Black Rock River ( mahlongwa) river breaching into the Indian ocean

[@Mattineu]

6 Year Old me would provably "help" the river connect with the ocean.

[@vijay6921]

18 years old me would definitely do that

[@qtheplatypus]

@@vijay6921 you have to be careful. These types of breeches can expand quicker then you expect.

[@TheLooterArmy]

42 year old me would be right there with you, digging with my hands lol

[@_s_9920]

Men never outgrow wanting to play with sand and water, thats why dads love "helping" their kids at the beach

[@stev2801]

Men only want one thing and it's fucking beautiful: digging stuff at the beach

[@Cyba_IT]

Incredible how the sand berm held back that huge weight of water and all it took was a trickle to erode into a torrent. Nature is amazing

[@phildurre9492]

Cyba IT hydrostatic pressure dude, pressure depends on depth not the amount of water held!

[@Cyba_IT]

@@phildurre9492 exactly

[@joelockard7174]

That's geology my friend...just natural forces and time has made some of the world's most beautiful and majestic monuments.

[@Cyba_IT]

@@joelockard7174 precisely

[@alenboudreau2697]

Cyba IT agreed nature is awesome

[@OllieDraws]

“It’s absolutely freezing, it’s about 11 or 12 degrees Celsius” Me: chuckles in Scottish

[@TyposGarage]

That's swimsuit weather here in the Eastern US

[@mibi2999]

It's 57 (14) here in south central Alaska, and it feels like summer just started!

[@shadowicytheghost5363]

@@mibi2999 In Central it is 57 degrees right now at 11 pm!

[@frootloop8491]

Guffaws in canadian

[@andrewniedziela3705]

Yup that's Summer weather for here in Northern Alaska in Utqiagvik, AK

[@nicoferguson1215]

The fact that you managed to be in the right place at the right time is amazing; it isn't common to capture a natural breach on camera at all, much less from the beginning

[@lepterfirefall]

Totally natural...course it was....he definitely didnt use the lone stick to make the grove in the sand on the river side to get the process started..........

[@Skoomz]

@@lepterfirefall that's so cool that you were there to watch him do that, that's crazy

[@02Veritus]

@@lepterfirefall what an intellectual, he knows everything👏👏👏

[@lepterfirefall]

@@02Veritus thankyou.....its good to use your eyes to see what's in front of you.

[@andrewroberts7428]

@@lepterfirefall what you've claimed is not an interpretation based on what's in front of you, it's your entirely uncertain, unverifiable speculation based on what's in front of you

[@MajinObama]

Didn’t show the first 2 droplets of water touching each other, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@RrRr-or5tw]

The fact that he didn’t help the river ruined it for me

[@Nev3rL4st]

@@RrRr-or5tw yea, "help" is the right word

[@gastonpossel]

He missed the one important second :(

[@RrRr-or5tw]

@Avocado Toast I would have still helped I just couldn’t resist the temptation

[@lumo7461]

Yep, he's an idiot.

[@jonabriggs8829]

He didn't do anything to start this, it happened on it's own, he was just lucky enough to realize it was happening and recorded it for us, Thank you kind Sir !!!

[@Name-js5uq]

Oh he definitely did... You are welcome.

[@jonabriggs8829]

@Sheep Dog101 , No, I am American, just a spelling error,Lol :)

[@jonabriggs8829]

@Sheep Dog101 , I take it you're not American, by the way you spelled "American" Lol No offense, of course ;)

[@magmaticanimations8091]

Justin time no

[@inhnguyen4593]

Anh ta không may mắn lắm đâu . Tao cá rằng đây không phải lần đầu tiên điều đó xảy ra , mà có lẽ nó xảy ra thường xuyên là đằng khác . Lượng nước của con kênh không nhiều , mỗi lần thuỷ triều lên sẽ đẩy cát vào bờ , khi thuỷ triều rút sẽ tạo thành cái đập ngăn như vậy .

[@irgski]

“A river cuts through a rock not because of its power but because of its persistence.”

[@Shadow_The_Pad]

That's sand

[@Bamblesssss]

@@Shadow_The_Pad Shh don't ruin it, its a powerful moment.

[@Shadow_The_Pad]

@@Bamblesssss lol

[@oogway73]

@@Shadow_The_Pad yea shut the hell up

[@TheNuclearDragon]

@@Shadow_The_Pad isn’t sand just extremely fine rock?

[@medtec6747]

Find someone that looks at you the way this man looks at erosion

[@zainmudassir2964]

Lol very funny

[@brandongalvan6603]

Humans: *draw maps showing bodies of water and waterways* Nature: _"Reality can be whatever I want."_

[@mcfail3450]

Humana building canals, locks, and levies: "Bitch please."

[@johanwittens7712]

@@mcfail3450 If we keep going the way we are, we'll wipe ourselves out with our constructions and destruction of the natural environment. If or when that happens the planet will shrug us off like a bad rash, and in a matter of 100 years most traces of humans ever having existed will have been wiped away. In 500 years every trace we ever existed will be gone and buried. Civilisation will have existed for not even 0,000005% of the planets life time. And nature will keep going, and life will keep evolving into new wonderous forms, all without us. Like nature will be saying "humanity who? Bitch please that was just a blip."

[@hunnyjar8937]

I mean, yeah

[@deadgiveaway-z3i]

@@johanwittens7712 No way, the dispersal of matter fundamentally has to stay equal, the more that is made, that more that can be destroyed. We're too insignificant anyway on that scale bro.

[@johanwittens7712]

@@deadgiveaway-z3i um so what are you trying to say? You're basically repeating what I said but in different words. As I said. We're insignificant. If humans disappeared, most things we built will be gone in 500 years. Nothing we built will last for more than a few thousand years at best... Some stone construction might last a few ten thousand if they're not buried or overgrown. So why do you say "no way man!"?

[@alexanderx33]

Kinda cool to watch how the velocity and profile change with time. Erosion is stronger the faster the water is moving so it starts at the end and eats backward as the velocity keeps increasing. Wish the video was longer and/or timelapse to see how it continued to progress.

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZXVf3SHmqx_hK8

[@johnvilnis83]

Lucky to find the breach just being created. Nice.

[@nickworster4627]

John Vilnis it wasn't just being created he had a garden hose 20 feet away

[@manuell3505]

And then your out of phone memory...

[@PigeonFlare]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

[@williamrizzo1285]

Kind of funny there's a stick sitting right there where breached any chance this was man-made help?

[@awildfilingcabinet6239]

Oh, sorry. He sped up the process by maybe 2 minutes, because apparently driftwood can’t be a thing. It’s not like it wasn’t about to happen anyway, right? Nick Worster you’re just an idiot. Theirs millions of gallons behind that dam, probably even billions. These things take months to build up, do you really think a dinky little garden hose is really gonna affect anything?

[@davidkosa]

I like that you were able to capture the moment when the river breaches the sand berm.

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

davidkosa he himself created that

[@OP-1000]

He kinda missed it, because he climbed on that rock. 🙄

[@rickcastillo5252]

davidkosa you cheated , fake

[@Rickyrab]

Nice

[@resurrectionkratos]

davidkosa Somehow reminded me of sperm

[@Zreknarf]

"absolutely freezing" "12 degrees celsius" lol, south africans

[@devonsmith5439]

Zreknarf Over here in Minnesota I sit outside in the morning watching the snow fall with shorts on and no shirt. :p silly Africans

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Zreknarf in my country -30°C is absolutely freezing and +30°C is absolutely sweltering.

[@devonsmith5439]

Nice

[@SpitfireMkIIFan]

South africans call it freezing, finnish people call it summer ^^

[@DAMoran]

I lived in Florida and if it got below 70, 60 degrees Fahrenheit it was cold ...

[@jocummins8889]

Haha, I have no idea why youtube recommended this, but it certainly brought back good memories. We were around as 7/8 year olds when the lagoon at Kelso broke through and may or may not have aided the process with a couple of plastic spades. The idea was to create a little trickle to fill our engineering works on the beach below. The torrent which soon followed was a real eye opener and fortunately obliterated the evidence!

[@jimmygrizz9341]

This happens all the time. The river ebbs until the breach, then when it flows, the ocean repairs the wall at high tide and the river starts to fill again. Cycle repeats.

[@petermacleod5710]

Yes but don’t tell them that. They want to believe this is unique

[@waynegodfrey6119]

This is. To funny ha ha

[@Mcdouble123]

@@petermacleod5710 you don’t have to make everyone look like idiots because we think something is cool 💀and it is unique, I can’t go to and ocean and always do this.

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

Excellent timing. I could've sworn you made a camp nearby just so you wouldn't miss it.

[@phishENchimps]

He Planned this. He set it up for the views/Likes

[@米空軍パイロット]

He probably knew a bit of the timing from living there.

[@batron6030]

The sticks are a bit suspicious

[@Metal_Tao]

Bat Hob0 sticks don't exist

[@soulsreaper7145]

if he did all that then he shoulda brought a camera that can last longer then 5 damn mins

[@joelseely7583]

This is fascinating to watch. Think about it in terms of when the Zanclean Flood happened. That (according to the theory) is when the straight of Gibraltar was breached and filled the basin that is now the mediterranean sea. The inflow of fresh-water from rivers does not offset the evaporation of the sea, so it eventually dried up (more or less). Then about 5.33M years ago, the Atlantic Ocean started to fill it up again. It probably started as a trickle like this and then eroded a path and got bigger and bigger as more water flowed in.

[@markduquette1135]

Good thing you jumped up on that rock so quick. I can’t imagine trying to get away from that massive force you witnessed

[@unaninanine3743]

😑

[@mikeandre7364]

Lol we surf these breaches in SA xD

[@mistseeker388]

The power of sarcasm flows in your veigns. o7

[@_s_9920]

he was right to back the fuck up, that bank could easily have slid in seconds, thousands of pounds of water pressure acting on it.

[@indianflippingart9593]

@@mikeandre7364 SA ? San Andreas?

[@tohnt4464]

Incredible that he filmed this without interring with nature. I applaud you, sir. My OCD was screaming to break it open. lol

[@antelopevalleysoaringclub457]

I'm a biologist for State of California. Witnessing exactly the same on the So. CA. coastline for a bridge restoration project. However in this case it goes both ways. The creek breaches into the ocean and the ocean breaches into the lagoon. Critical habitat for fish as well as shorebirds. This is fun and exciting to see....on the other side of the world.

[@hamzahmohammed601]

at 2:58: "it's absolutely freezing here it's about...11 or 12 degree Celsius". for a pretty solid summer temperature for us guys in the UK mate.

[@burants89]

Hamzah Mohammed yeah that's a nice summers day here in Scotland lol

[@黑K猫]

Hamzah Mohammed you can say that because you live in UK, you have experienced winters like every years. I don't know South Africa average temperature is, but for us that live in Equator, the lowest temperature we've experienced every years is around 23°c. So we will say 11°c or 12°c is absolutely freezing. If you go to tropical countries where the normal temperature here is around 32°c to 40°c, you may say it's too hot but it's actually nothing to us. We all have adapted to our surrounding temperature.

[@howdthtfeelbro762]

A nice summer day here I australia is 26° 12° is freezing to us

[@howdthtfeelbro762]

@Blind Freddy roads*

[@ryanbell4952]

Once it goes over 10, the shorts get pulled out.

[@shimonbenloulou1778]

i'm guessing the video ended because the camera man was swept by the galloping thunderous breach of the river.

[@marccrocker1908]

and in his final act he uploaded to KZbin before he was swept out to sea and out of cellar range. Thank you for your sacrifice good sir and God's speed!

[@virginiacoasterz7138]

国王TRUONG r/woosh

[@fumesolo6709]

@@virginiacoasterz7138 he must have died

[@macking104]

there is a part 2...

[@dan2234]

“It’s absolutely freezing, it’s about 11 or 12 degrees Celsius” so shorts and tee-shirt weather?

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

No. Jeans and a hoodie. You know, freezing dead

[@hifriends3607]

Intresting You done good job friend 👌 Really superb Thanku sharing 👌 You have excellent creativity knowledge God bless you My heartfully wishes to you 🙏

[@mrz2002]

4 years later youtube recommends this to me.. oh how I love being up past 3 am🤩

[@hebneh]

I don't care if this guy got the process started by scratching a line in the sand with that stick; it would've happened on its own soon after, regardless. But this way, we get to watch.

[@Lumibear.]

“totally natural breach of course” well of course, I mean why would you even mention it, “...and a natural breach...” why yes, yes you mentioned that earlier, that it was totally natural, yes...

[@stuartjohnson6476]

You can also see another trickle started a little further up. So it was going to go one way or another. We have a river near us that does this a few times a year. It's no where near as big, but it's very cool when it goes. Only been there once when it let go and that was after heavy rain and it was known to go.

[@ohbuddyiliketowatch]

Would have happened either way he just helped it along. Still a natural occurance. He didnt make the water rise.

[@throughthematter7053]

why u comment then if u dont care? oh i get it. ur so smart.

[@ohbuddyiliketowatch]

@@throughthematter7053 did you only read the first sentence?

[@Exe3D]

I would never let it happen. I would start constructing a dam instinctively.

[@jatinsandis6983]

i see u are a man of culture as well🙏🏻

[@gentlebabarian]

You are welcome in the netherlands sir!

[@mykmac2599]

are you secretly 3 beavers in a trench coat

[@Paulthored]

Party pooper. ✌😉

[@twitzmixx8374]

but why tho

[@wayneeaston2394]

Part 2 is now loaded : Apologies it took a while. Found my backup drive at last : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZXVf3SHmqx_hK8

[@tuskedbeast]

Glad you did! Extraordinary footage.

[@BillZBubb]

What a wonderful event to witness. Thank you for sharing.

[@IowaSheepdog]

If there is a river that close to the ocean, doesn’t it empty out into the ocean anyway? The breach point was still a good catch.

[@farzana6676]

Yes, that's the point. He's showing how it empties out into the ocean during the rainy season.

[@_s_9920]

the ground water fed by the river is always constantly draining out

[@wayneeaston2394]

Part 2 coming up in the next day. Dropped pin near Freeland Park, 4180 goo.gl/maps/NS5iuLL8F242

[@mikeleys1]

Wow must be 40 years since I last saw Black Rock and the River. Many happy hours spent there and on Scottys beach as a teenager. Thanks for the memories.

[@chDiago]

Thanks for the upload! It reminded me when I was a kid and tied to dig a channel between a lagoon and the sea in Durban. We never really succeeded because the sand kept on collapsing and blocking the little channel we dug by hand. The next day we wanted to continue and just found the lagoon completely empty and a huge 3m deep trench with ripping water where we dug the previous day. Parents were not impressed.

[@antonhuman8446]

Quite epic! Very well done. Thank you.

[@gayathrichandrashekar2778]

Such a beautiful union of river into the ocean...Thanks for the vedio sir. In fact, the Sea is happily 😊 welcoming His beloved River 💙 ❤

[@WaaDoku]

I saw a similar video like this about a river breach in Hawaii, I think on Oahu. But the way the tides work is that as soon as the accumulated water masses flowed off into the sea, the waves create new sand banks that block the now empty river basin from constantly flowing into the ocean. That way the basin fills up again naturally until another breach occurs. It's a natural process and the people that created the breach on Oahu did so with legal clearance from the local authorities. Not sure why everyone says that the guy in this video also created the breach himself but even if he did, the tides would create a new barrier between the river and the ocean anyways so calm down everyone. It's an impressive natural spectacle and to witness this is just incredible! Edit: Found the video I was mentioning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXfdopyhmpaNZqM Read the description because many also hated on these people but it was all within laws of men and nature.

[@woowooNeedsFaith]

Cool video indeed. And thanks for explanations too. It is sad how people are ready to jump the gun so much that he had to disable the comments for the video. Did you find the part 2 of this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZXVf3SHmqx_hK8 It is impressive, but looks a bit tame after seeing your suggested video first...

[@essexfarmer9610]

That would have been Waimea Bay. I saw it there too.

[@thomasw.eggers4303]

@@essexfarmer9610 Yes, I helped the kids create a breach there once. It was fun. I was 55 years old. Then the kids surfed down the fast-flowing water in the breach. I watched. Lifeguards watched, too.

[@BootsofBlindingSpeed]

You've captured a very special lil moment hear my friend. Thanks for being in the right place at the right time c:

[@yououtuber4176]

This is the reason KZbin exists, and this is the content worth seeing - not Kardashian-type self-absorbed people wanting attention. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheTechAdmin]

It must be nice to live somewhere that 11 degrees is considered " absolutely freezing", lol.

[@elementus2857]

See you all in 5 years when this gets recommended to everyone again

[@CamoSquid]

I'll be glad to see it lol

[@steelteam666]

3 years, no similar prior watch history. The KZbin algorithm giveth

[@nojo81]

It’s so satisfying seeing the sand erode away chunk by chunk and watching the water flow through

[@sheepicide6564]

Never been happier to see a "part 2" up next.

[@gggreggg]

love the beautiful arched viaduct in the background..

[@pramodrekhamys]

That was truly amazing. Could have been captured for a longer time. Anyways enjoyed watching it and thanks for the vedio.

[@vibrantbutterflybeau]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZXVf3SHmqx_hK8 pt 2

[@carolynallisee2463]

Watching this video teaches you how frighteningly quickly a river can cut itself a new channel. Away from things like waterfalls, we tend to think of rivers as quiet, slow moving, peaceful places. This shows us they are anything and everything but that!

[@Snowwie88]

Where is part 2? I want to see more of this, how this ended...

[@WithYouIDisagree]

Snowwie88 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZXVf3SHmqx_hK8

[@SamSung-eo3ks]

Legend has it, that it's still going....

[@palulukid6526]

The internal storage of his phone is full no more pt.2

[@kit2130]

The river swept him away after his camera was thrown to the side and the ocean finished the job by pulling him out in a rip tide. Poor guy. Guess you shouldn't mess with nature.

[@НатальяГорбачева-и5р]

Как красиво! Какая настойчивость! Маленький ручеёк добрался до океана и открыл дорогу мощной реке!!! Сила природы!

[@DasVERMiT]

Dude missed the moment when the water first touched the ocean...

[@EricMcConnaughey]

See part 2.

[@MessOfThings]

I was wishing this video was 5 minutes longer, and then I discovered part 2. Thanks for capturing this.

[@starshine9016]

I love playing with nature ^_^ I saw what you did there, helping it along 😏 This is the most epic one I've seen. Lucky you! I know this is 4 years ago but I had to comment! Thanks for sharing this!

[@amirhad6594]

' it's absolutely freezing here, 12°C' Europeans : ' Oh my sweet summer child'

[@Itherei]

thats winter in spain

[@amirhad6594]

@@Itherei didn't realize it was Spain.

[@Itherei]

@@amirhad6594 not the video, im saying spain is in europe and we use coats at that temperature, everybody in southern europe does

[@amirhad6594]

@@Itherei Me too, but would you really classify 12°C as freezing?

[@Seven_Leaf]

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow, it can creep, it can drip or it can CRASH! Be water, my friend.” -- Bruce Lee

[@kathrynkenyon785]

THAT'S THE SECOND MOST FRIGHTENED I'VE EVER BEEN FOR ANYONE! But, I'm guessing you made it back from those rocks since we're watching this video. Geesh, dude!

[@pramothi9583]

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[@spicynachosauce3925]

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[@leadsolo2751]

Watching this while JS Bach's 'Air' is playing is the background - Nice !! :)

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Fantastic Video. Great timing.. If it was warmer it would go quicker.😁 the temperature helps see it take it's time.

[@Wintercourse]

You know the saying, "Big fish in a small pond." Well we are witnessing the transition where big fish becomes tiny fish in a massive ocean.

[@komboi]

Bardzo ciekawe zjawisko. Miałeś dużo szczęścia, widząc to. Gratulacje.

[@videosdeecologia7468]

You stopped to film when it was getting cool hehehue

[@marknovember]

He was freezing to death lol

[@scottsthoughtschannel9538]

This is some incredible footage!!! Ty for sharing this!!!

[@echospaw899]

Fascinating!!! Nature, and the power of water are something to behold. Thanks for sharing such an event.

[@sheldonheard7022]

Legend has it that he never returned to show us

[@scottibugatti7122]

Fun fact: This is an example of how the Mediterranean Sea was created

[@mivapusa]

And the Black Sea

[@jehl1116]

Would be most interested to see what it looks like today 14 October 2020.

[@archivist8523]

go on google maps and search up Scottburgh, South Africa. The river is just north of city limits

[@kalebhamand4467]

Welp we made it this far

[@Martin-pb7ts]

As someone who grew up in Amanzimtoti and had lived in colder places I started laughing immediately when you said: "It's absolutely freezing here." cause I knew what was coming, and the "11 or 12 degrees" comment confirmed it. Miss that beautiful sweltering heat of the south coast. Those days where you have to be in the sea or a pool or you won't make it. But when you move around a bit you realise that having to put on a jersey for two weeks in winter isn't "freezing". :-)

[@eskalaishon]

Relaxing to watch this natural phenomena. You timed capturing it really well.

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

What I find more impressive is that he thinks 12 Celsius counts as “absolutely freezing”

[@innercityprepper]

sounds like sandals weather to me

[@BlackWACat]

i mean.. if you’re from the south, that doesn’t sound like the nicest of weathers lmfao

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

@@BlackWACat the south of what?

[@BlackWACat]

@@TheDrummingWarrior the south of wherever we live, dawg

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

@@BlackWACat I mean in South Georgia 12 is probably a nice day as well considering it’s in the middle of the Atlantic

[@jep9092]

Look at how fast the water eroded that sand like it went from just a couple of drips to just a little stream it's incredible I wonder if it's still there like that

[@holger_p]

The sand didn't rest there for a long time, just since the last rain or last winter.

[@davidmackenzie8314]

11c- 12c freezing? In Scotland we call that summer lol 👍

[@TamimLB]

David Mackenzie In South Africa we call the Winter....congrats you learnt something new

[@joannecraft-lane8660]

Wow, what a fantastic video! I have never seen anything like that before.

[@rawiritewaata6425]

I've watched this video countless times and it never gets old

[@bok7660]

I'm expecting an Indian who'll give us the narration after I read the title.

[@danielwhite8477]

When does the surfing 🏄 start?

[@brallantp.2812]

They form on their own, I always just get the call, “Hey we got a current on the beach comes down to surf”

[@faridrafieuddin4928]

Man! This is called Nature's Natural Breach... It is Awesome! 💖

[@tracynation239]

Good video. ♡ T.E.N.

[@IKI11I]

“Absolutely freezing” yeah it’s -18 Fahrenheit at my house right now

[@lesego2933]

Are you from Antarctica???....

[@IKI11I]

@@lesego2933 border of US Canada

[@littlepuppy101]

01:31 onwards... That's how the grand canyon was made. The time lapse :-)

[@Wailwulf]

Actually, this is more how the Snake River canyon in Idaho was created. Grand Canyon was created over millions of years. Snake River Canyon in Idaho I believe was created when the the melted waters behind a glacier broke through and dug the canyon in a single event.

[@bobclover4634]

+Wailwulf The Grand Canyon was actually made in a single weekend by the McElvey Brothers in 1987. It is still not understood why these four brothers decided to dig out such a great amount of the earth, but afterwards the eldest, John McElvey stated "If you build it they will come".

[@Wailwulf]

+Bob Clover LOL I was wondering about all the construction equipment when I saw it in 1982

[@hebneh]

No, because I visited the Grand Canyon and personally saw it in 1961. So the massive excavation has to have happened before that time - perhaps in 1960?

[@WN_Byers]

the grand canyon was likely the byproduct of electrical activity

[@RandomGamer-qy6ys]

River: DADDY!! :DDD Ocean: SON!!!

[@jerrycallender9927]

Just discovered you and so glad I did. This video epically showcases the most powerful force on the 3rd rock.

[@tracynation2820]

An excellent video. 💙 T.E.N.

[@eohq]

its amazing to think that if he put a bit of sand in the beginning he could prevent a river breach

[@space.cowboy69]

i wonder if being close to that could be dangerous

[@sethgoodnight]

The camera person was on a rock outcrop, so they were pretty safe.

[@philtripe]

very dangerous...to an ant

[@jeffhazelden]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWe2q2yKmZyJqtk

[@RLN1972]

his mommy should have never let him down there

[@trollskarlen5728]

You could probably get out of the way easily

[@Techhunter_Talon]

Water erosion is no joke... but it is cool to see in action.

[@gentryglass]

Everyone is talking about how “satisfying” this video is, when my OCD is screaming about the missed moment. You know which moment. 😒

[@jonathanderekvanwieringen3773]

Cool vid, should still be couple big rock salmon lurking there😁🤙👍

[@brianbradburn]

How could a river next to the ocean not flow into it?

[@katiekat4457]

Brian Bradburn the river doesn’t belong there. It’s flooded from rain. But it must connect to the ocean somewhere nearby i would imagine.

[@Kharnellius]

Sometimes waves from a tide push enough sand to block off a river for a little while.

[@yeahimere9631]

Katie Kat. It's an estuary, and it is the only mouth of the river, just like the many thousands of other estuary rivers all over the world. When the river level drops, due to a period of low rainfall upstream, a sandbar forms. When there are rains upstream the river level rises again and breaches the sandbar causing the river level drops again, allowing another sandbar to form, and the whole process starts again. In some cases if the river doesn't breach the sandbar naturally, the local authorities have to breach it using machinery so as to prevent flooding of properties around the estuary. Type in - "Terrigal River Breach", this river is on the east coast of Australia and must be breached by the Coastal Rivers and Land Authority about once a year, and the local kids love it because they can surf the breach! I'm sorry I can't give you a link to "Terrigal River Breach", because I don't know how.

[@neilmalyon8784]

Brian, ever heard of a thing called a "Lagoon"?

[@uruiamnot]

There's many examples. There's the one in Texas (Rio Grande) that's not so grand any more. Overuse and drought causes a lot of rivers to stop before they reach the ocean. So when abundant rains break out, a river may return to the ocean after days, months, or decades.

[@Absolutely-Nobody.]

Who came back again after watching Part 2 to check back how it started .🤪

[@iirovaltonen4258]

"It is freezing here." Oh, OK, must be like that just above 0 C with windy weather. "It is like 11 C" ....

[@wspencerwatkins]

Just thought about this video the other day and now it’s recommended again, awesome

[@muhammadhabib4225]

Salam and sab ki khair. Amazing. Good work

[@SigSkyline]

This is amazing! Have you managed to see it in the years since? I'd be curious to see how large it got over time.

[@Bongaloid777]

And the water supply just went straight to that ocean...

[@WarrenBotes]

Thanks for posting this Wayne. Very cool to see a natural breach! Did you manage to go back later?

[@wayneeaston2394]

warren botes. I have part 2 on my backup. Will search and post it. It was crazy how it escalated.

[@wayneeaston2394]

Laughing at my own comments here. I'll have to find part 2 now. 👍🏻

[@WarrenBotes]

Wayne Easton haha! No worries man!

[@sthompson1000]

That looks absolutely terrifying. It was so brave of you to stay and film this example of nature's power and majesty. I hope you weren't too cold in the "freezing" 11C temperatures... Maybe a pullover or a hat could have helped.

[@junaidfarooqui1993]

The moment when you wait for weeks for the breach to happen, but it happens when you're asleep.!

[@Grasshoppa65]

Isn't it funny how these sorts of things are captivating to our species.

[@sadduck1737]

Human curiousity

[@bart1meuz]

why did this show up in my recommendations...

[@marccrocker1908]

bart1meuz have you been watching videos on flash floods? That's how it showed up in mine

[@tvrlincoln2509]

Marc Crocker same lol

[@PatriciaDonovan-g9m]

How wonderful it is to see interesting and beautiful events halfway around the world. Thank you.

[@pratikgurnule5191]

It's feels like finally son meets his mother So heart touching ❤️

[@agoodjoe4455]

The algorithm: sure people would like to watch this 4 years later Me: you bet