Wave hits boat - Accident at Teahupoo

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[@johnqcurls]

To all the people who are unfamiliar with this particular beach wondering why all the boats are out in what appears to be a dangerous spot: The underwater geology at Teahupo'o includes an extremely steep reef, which is what makes the big waves. However, the reef includes many channels that allow water to flow back out from shore. The water above these channels stays much calmer than over the rest of the reef. It is common practice to park boats and jet skis above this channel and ride out the massive but gentle swells right next to the more intense, surfable waves. This isn't especially dangerous as long as you stay well within the channel and don't flirt with the edge of the reef like a couple of these folks did. So don't go calling everyone there an idiot, they just know more about what they are doing than you.

[@jeremyholliday4541]

jdweld44 The one that almost capsized is just a forward control runabout. I have no idea what make.

[@rameshprasad5279]

jdweld44

[@synapse131]

Dennis Soprano Yup! We need a cop on every wave, dammit! Keep those punk surfers in line, 'n shit. Give 'em tickets for surfing too fast.

[@888kabe]

No one was wondering anything dipshit.

[@megasonify4800]

888kabe fukeen hilarious

[@rev000088]

"The sea was angry that day my friends"

[@ecjraj]

Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

[@1ProtonProductions1]

The amount of power in one of those waves is incredible, And there's one every 8 seconds all day. So amazing.

[@taylorcross6203]

***** they don't pump like that all day every day mike. The size of the swell, direction of the swell and the wind have to be right.

[@1ProtonProductions1]

Taylor Cross I realize. However, during that particular day, it happened every 8 seconds. I am familiar with wave patterns. I have lived and sailed on the great lakes for my whole life.

[@15bushpig]

MikeTheAviator yes the great lakes not in the ocean

[@emrebennett9258]

not 8 seconds. That is not what an 8 second swell period looks like lol. The swell period on that was at least 14 seconds. I highly doubt such a big wave could be produced from an 8 second period and you can also see in the video where it isn't cut that the period is much higher than 8 seconds. Also - in cases where the period is so high, there will also be sets. So a set will roll in with wave after wave then it will go dead for up to half an hour

[@bd9712]

I have NEVER seen surfing from this angle from boats perspective. WOW The height of the water is just strange to me. In fact, it's ALL strange to me. This is an incredible video to me. I would love to see more from this angle and perspective Awsome thanks

[@toddmg]

This is arguably the heaviest/thickest wave (relative to height) in the world. Most surfing doesn't look like this because this is maybe the best wave in the world (and scariest).

[@z3rok0ol21]

I've surfed for quite some time around the United States but damn I would go nowhere near Teahupoo's carnage.

[@jitsmapper4438]

that is why no one will remember your name

[@jakelavaclaw2759]

@@jitsmapper4438 and what'll they remember yours for? being a champion keyboard warrior?

[@someguy1688]

@@jakelavaclaw2759 people will really hop on KZbin and think they’re more superior to others by being a keyboardwareior behind a computer. It’s a sad reality we live in, and Jitsmapper is part of the reason why.

[@jakelavaclaw2759]

@@someguy1688 im not gonna lie it was a little funny though

[@Chester_Copperpot]

The two people who fell to the back of the boat are most likely covered in shit due to the driver shitting his pants when he was 1,421 feet in the air.

[@sydneymacaw2870]

GOOD ONE

[@Chester_Copperpot]

+Paul Waters I know how high they were because I'm smarter than you.

[@PS3PS3PS3PS3]

How do you know?

[@neilpirelli9240]

I'm a scientist. I can confirm SharkBird's measurement, and it's very accurate.

[@rickdavis3593]

I'm Coast Guard and I'll confirm people will shit themselves in those oh shit moments in a boat.

[@ManofWater]

too close for comfort

[@alexwoolford_surf]

yeah man

[@hclpfwtx]

I give the driver high marks for how high he flew but had to deduct points for losing his hat! ;-)

[@smokeywilly4364]

That was the camera flying off the boat xD

[@theroomofwall1162]

Man he would be a great pilot

[@kenufhfsk4903]

@@smokeywilly4364 ooooooooo

[@OndaSeca]

At 0:53 , when the green boat jumps on the wave, she falls back and breaks three vertebrae in the lumbar region. but thank God this accident did not affect her bone marrow and she fully recovered.And thanks to photographers so courageous as she we have impressive images of these scare waves...

[@butlerproman]

I was in a boat once, and there was a wave and the boat kinda rocked a little, and I was like "Woah!" So I never went in a boat again.

[@wcat121]

AHA! I see the problem. You forgot your tampon!

[@butlerproman]

wcat121 No no, that wasn't the problem at all. Tampons do nothing to stabilize boats. Believe me, I've tried. Put 'em on outriggers (too small and absorbent), used 'em as ballast (too light), nothing worked.

[@wcat121]

Hahaha. Very clever, very clever.

[@Theoriginalbothers]

butlerproman hahaha great

[@butlerproman]

ph0kused Nah, I'm more of a dog-person. Had a pussy once - well, it was actually my daughter's, but guess who got to change the litterbox and feed him - but he stank and had fleas, so I wasn't too sad when he ran off. Hmmm…I just realized that description almost fit my son-in-law as well. But back to the subject, that pussy loved to fight and fathered several litters, so he did all right for himself, I guess.

[@TheOutty500]

wow just sitting in my office chair i felt like i was going up and down.

[@MrMad2424]

Anyone else get this in their recommended 8yrs later?

[@munky40903805]

nope

[@uprisingfilms]

I was on the green boat. was definitely not a cool experience. the girl on the front of our boat broke her back and was in a Tahitian hospital for a few weeks. the boat driver was inexperienced and put us in harms way. anyone who goes out to Teahupoo on a boat should be fine as long as they pay the extra money to get a driver who is experienced and knows how to position the boat in the channel where it is safer.

[@toranamunter]

+Cave Johnson yes of course - every month Judge Judy visits Tahiti with compensation cash for injured Americans, and King Neptune writes them a letter of apology and reassures them it definitely wasn't poor judgement boating there

[@43hayn]

driver of the green boat is a donkey hee haa

[@lukeandgamingmoments1021]

+toranamunter omg 😂😂😂

[@VitalMusic217]

LMAO

[@GianniEndo]

robert isambert I'm sorry to hear that. As someone who broke their back themselves in an accident, no body wants to go through that. I wish her a speedy recovery

[@CLARKSCANADIANOUTDOORS]

Not one life jacket on, brilliant stuff

[@travishatch2986]

In a way, you don't want a life jacket with big waves

[@merkin22]

That's so much bullshit.

[@semajniffirg230]

you want to be able to swim under so they dont break on you

[@malcolmgreen3691]

Ever heard of a PFD 150. Life jackets save lives mate.

[@TWTR4EVER]

Malcolm Green Lol......Martin Pozzi is the kind of boater that cost us TAX PAYERS the services of the U.S. Coastguard to save their ignorant irresponsible asses at sea.

[@targho5744]

0:37 upper right corner - guy almost getting run over by jetski and dies.

[@bignasty1647]

SHIT DUDE HE PROB SHIT HIS FUCKING PANTS

[@ei_s-etukorttia]

Targho omfg

[@elbilal.]

Targho Holy shit

[@123TauruZ321]

I saw that too.

[@wandelerarchived5435]

Targho d

[@shoreboardz1942]

those guys in the boats are carrying the big money photographers to catch the action close from a deep water channel. The boatman are very experienced and are alert and always holding position and are looking out and are ready for the rogue wave that swings wide. Normally the wave does not break where they are clustered in that deep water channel. The waves only break on the reef close by

[@altar7885]

the sea... terrifying thing really

[@user-uy8lz8ev2n]

Ocean's even scarier.

[@rnqtn]

Watch BBC’s recent discovering underwater lake video. Although the ocean is scary it’s pretty amazing. This is why I’ve come to accept the fact that I’m gonna have to play Subnautica.

[@TonyMontana-hb6uj]

What the fuck🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽Fucking pussies

[@stopmakingrepliestomycomme3991]

@@TonyMontana-hb6uj ??

[@stopmakingrepliestomycomme3991]

@@TonyMontana-hb6uj The sea is still actually pretty terrifying if you really think about it, no need to make fun of people that are frightened with ease

[@aarontooth]

The mark of a real man is keeping your Diesel truck idling while you're out surfing.

[@sunking2001]

It sure seems like a stupid place to hang out in a boat!

[@17industries42]

sunking2001 not if you know what you are doing

[@95Hammah808]

Seems like you don’t know nothing about this beach

[@oceannesailor]

Aww...poor girl does NOT look like she was having fun. (looks like a solid challenge navigating those waves - then add all the other boats and swimmers in the water!? no thank you)

[@impleasen]

what trollin your local lake in your 12ft. john boat looks more appealing!

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

Nah, definitely a liquid challenge.

[@oceannesailor]

@cherry bomb ? (I"m not smiling now, or when I commented. I wasn't being sarcastic. that's a horrible shame if she broke her back. hope she's had some recovery*)

[@OlBlueshound]

Wow man pretty scary stuff, it's a BIG deal if you time it a tad late and go up and over backwards. Hats off to all the drivers and surfers!

[@ats-3693]

That's where the "poo" in Teahupoo comes from, and the guys in that boat found it in their pants shortly after that happened.

[@carmelpule6954]

The people in the boats shown in this video seem to know the ground under the sea they ride on and they know where the rolling prat of the wave stops, and that is where they stay. But still they are asking for it as the position they chose to stay is rather marginal and a high oncoming wave will lift the bows up suddenly with the results shown in this video. In a case like this one should slow down as much as possible and not attack the wave at any speed as that is detrimental to the situation. Best think to do is not to engage such situations.

[@seandeloach7694]

i don't think a wave would hit you on accident your just in the waves way

[@andyeighttre]

The captain definitely had someone buy him a beer that night.

[@mattweeeee]

Watching videos like this are a humble reminder that we ARE NOT in control of anything......except for shit we literally use a controller to move.

[@MrSubmariner13]

no wonder surfing is so dangerous. it's not the sharks, it's not the waves, it's being surround by idiots in boats .

[@kjellhagglof4112]

They know what their doing chill out

[@garbageson7980]

To everyone saying no lifejackets, you need to understand that chance for a boat to get hit by a wave at sea is one in a million.

[@bill739123]

No lifejackets on anyone .Very fooish

[@writerconsidered]

+Jose Stickman It is perfectly normal not to wearing life jackets. I've been in many boats without wearing one, however it is the captains call as to whether or not you put one on. That call usually comes in rough seas like this. That is the least of their problems. What we have here is an unregulated clusterfuck. You have too many boats in too small an area with surfers and jet skies flying around in total chaos. Someone is going to get hurt. The boats and the surfers shouldn't be anywhere near each other. And the boats themselves need a lot more distance from each other.

[@writerconsidered]

***** Ok let me dumb that down for you. You certainly have the right to put on a life jacket any time you want. But if the captain say you must put one on then it is an order and you must wear one.

[@writerconsidered]

***** I'm sorry you are such a simpleton.

[@urisjrgensen9199]

bill739123 båt med plast bunn

[@M-N00]

that is the last place on the planet you want to be wearing a life jacket. it would be a death jacket if you got caught in the impact zone

[@didymostruespeal]

Not an accident when all the boats are always too close. Every video. It was enviable!

[@montiraruba2831]

Just before the wave the guy sitting in the middle of the boat has a camera strapped around his neck. Then after the wave the guy does not have that camera around his neck anymore.

[@jackghughes1222]

haha it flies off to his left!

[@Nfarce]

Boats with props, Sea Doos running all over the place, and surfers paddling around, and big honking waves crashing down. Good GOD I haven't seen this big of a fuster cluck since watching video of an six way street intersection in India.

[@tylermcgill9455]

I remember last summer i was on an island called Nantucket. There was a hurricane there and after it was over the waves were huge. The average wave hight there is 2 or 3 feet they were like 10 or 15!

[@rpierga]

This perspective is awesome!!! Looks like fun if I wasn’t deathly afraid of the ocean.

[@jimcole2648]

That was some serious waves. Damn!!

[@gerrydelafino659]

It's a very precise break, it never breaks past a certain point, it's an exact science, it's pacific reef breaks...

[@Bodhi594]

Laird Hamilton was the first to tame that beast of a wave. A must watch is the documentary "Riding Giants" by Stacy Peralta.

[@F3502000]

Horseshit...the locals surfed it before that ball licking glory hound did it.

[@Bodhi594]

The Great Gazoo LOL I never saw your comment until now. How about he was the first outsider to conquer the giant? I think he did ride it out on the first attempt. That's pretty impressive.

[@F3502000]

Brando Phoenix You're right dude...I forgot I even made this comment. No disrespect intended your way. But...he is a glory hound...not sure about the ball licking. :-D

[@SignificanceOfThePassageOfTime]

The Ancients rode a tree trunk on that wave. 😂

[@smokeybear5460]

That just wouldn't be that much fun to me. Especially if I owned the boat.

[@starlight7830]

the people in the boats are not wearing life jackets!!!!! Dumb ass !!!

[@audi3318]

Great day surfing until you smacked on the scone by the bow of a boat, ran over by a JetSki, chopped up with a propeller, pumbled like a rag doll in the surf and then dragged out to sea over a reef. Narley dude 🤙

[@Xaminer003]

I laughed so hard at the guy saying "wooh" he's one of those awkard silent guy, afraid to have fun out loud

[@joeg5414]

No, he's just not screaming unnecessarily like a little girl

[@theformer1337agent]

thats me, thanks alot to my social anxiety :/

[@ihatemylife7007]

once got hit by a cargo ship’s underwater wave, let’s just say I’m not too fond of going in another boat.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

1:15 my sunglasses bro!

[@flying-j]

I don’t see any accidents here, but that was a close call. I was there a different day in the red boat. They know what they are doing, but do push it a little too close at times. It’s usually the passengers that ask to get in a little closer for better shots. I asked our driver to get in closer because if you are too forward or to the outside, you can’t see the surfers in the pipe. I appreciated my driver’s caution and explaining what could happen if we got too close to the reef.

[@thegteam4349]

So....... where is the accident?

[@potsofham9436]

when the water hit the camera guy- lol he sounded like he got kicked in the nuts

[@CeruleanWriter]

Note: if you ever plan on doing something this stupid, at least wear a life jacket

[@Jacob-si4iu]

If you think its stupid you've obviously never surfed or been on big waves like that

[@stopmotionshow2040]

Your a fucking idiot

[@Jacob-si4iu]

+STOPMOTION SHOW Me?

[@CeruleanWriter]

+STOPMOTION SHOW *you're.

[@CeruleanWriter]

+Texzl I haven't, actually but I meant with the boats full of people with little safety.

[@robertyoung2279]

That green boat came sooo close to flipping, the guy riding the bow may of just saved them, I did that once, the boat was on its way over and just that little bit did the trick.

[@joen5091]

0:34 anyone hear this guy lol?

[@jesuschristneverlived6938]

+Joe N Boat bukkake

[@zachmcewen4048]

LOL THE WATER SPLASHING TOWARDS THE CAMERA AT 0:33. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HawthorneTR]

Darwinism in action.

[@limolee007]

Boat Skipper: 'Was that close enough for you?' Photographer: 'Yeah great - now can we go in as I just lost overboard a $30K Camera Body and its $50K Telephoto lens - thanks......'

[@sidneysilvanodecarvalho.3333]

Caracas muito louco meu!!!!!

[@misterjoe3]

Third world country, rickety motors, giant waves, no life vests. What could possibly go wrong?

[@jackbritt2424]

For once not click bait +1 sub

[@scottydont2549]

This whole thing looks like a disaster. I freak out when I'm near people in 5 foot water at the beach when a wave comes in. But boats and people right next to each other? Crazy.

[@secretsquirrel7374]

I'd have cried so much if I was on that green boat

[@novicereloader]

If you get on a boat with a Monster logo while wearing no life jacket, you shouldn't be allowed to stay on the boat after looking scared.

[@user-hb8be5wb4q]

My mama refused to raise something less intelligent than some people. But, just when I start feeling dumb, I come across a vlog such as this. I have had some thrills in my life, but, I never went looking at something like this! NEVER!

[@nicklockwood1021]

What they’re doing isn’t really dumb. They’re sitting in the channel and just drifted a little too close to the reef. Pretty safe.

[@TayaCalder2002]

I remember watching this with Noah and we were like "WOAH!!!!!"

[@trailrider759]

Then you saw Koa

[@eureembonita4880]

The big wave that hit thar green one was insane

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

Should read; Wave hits dopey boat. This is a just end for dropping in on the other boats just to get a better look or photo.

[@scottbaker7532]

I need to get my 72 Jon boat out there and show em how it's done!

[@dominicksforza3484]

That lime green boat looked like he went up 90 degrees and would've sunk stern first. They were beyond fortunate that didn't happen.

[@Drewrob99]

Wow that green boat fairly went up in the air.

[@fescolfaro]

PEOPLE. Stop with the bullshit, that's Teahupoo's channel, there's a reason why this is considered to be one the world's most perfect waves: the shallow coral reef below guarantees that EVERY WAVE breaks at the same place with nearly the same shape, and that they ALWAYS end at the channel, which is where those boats were. If there was no channel in Teahupoo it'd be an unsurfable venue, there's no water in front of the wave to "duck dive" and reach the lineup. Channel = no waves breaking.

[@lukedude7o]

He made it . Could have been worse but he new what he was doing . Thats one way to get a name at Teahupoo .

[@MikeHacks]

They are actually in a channel, next to where the waves break. It is usually safe to be in the channel. But maybe a bigger set of waves came in, or maybe they didn't notice they had drifted towards the break, and obviously the boat drivers weren't paying attention to that.

[@jackfrost2146]

The boat hit the wave--the wave was minding it's own business.

[@Aglassact77]

Lol, not even keeping to the Coast Guard regs on boat spacing, no Pfd’s, probably drunk, but at least they have a really cool Monster Energy decal on their boat when they sink

[@djn00nan]

In order to have the ultimate thrill,you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price

[@peanutbutterfalcon7016]

man you really wouldn't want an engine failure out there

[@HardRockMiner]

The sea was angry that day my friend... Angry like an old Jewish woman trying to return soup at a deli.

[@tedunguent156]

Someone said these people know what they are doing and you don't. So don't judge. He also said those particular people screwed up. No sh1t, Sherlock. I'm the smartest one of all because I am sitting at my desk. When I am on the water I don't screw up and no one gets hurt.

[@BluntForceTrauma666]

"Accident" my ass. Well, except maybe for the pair of lost sunglasses....

[@russc.9618]

Looks like a lot of serious accidents just waiting to happen here. Be safe y’all.

[@anooseholay]

I guess the person that titled this video has a different idea of what an accident is than I do. If you go out in a boat and try to ride the breakers ON PURPOSE, it's not an accident when one of the breakers almost flips you.

[@joshsquash9917]

That is A LOT of spinning props around a bunch of people in the violent water. That whole area looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

[@chuckvan1568]

Okay, so that's how they get video of surfers on the wave. Looks dangerous for them to be so close together.

[@DREWVIX1992]

G.I. Joe teaches kids to wear life jackets, but not one adult here has any common sense.

[@FiresprayXL]

i like how relaxed everyone is front of these tsunamis (over exaggeration) but it does look like some fun for jet skis!

[@MariaAparecida-bo6kv]

[@masonmunkey6136]

The jetskis job is extremely important. If they mess up someone could get killed.

[@StarVoyager9]

I think I drove one of those boats in Disneyland back in '63...jeez, they seem to manuever pretty good in those waves.

[@Valeria-sd7uf]

Am i the only one here that would love to be in that green boat and have no fear whats so ever like...think thats EPIC

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Wow, that was a close call ! :)

[@doyrayburn2668]

Now that looks like fun. Looks like ya really gotta know the waves though to stay out of trouble.

[@TimidTortoise1988]

Damn that was close to being really bad. That wave looked much more steep than the others. Could have just been the perspective though. I would always be terrified of drifting out of the safe zone.

[@usefali8827]

مرحباا89.و1st

[@bradley7644]

That one has a *poo* in it's name for a reason.. You can literally shit your pants on those waves.

[@vermontjeff2535]

Count me in . I'll bring the beer for that ride

[@aprilfooolz]

Operator ERROR! half of those boat operators are threading the needle, its INEVITABLE!!

[@alexmatwick2737]

No lifejackets. Must have left their brains on the dock

[@user-et9nm7jy4d]

Dangerous, not because of waves, it actually looks fun. But people should be strapped in boat! To avoid bost tipping on them, and why have people swimming in same area as boat?

[@tyronnes]

this is the same dude who almost got taken out this week.... c'mon bro you going to get someone killed

[@gerrydelafino659]

Let's pray that one day a boat doesn't get completely worked...that would be such a nightmare

[@gdb5448]

That wasn't an accident....it was a clear example of arrogance and stupidity. Big difference.

[@cometzeph4544]

Awesome breaking waves 🌊. So satisfying.

[@beeveeh]

What an adrenaline rush, ! Id have a life jacket on tho !

[@LesGainous]

You can see something that was tossed off the boat in the slo-mo section. Was is camera gear? A backpack?

[@MrAdilou]

Great experience, next Time be careful or stay AT home gringo

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

The waves lawyer: mistakes were made

[@jeffarcher400]

Anyone else think allowing boats filled with gas and oil to be anywhere near the surf zone over coral reefs is a bad idea?