. Blair and his disgusting lot didn't give a shit, all they care about is packing more and more foreigners in to "rub the right's nose in diversity" (Mandelson). Now our lovely little country is full of Romanian gangs running car washes, Chinese gangs running nail bars, Vietnamese gangs running drug growing operations and a curious number of cloned Kurdish barbers. All to one degree or another using smuggled indentured labour and laundering money.

[@Volcano-Man]

@Gi Gi Evidently they were illegal immigrants, working for a gangmaster who was also an illegal immigrant, and the cockles were being collected illegally. Then sold on to various restaurants! That aside it was a bloody horrible way to die - cold, frightened, alone in the fog and dark, and thousands of kilometres from home. Oh and they died on a rising tide, the fog obscured them plus it was going dark. Searchers recovered bodies throughout the night and they continued in daylight.

[@muddundee]

My parents lived a mile from where the cockle pickers drowned & saw the helicopters & lifeboats searching for them, I would thinl twice about going where they did on a summers day never mind a winter evening with awful weather.

[@Volcano-Man]

@Gi Gi It was about 15 years ago.

[@TheChrisEMartin]

I like the idea that there is a 'Queen's Guide to the Sands' - someone appointed by the Queen (ever since Queen Elizabeth I) to guide people crossing the dangerous sands of the Bay - because there are official rights of way to walk across that have been used for centuries. These bays are very dangerous. I recall walking across the Dee Estuary to Hilbre Island and the tide came in behind me and was advancing across the sand faster than I could walk - luckily I got through it just in time.

[@annenunney9907]

Well done

[@robjohnson1189]

Micheal Wilson now, Cedric Robinson previously, I have had the pleasure to have known both of them all my life

[@jakesolo2872]

My grandad was a merchant seaman his whole life and couldn’t bear to be away from the ocean, but one of my clearest memories as a young kid is going out on a coast walk with him, my Dad and my brothers and him blasting us for farting around near the water and not paying attention. Which was a shock as until then he’d just been a kindly, quiet, old grandad type guy to us. “Boys - never, ever, ever turn your back on the sea. She’s not your friend. She’ll take you away in a second.” With a couple of eff words thrown in. I never forgot that.

[@ginogina4589]

I was a student at Lancaster University in the 60s. At night, we used to lay in the viking stone tombs in the Heysham Church cemetary and listen to the water lapping on the Bay shore.

[@vmm5163]

what an interesting story 👍👍👍 I didn't know there were Viking tombs there

[@peterobbo7512]

As local schoolboys in the 60's, we could never figure out these tombs. It seemed they had separate holes for the heads and bodies.

[@jonathoncoates9170]

I fish the bays regularly for flounder. Not so long ago I was fishing round at Silverdale. It was due a big tide at over 10 metres. I warned people to be extra careful as the tide comes in very fast around this area !!!!! An old couple didn't heed the warning ??? They were cut off within an instance. & luckily a young lad helped them up the grass banking over barbed wire fencing into the farmers field. Very lucky indeed. So please everyone take note of tide times.

[@j-roc6989]

Is tyson fury aware of this.?

[@JB-vv9ow]

Good on you mate

[@dunruden9720]

within an instant.

[@icarusbinns3156]

As a mountain kid… this was beautiful to watch. Probably dangerous to uneducated fools, such as myself.

[@vmm5163]

And dangerous to day trippers like my family! We got caught on this beach and had to run, the water was so quick and lapping at our feet while we ran

[@startracksha]

You probably don't understand how mountain rivers can be dangerous for people from plains.

[@icarusbinns3156]

@@startracksha Little Clear Creek is only too happy to show how dangerous and even deadly it can be. Sure, it’s pretty shallow. But it has some insane currents. And part of it is a whitewater rapids park

[@dudedog7914]

@@icarusbinns3156 little clear creek is for children and pu$$!3s.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

At least you won't try to pet a bison

[@newdefsys]

Dont underestimate the tide. I almost drowned when caught in a rising tide similar to this video. I made it to safety at the last moment, one second longer and I would have died.

[@AngusMcIntyre]

Were you stuck in mud or something?

[@newdefsys]

@@AngusMcIntyre No, the was ground was gravelly with a loose network of trenches, very similar to what is in the video. But at eye level, I did not see the waters rushing in until they were on me. Those trenches, which were dry when I walked out, became filled with rushing currents of water making it difficult to pass. I literally had to time my final jump onto the embankment between the swells of water, had I not jumped when I did I wouldn't be here today.

[@Griffatron3000]

I'd learn to swim 👍

[@incandescentwithrage]

@@newdefsys can't you swim?

[@annep.1905]

@@incandescentwithrage Depending on the speed of the currents, swimming might do little good - other than maybe keeping you afloat long enough for someone to rescue you.

[@gooderspitman8052]

If only Morecambe bay was the English Channel

[@redwingrob1036]

MORECAMBE Lancashire. 2 sharks in Morecambe Bay: "FANCY A CHINESE TAKEAWAY?"

[@DiddlyPenguin]

Morcombe Bays high tide is very dangerous. Some years ago 21 people out picking mussels were drowned there as they Didn’t realise that the tide came in that fast & they got cut off.

[@papapa9106]

I think you will find it was a group of Chinese cockle pickers who were abandoned by the gang employing them and left to drown!

[@DiddlyPenguin]

@@papapa9106 I already know this. A dreadful incident. I didn’t want to make my reply too confusing

[@j-roc6989]

Does tyson fury know this

[@loreman7267]

I remember the Chinese cockle pickers!

[@DiddlyPenguin]

@@loreman7267 very sad story. The gangers in charge abandoned them & left them to drown

[@melonmode4128]

When I get my first car I'll have to head down to Morecambe at some point. Been a few years since I was down that way. Much love from the Lake District.

[@bonusnudges]

This reminds me of the Chinese cockle picker tragedy . This is an incredibly dangerous bit of shoreline

[@joebloggs8422]

They got told to keep working till the water reaches knee hi, unfortunately knee hi was driving the van

[@bonusnudges]

@@joebloggs8422 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I didn’t want to say that 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍

[@Georgieastra]

@@joebloggs8422 The tragedy happened because they lacked local knowledge...I guess you could say that they were Morecambe unwise...

[@elmowedgewood]

23 trafficked people died and you make a racist joke about it.

[@annenunney9907]

Me to

[@CamillaI]

My Mother grew up in Morecombe there in the 40's and recounts bathing in the sea ! They were always warning visitors of the dangers ! People who didn't know the area drowned at the top end of the beach ! No lifeguards in those days !

[@alansteely4638]

Great video for teaching inter-tidal safety 👍👍

[@oddities-whatnot]

I go to Sunderland point a couple of times each year, just to drive across when the tide is partially in but it can get very dangerous if you time it wrong. The water comes in at more than one point so you can get cutoff from behind without you knowing.

[@anthonychappell9409]

I lived in Overton for 10 years so obviously know Sunderland point very well. It's a beautiful place but can be very dangerous

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@anthonychappell9409 cheers for reply. Dont go much as petrol costs are so high, most pleasure drives are cancelled for now.

[@danlightened]

Damn! Sounds very scary.

[@nigelrg1]

I've never seen anything like Morecambe Bay at low tide. At it's widest, you're looking across 20 miles of sand.

[@Rejoin_2023]

Absolutely mesmerizing - great job.

[@markboughan8613]

Highest tides in the world where we used to live in Nova Scotia. Up to 40 ft. People got caught all the time. Look at some of the Bay of Fundy videos.

[@ontheroad5317]

I was going to mention Bay of Fundy. I live in New Hampshire and have always wanted to go up there to see the tides. Now that you have reminded me I’ll get myself up there.

[@markboughan8613]

@@ontheroad5317 It's worth it! (Oh... and I quite like NH) 😊

[@Volcano-Man]

I understood that a Spring Tide at Fundy exceeded 15 metres (50 feet), and the next highest are in the Bristol Channel.

[@markboughan8613]

@@Volcano-Man Folk in Alaska claim #2 but that title goes to Ungava Bay in Quebec. Bristol #3. Cook Inlet, Alaska #4.

[@Volcano-Man]

@@markboughan8613 It seems that there is - depending on which source is consulted a dispute for second highest etc. In my defence though, I did say I believed Bristol Channel was the second highest. Regardless of which place has the highest etc; if it exceeds the distance between your feet and nose then you really are in trouble. Thanks though for the information

[@westcoastphotos.ireland3038]

Really good, like the two perspectives 👍

[@HD-dz4uk]

I think I walked this bit of coast yesterday, if its where the river runs out from Carnforth?. Our guide sheet warned of high tides, I was quite sceptical!! Not anymore. Enjoyed the walk 🚶‍♂️ and the video. 👍

[@davidbarton6188]

Is from Humphrey Head, just round the corner from Grange -over-sands.

[@tonybowker2430]

My father use to drive us along that road from Preshall to Lancaster and I remember checking the tide. Sometime I got it wrong and we had to go round through Garstand.

[@branthomas1621]

* Garstang

[@r2dadizubz]

@@branthomas1621 *Gangster

[@Volcano-Man]

That road from Knobb End to Lancaster was and still is dangerous. People still get caught out.

[@chris-4566]

Morecambe bay is like a sideways horseshoe which can rise behind you, leaving you on an island very quickly. I don’t know anywhere else quite like it. Ignore the tides at your peril.

[@robertdoyle687]

Used to work in Barrow-in- Furness and always stayed out in a lovely hotel that overlooked the bay. It was called The Fishermans Rest - last time I passed it was closed 😢

[@zuluwarrior1648]

Thought they had changed the name to a fisherman friends

[@Volcano-Man]

@@zuluwarrior1648 No they come from Fleetwood! Joke: Bloke up in court, clerk of the court reads out the charges: You are charged that on the night of the 23rd of October you were walking along the promenade at Bispham wearing no clothes. How do you plead? Cough cough, 'Guilty m'lud.' You are further charged that on that same night you approached a female and demanded she played with you in public. How do you plead? Cough cough, 'Guilty m'lud' Judge leans over his desk and says 'That's a nasty cough you have. Have you tried sucking on a Fisherman's Friend?' Defendant looks at the judge, coughs, and says 'Don't you think I'm in enough trouble already?'

[@patrickmalone1902]

@@zuluwarrior1648 cant beat sucking a fishermans friend.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Back in the 50's my dad saved two boys here. Their name was Atkinson.

[@snoutysnouterson]

So some people in the 50's were so poor that their sons had to share a name. Now that's real poor!

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

@@snoutysnouterson oh dear... 😂

[@snoutysnouterson]

@@peterfitzpatrick7032 😜

[@fins59]

@@snoutysnouterson Luxury, we 'ad to live in a cardboard box in t' middle of t' road.

[@snoutysnouterson]

@@fins59 in t' middle of t' road!?! Now that's pooer! You must have been so poor your whole family had to share a name!

[@johnlowell5905]

Fast motion makes it look like the cows are having quite a party at the end.

[@bprabawabr]

Maybe I'm missing something, but if this is a time-lapse surely the actual tide happened much more slowly?

[@Volcano-Man]

If low water is at 06:00, by ~12:00 the tide is at its peak. The next low tide will be about 18:25, next high tide is about 00:50 tomorrow. How fast a tide floods depends up on how steep or flat the land is - flatter the land the faster it floods as the tide rises. Morecambe Bay is rather flat. There are many deep channels the water floods first then it suddenly comes over the intervening sand bank and in minutes it will be over your thighs.

[@vmm5163]

@@Volcano-Man In Upholland St Thomas the Martyr churchyard near Wigan there was a headstone that said the 15 year old boy buried there was caught by the tide in Morecambe Bay and drowned. I don't know how he ended up in Upholland churchyard, but the story on the headstone always frightened me

[@Volcano-Man]

@@vmm5163 When did that happen? Possibly on holiday or a day trip and Upholland was / is where his family lived. Every loss of life is sad.

[@vmm5163]

@@Volcano-Man Sorry, I forgot to mention when. It was around 1850 or thereabouts. It looked like the headstone of an affluent family. Probably had more spare time for trips as opposed to a poor family. When I die I'm going to have a story on my headstone, I think it's so interesting! 👍

[@Volcano-Man]

@@vmm5163 Coal mine owners son is a possibility, as Upholland is close to where many coal mines were as part of the West Lancashire Coalfield. Can you recall the boys name?

[@TheGreenhillsCyclist]

People don't realise just how sneaky incoming tides can be on some shorelines. I've had to pluck many a person out because they got caught unawares when I was working as a lifeguard back in the day!

[@jackdawes193]

Respect!

[@rustysmith5809]

I would hate to be caught in my unawares

[@trevormillar1576]

And then there's the quicksand....

[@brucebannerman6848]

Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada have highest tides in the world, over 40 feet, awesome boat rides are available each summer to see whirlpools created by the tide and riding the tide boar for several miles upstream,as l recall, this ride takes sbout two hours,

[@schoolssection]

Some tides have bores, few have male swine.

[@brucebannerman6848]

@@schoolssection 0,you're a lot too smart to vote for Trump!

[@ontheroad5317]

I mentioned in another comment that I really want to get up there to see those tides. I’m just down in New Hampshire, and I’ve always heard about Bay of Fundy. I’ll have to plan a trip.

[@brucebannerman6848]

If you plan to take the boat ride( it's well worth the money) take some clothes that you don't care about because they will be the same color as the red mud and doesn't wash out,

[@keepgoing1973]

Anyone remember the Chinese cockle pickers that went out there at low tide and never came back?

[@vudunof]

“The tide is high, but I’m holding on”.

[@lincolnbowling7925]

I got it. Good one

[@ajkalwaysneedsmoreinfo.576]

Imagine the tides a million years ago when the moon was a million inches closer to Earth

[@user-dx5kg1nu6k]

I've crossed the Bay twice starting from Bare as the tide was at half ebb. I was easy and great fun. The main channel was so deep we couldn't see land on either side which was very strange. I had spent the summer as a lifeguard there so I was very familiar with the currents and where quicksand was likely to be. Bill

[@boydmccollum692]

I'm curious, what makes the tide coming in so deadly? I know it's fast, but is it a rip tide that holds people underwater, does it bring in debris that can injury a person, does it knock you down and then carries you with it not allowing you to get up, or something else?

[@felad1r448]

Depends on the place you're in, but where I live the tide floats in from the sides creating a sandbank that then gets flooded with a current that pulls you outwards into the open sea. Because of that the escape route onto safe land is also blocked.

[@dudbike]

There is also quick sand in places that can create problems.

[@mikesheldon1957]

Its caused by hidden quicksand and knee high mud is certain places, once the tide starts coming in they become saturated with water and if you step in it you are basically screwed and will drown if you are caught far enough out. There are guides who at low tide will take you across the bay over the sand avoiding the quicksand and probably show you one of the traps and how easy it is to step into them and die, they mark a safe path with twigs but you should NEVER attempt to go it alone even following the trail of twigs and always employ the services of one of the local guides, unless you have a death wish.

[@boydmccollum692]

@@mikesheldon1957 that makes a lot of sense. Thanks

[@boydmccollum692]

@@felad1r448 Interesting. Seems in that case, and it's very counterintuitive, you'd have to let the tide carry you out to sea, then you can swim perpendicular to the tide to get out. At least that would be the plan, not sure if that'd work where you are.

[@namseer]

What a beautiful place.

[@boledle]

Beautiful photography. A 3 min version with some nice music would be great too

[@DynamicAerialPhotography]

So cool! Great idea! Liked and subscribed!

[@dontmissthelittlethings]

Nice time-lapse.

[@mkn3817]

This tide flanks instead of a frontal assault

[@davidbarton6188]

Morecambe bay tides are dangerous for that very reason.

[@Volcano-Man]

The bay is a maze of channels and sandbanks. The tide comes in flooding the channels, then literally with in seconds it is thigh deep on the sandbanks and still rising. Which in part is what happened to the Chinese cockle pickers.

[@SaltySeaQueen-nn8wm]

Always be aware of the tide coming in behind you & filling the channels, and cutting you off from Shore..

[@FlowerPower-bl7qp]

Fabolous photography. That was really cool. That's for the video.

[@almeggs3247]

This is neat. Thanks!

[@terrylandess6072]

Those clouds in the background near the end help give reference to the time lapse. They didn't move near as fast as I expected.

[@haplon33]

This is so cool, thanks for sharing!

[@rivco5008]

Man, that's amazing. How deep is the water at high tide?

[@Volcano-Man]

Varies but can exceed 10 metres - 33 feet.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

Danger awareness aside, that is pretty cool to watch though. Thanks for sharing!

[@suasponte8363]

Mother nature the best show in town.

[@kimberlyakin8908]

The Tide coming In at Portsmouth NH the Base Bridge is crazy it is so fast that if anyone fell IN they would Be a Mile away before you Heard the splash. Nature is amazing But to those that don't give her respect it is very might be Your end.

[@kevinjamesdawes7223]

Amazing the power of gravity and also how weak it is that there's is the centrifugal tide at the other side. If I understand tidal flow correctly

[@hamamizu46]

The tide on the side away from the moon is also caused by the moon's gravity. It's counterintuitive, I know, but that's what I learned in an astrophysics/astronomy class many years ago.

[@jackdawes193]

It's not centrifugal force. If the moon is 'overhead' the pull attracts the 'near' water, hence a bulge (high tide). The Earth also moves towards the moon, but not as much, being further from the moon, and more massive, and the sea on the 'far' side is less influenced as it's even further away (gravity goes down with 1/r squared). So the far water moves towards the moon, but than the Earth does, so that's a high tide, too. Of course the full transport equations include all the bodies, dynamically, but that's basically the reason for two tides - the change in gravitational influence because of the different distances of the moon to those three masses (near water, Earth, far water).

[@ontheroad5317]

I once read about how weak gravity actually is. I have the gravitational pull of an entire planet beneath my feet, and yet I can still jump into the air. Granted I don’t jump far, but when you compare the mass of my body to the mass of Earth, you would think I shouldn’t even be able to stand upright.

[@annexton3795]

And another thing to know is that water in Caves 100s of miles away from the sea also responds to the pull of the moon, rising and falling as the moon comes and goes. Amazing.

[@Volcano-Man]

@@annexton3795 Something else that is very very talked about is the influence of the Moon on a woman's body. It swells and subsides in a rhythm matching the tides and Lunar cycle, and her menstrual cycle are almost in sync.

[@Guide504]

Always take a 1man sit on kayak with you. It's not the tide or the speed that is the issue, it is the way the topography causes isolation by back filling.

[@mowerman60]

The Bristol channel is the same off the Wentlooge levels,on the Welsh side. The tide caught me out by 5mins and I had to make a dash through the mud. I used to shoot wildfowl there and lost my waders and barbour coat. I dug the barrels of my shotgun in the mud and threw all the ducks and ran for it. It gave me a hell of a fright,but i followed the tide out next morning and retrieved my shotgun.

[@waltershumate5777]

On a hippie trail, head full of zombies.

[@ontheroad5317]

Only if you come from the land down under

[@mariahlehman9777]

I forgot this was time lapsed and was truly horrified.

[@NtoTheM]

Title: *OMG, super high tide in 48 seconds, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, VERY DANGER!* Also title: *time lapse*

[@mickmouse5715]

Dengie in Essex ,i was very nearly cut off. The creeks flood behind you . Only realised when returning to the sea wall. i was lucky.

[@RandomPerson-sk9ur]

It is amazing that the moon did that, so cool and breathtaking.

[@yetamin3589]

Power of nature

[@ValeriePallaoro]

iPhone 6 ... *sigh* this is, seriously, brilliant; and iPhone cameras have gone down hill from this pinacle of achievement Nice upload, thanks for that.

[@michaelcraig9449]

Where is it? You could have mentioned that part.

[@sayitloudlynothing5406]

SANDYMOUNT Beach in Dublin, tide goes out almost 1km, then closes in from behind cutting you off from mainland with 5 feet water!!

[@alemalvina7624]

People seriously underestimate the danger of tides and flash floods. Anywhere in the world if you see a water flow increase like that dont stay watching or filming just get higher ground or clear away from it.

[@masuganut2082]

I’m terrified of the ocean and drowning My husband never understands why Maybe I’ll show him this video The ocean is too big and strong and I’m a little nothing.

[@martinjameslewis5702]

very dangerous place it has quick sand that will sink a tractor many people have lost there lives there as the tide comes in around them

[@georginacox7292]

Yes I read that too and they say The Thames can be dangerous too. Needs got Life boats.

[@Volcano-Man]

There is a place where you can see the roof of a townies land rover.

[@BS-vx8dg]

Very cool. Am I correct in thinking every 8 seconds is one hour? I would love to see this for other places, like Nushagak, with tides of over 10 feet.

[@davidbarton6188]

I believe photos are taken every 8 seconds . This 10.4m tide , 34 feet in old money took 2.5 hours to record. iPhone 13 can take up a maximum 30 h time lapse before running out of memory.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@davidbarton6188 Well, I enjoyed it. Would love to see more.

[@frunomaol5069]

@@davidbarton6188 I think the 2.5 hour info needs to clearly stated in the intro.

[@fredericcolombier5380]

Same on Mont Saint Michel Bay in France =) !

[@Wriggs74]

Just like Fleetwood. one minute you're drinking a brew watching the incoming water. You drop your Mars wrapper in the footwell. You go to pick it up and when you look back, the water has come in. very scary to watch.

[@branthomas1621]

Don't sniff the air in Fleetwood too much whatever you do!😆

[@Spitznock]

"Tide comes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that." ~Bill O'Reilly

[@rondanakamura2655]

Beautifully illustrative! My only question is, how long before some idiot decides that's a perfect place to build condos?

[@fersuremaybek756]

april 16 hits land : oh no sea : it's free real estate

[@TheMotorick]

There's this valuable skill called "swimming".

[@artman40]

Imagine tides 4 billion years ago.

[@jpmtlhead39]

I remember when i was working in the UK ,and in 2005 or 2006 in Morecambe bay during an illegal harvest if clams and other sea food, 13,14 Chinese illegal immigrants died at night because of the rising tide. An Horrible tragedy,you could see on the termal image cameras of the rescue helicopters,those poor people clutching together in groups of 6 or 7 with the water almost chest high waving frantically to the helicopters to save their lifes...its was an Horrendous sight. And the guilty ones,the human traffickers getting out with just a few months of some fines and a few months of suspended sentences. After that day,i knew that happen almost every day,but money can "shut up" many people in Power. A total Disgrace.

[@jsmcguireIII]

Those are some fast sheep.

[@barbaraprest783]

That was so amazing 👏

[@Twobarpsi]

Definitely high af!

[@wattyler9806]

Christ that's fast.

[@spacecat3198]

I remember when those poor people died. They had no idea. I don’t think they were taught how dangerous it is. Grew up at a seaside town. Was always told to respect the tide. Of course that didn’t stop us stupid kids playing with the waves during storms at high tide. My family still don’t trust me when I visit but I have actually grown up and it’s been many, many years since then. xD

[@Volcano-Man]

The reason they died was they were unable to read English, did not understand the danger, the gangmaster evidently could barely understand English. They went out to collect the cockles in fog, the tide turned and was rising, the pickers not realising the danger they were in continued collecting cockles, then when they called for help it was too late as they were unable to identify whereabouts they were due to the fog. Sadly they drowned and the rescue operation became a recovery one. The depth if water was about 10 metres - 33 feet for our American friends.

[@enid0mom]

I didn’t see the peak of the high tide before it was cut off.

[@donalfinn4205]

Well done!

[@paultsworld]

Really interesting timelapse. Where did you take this from?

[@davidbarton6188]

Humphrey Head, not far from the trig point.

[@paultsworld]

@@davidbarton6188 thank you - nice Timelapse videos you’re doing 👍

[@trueriver1950]

Faster than a galloping horse :)

[@philbutcher6959]

Why is it 'very dangerous' if it is over 2.5 hours (the normal amount of time for a tide movement (ebb, slack, flood, slack, etc). Same anywhere with a long flat sand and big tides, no? Is there some other element to the danger here?

[@davidbarton6188]

It is very dangerous because it cuts people off very quickly. The tide fills the channels extremely fast and strands unsuspecting people , in a flanking motion. 22 cockle pickers drown as a well as a work colleague and his son. At Arnside , across the bay, a very loud siren blasts out before the tide comes in. Bear in mind the tide runs faster than a galloping horse . Prince Phillip when he was exercising his horses in the bay had a helicopter hovering in the background ready!

[@Volcano-Man]

@@davidbarton6188 Add in the thick silt and quick sands. Even with a guide you will get wet below the waist.

[@claireskrine4837]

@@davidbarton6188 Yes, the pincer movement is really clear in your video.

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Beautiful. I wouldn't want to get stuck in the mud and not be able to run . Well worthy enjoying it's beauty and well worth respecting it's nature and it's dangers.. It's like the North Sea . Ships getting stuck in the silt . The tide coming back the silt holds the craft droneds and doesn't let got . Hens the ground now behind the Dykes Name of the Now largest Airport in the Netherlands.

[@dunruden9720]

"It is beauty...!" It is danger...!"

[@sadiksolkar1085]

during tsunami high and low tide duration was 2 or 3 min. with atleast a km. of distance on the west coast of india.

[@roberthaines4221]

Oddly satisfying to watch.

[@user-pg2kj7ps7o]

I was once in the “Bull” pub in Lines street in Morcambe. There was an old gentleman, who had been on the bay with his cockle carrier, a wheelbarrow type device known locally as an “Urner” and was exhausted from pushing his Urner in front of the tide. He had fallen asleep with his mouth wide open, and was so tired that he broke wind loudly without waking up. The smell was dreadful but he slept through that as well. Just shows you the speed and power of the Morecambe tide.

[@OblivionGate]

Clevedon, North Somerset, England has the second fastest rising tide in the world.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

There are mud flats in the MenaiStrait too. In the past they would herd cattle from Beaumaris. But you had to be in the know re the sinking parts!

[@user-vj2vm2wz3o]

The other problem is there is no such thing as a tide Scientifically speaking. It's just water being lifted by the pull of the sun and Moon.

[@SilentKnight43]

Along the Bay of Fundy we call that Monday.

[@victorcastellano34]

Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, 18 meters high tide.