I’ve watched this video countless times now. I noticed that after pointing out the water coming out of the camper van to the couple. That you very quickly climbed up the steps. Am I thinking right you can read the waves 🌊 I would have been laughing my head off & the camera would’ve been moving all over the place. But you kept it very professional well done sir👍
I lived in Ilfracombe for 25 years and that particular car park is notorious for this kind of thing. Those kids are dicing with death. The year we arrived in the town, the sea took 5 cars clean out of that place down into the rocks 30 feet below!! One of them was never found. If one of them got swept over, there would be no saving them.
I’m sorry for those whose cars suffered damage. Those waves are my ideal waves, I try so hard to get some beautiful wave shots whenever I am at an ocean, I drive my friend and my husband crazy, lol. Nothing beats the sight and sound of thunderous waves!
Yeah but at least it's sheet metal bodywork is significantly thicker than the stuff the french use. Hence it does not get bumps all over like the Renault.
I can just imagine that! Some jobsworth bottom-feeding Council revenue collector pouncing on it! Mind you, this footage would provide superb rebuttal evidence.
The guy in the thumbnail is a lucky man... standing in behind the beamer for cover, lucky it didnt crush him/his legs against the wall... people dont realise the danger they are in sometimes
I swear people who get that close to waves like this are thick as two planks. All it takes is a foot of water or so to take you off your feet and it could end in a bad way. People don't realise.
@@mikeoglen6848 reckon they are of a mind , the ones that, duty bound to rescue and sort such wanton recklessness , the camera user was seemingly stood safefly , i get their comment!
Great footage. Nice to see a video that's done in landscape mode rather than amateurish portrait style. That way we don't lose two thirds of a picture. Well done.👍
The old "Geoff or Jeff" are they sock or no socks and is the ...TALES OF THE DESTINIES...a new ..VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR....THEME ONE....many accept them but why ?
@capspread I like shorts on mobile when I'm out and about but I watch TH-cam at home on my TVs and find it quite annoying that two thirds of my screen are blank. But it is what it is.
It's not a freak storm at all, it's a very high tide storm. Quite normal. As the on chap said who lived there for 25 years, the car park is well known for this and on the year he arrived 5 cars were swept away - clearly worse than this day.
While there are exceptions most people living on the coast know not to park in a place like that when a storm is forecasted. (Although the salty air still isn't good for a car either)
Oh no, some poor holidaymakers prized camper got trashed along with others of their cars. Locals wouldn’t park there on a storm day during high water on a super moon spring tide!
I used to live, 100m away from the sea in the Isle of Man. The morning after a storm my car would be covered in seaweed. Sea and wind are a powerful combo.
Insane humans who take such potentially life changing risks! The woman whom was at the from of a car & the guy who dared to stand between a stone wall & the car which could have crushed his legs....😱 Surely, with today's technology, it would be a good idea to check for high tide & NOT park there!🧐 Come on people, think before you park.
@@lindadunstall1790 I thought the same thing when the guy put himself between the car and the wall, he is lucky a stronger wave didn't move that car and crush his legs. People do stupid things in dangerous situations due to normalcy bias.
That was some spectacular footage - thank you. It’s hard to take in the power of the sea, even on our own territory. My heart goes out to the owner of the van! ❤
Damn right, you think you have a rough idea of what it might be like but there's nothing like experience to give you the correct level of respect. Have been on a 76 foot sailing ship with a force 9 strength wind blowing. The height of the water around you has to be seen to be believed. You think it must be about to fall on you all the time, and can't possibly pile up so high. The really frightening thing was that the scale goes up to 14, and what I saw was 'only ' 9!
@@StormChaserMaci. That's so true. I'm very careful with any running water. Also, I never go near canals because they are unhygienic and downright dangerous
@@MrFrog_ Sea defences regularly fail in storms, and if a really large wave hit, that car park could be full of 4ft of water, then you only have 1ft between you and certain death.
@@MattyEngland You are risking certain death walking along the pavement with all the drunks, drugged up, 90 year olds driving around (probably drunk, drugged up and 90 looking at all the 70 year olds I see glued to their phones whilst stopped at the traffic lights!!).
I holidayed in Westward Ho ! as a child at my grandparents who lived there during the 70-80’s , storms like this happens every year. The storms so bad it sent pebbles over the sea wall and smashed the windows of the amusement arcade.
It sure does, i've witnessed it and had to move my car PDQ while unloading for a gig at the Fairway Buoy pub in the winter months, some very large rocks coming up over the wall well and truly airborne, once you've seen it the lesson stays with you for sure
Staithes village in Yorkshire has huge waves that go right up the main road from the harbour. It's also where "Old Jack's Boat" was filmed. A beautiful place.
The same thing happened to me at Lyme Regis promenade. I parked right on the front and went into the shops. The weather changed rapidly and a storm came in. I walked back to the car and was shocked to see crowds watching the cars being swamped...including mine! I rushed over between waves, it was covered in beach pebbles....but it started when the key was turned and I reversed it off the prom. No damage done...incredibly!
So it was inundated with sea water and you have no damage? Good luck with that when the corrosion of the body, electrics and electronics gets going. I have a 4wd that I occasionally take onto beaches but never in the water and it gets thoroughly washed down asap.
Well done Sandpit on capturing the entirety of the event. Great footage. Even the vehicles there with lesser damage will have the curse of Sea Salt upon every element of the vehicle. Highly corrosive and sets like rock in every intricate place. Sorry to all those incurring loss here just glad no one harmed. The one I feared for was the guy that stood between the car and the wall. I thought he was going to get crushed. Pheeewww. Enjoy your summer everyone. UK is the destination of choice. 😄
What absolute bell-end at the local council back in the day, thought it would be a good idea to have a mini car park with a violent force of nature on the opposite side of a hopelessly small barrier not fit for purpose?! 😮
They do this often. Just look at some of the town-planning. Nobody wants to work for them. They are useless at everything.except fines,.council.twx.etc.
Ilfracombe is a tiny seaside town, and there isn't much parking. The car park is perfectly OK for 350 days a year, just don't park there when a storm is blowing
There is signs in this car park. Most of the time it’s fine but we are on big spring tides at the moment and that combined with strong winds and this is what can happen!
Hi Sandpit. Please can I use a few seconds of your video in my video about Ilfracombe. We wild camp in a small camper and I would like to show why it can be dangerous camping right next to the sea. I would show the thumbnail of your video and put a link to it in the description. Now worries if you don’t want me to. Great video and we often watch you for the storms. Ken
Thanks so much for braving the elements and capturing this event. The damage shown reinforces the impression of power you get from the waves - the sea is merciless! Also very good quality photography which serves to enhance the experience.
Great Footage! I like a wild Ocean now and then. but it is sad for the car owners. Luckily there are no electric cars among them, because those often start self combustion when saltwater reaches the battery pack.
Happened in my seaside town a few years ago, all the yoof playing on the seawall, oh how they frollicked in the crashing waves. Well until they found out that the huge force of the sea breaking was also slinging rocks up and out along with the water.
It was a combination of a summer storm, and high lunar tides at the time. Pretty common here. There's a warning at the car park highlighting the risk parking there.
the landscape beyond the parking loot looks so beautiful, I'm so jealous. I live landlocked in the middle of the US and I dream of living close to the sea. I admit I'd love to be out there experiencing this. I know it would be dangerous but the sea is just fascinating to me. I love those big waves!
I lived in Ilfracombe for a year in 1993, all the landscape in Devon and Cornwall is lovely and I would absolutely recommend moving close to the seaside, although I would also recommend doing your homework before moving. Good luck!
I live in the middle of England, very industrialised, I too love the sea,and have just returned from that part of Devon,it really is beautiful anywhere you go in Devon is naturally stunning
Probably a good idea to warn people that their vehicles are getting smashed by waves, rather than just filming and playing, before you also get washed off your feet.
Aren't most of those accidents to do with tombstoning or being drunk? There's a wall there, the kids are having fun - like I would have done at that age, able to assess that the wall protects them from being swept away.
It doesn't protect them from being sent crashing into the rear wall. If a car which is a lot stronger and heavier than a human body can be moved and damaged it's not going to do a kid much cop. Did you not see the transit bumper side as well the Corsa.
I see most comments about the damaged cars and power of the sea. Lets give a Huge Congratulations to the Construction Team that built this car park to be able to withstand this kind of severe onslaught of waves. There must be some kind of damage to the wall after taking such a beating. I would like to see what is on the other side of the wall down to the sea. How far down to the submerged beach. Big Shout Out to the Cameraperson for showing us a part of your world on this high tide event. Gerry from Florida.
Well if they’d built the wall like Dymchurch in Kent (it has a large concave ‘face’ to direct water away from the land), the water wouldn’t flow over the wall, but instead would be deflected back out to sea.
The submerged beach is called Cheyne Beach, from the pictures I could find, the seawall looks to be 5 - 8m tall (15 - 25 ft) in different places. The sea wall in Dawlish (town on the other side of Devon) broke in a storm in 2014 and the railway line, and the nearby road collapsed, and it destroyed someone's house. There's quite a famous picture of a train running along the tracks, being absolutely soaked by waves. A few years later a bridge collapsed in Dawlish after being hit by too many waves. I don't know whether Ilfracombe is very lucky, or if Dawlish is very unlucky.
Wow! feel for the owners of the cars but that was some of the best video Ive seen..its like a whole film, the happiness at the start and laughingg, then the terrible damage then some drivers trying to escape, its got it all. But the damage, the strength of the water, IMENSE.
The British Summer at the seaside.... 😮 This starts out as astounding and fun to watch then you realise just how strong the sea is. Seeing the green car just getting bashed around and the van too, scary how simply the sea bowls people over in seconds. Bloody amazing video though, so glad it turned up in my recommendations 😊
Poor cars 😢 I feel really sorry for their owners coming back to find all that damage. 😔 That green car was chucked about all over the place. The beautiful E46 3 Series BMW and that Audi that had a blue badge too 😭. I was in Boscastle the day of the floods in 2004 when all the cars were washed out to sea. We were in the carpark where in happened and for some reason I said let's turn around and go to St Nectans Glen first (just up the hill a mile or so). We then couldn't get there because the river had burst its banks and the footbridge was underwater so we turned back and that's when we discovered all the cars from the carpark we had just been in being washed out to sea. We parked on the headland and watched as helicopters winched people out. I filmed a lot of it on an old camera and have never shared it. I must get it converted to digital as it's the 20th Anniversary next year. x
I was told on a boating course I did several years ago that one cubic metre of water is one metric ton! No wonder those vehicles sustained so much damage.😮
Imagine that you parked there and had no idea about the stormy sea and came back to your car a day later and it's faced the other way with the side bashed in😲
The United Kingdom will be devastated by 300 foot tsunamis in the near future which is no laughing matter. An evacuation should be organized immediately to give the population time to relocate. This is a very serious matter.
Proper Funnyman. 😂 I just seen the lad on the bike just disappear under the wave's..😂😂It was the young woman screaming in laughter that sealed the moment. Class 🤣🤣🤣
Yea... those wave's aren't small for sure. Wow. Seen hurricanes & those are far bigger. These are small compared to those but still impressive!! Never underestimate the power of water. Those teenagers screwing around don't realize the danger they were in with cars being pushed around so easy.
I live in Weston super mare and have seen many vehicles get washed away by the sea from people parking on the beach and going for a wander not realising how quick the tide comes in 🙄
I'd like to have seen the Mini leaving. Owners return to camper van and green car, see all quiet and calm, the will wonder WTF has gone on. I feel sorry for them. Never underestimate the power of the sea
Impressionnant cette vidéo...pourtant habitant la France en Bretagne dans le Finistère...on à l habitude des tempêtes...mais des " inconscients " ( pour être polie )ceux qui " jouent " avec la mer 🌊!!
@@snafufubar……..he’s on about there’s no illegals trying to get across the sea to England in tiny Dinghies while the sea is rough ! It’s just a pity the English Channel isn’t as rough as the sea is here 365 days a year !
@@snafufubar ,, I am not talking about legal sea going vessels, I was talking about the illegal invaders on the little boats entering our country 🚣♀ ,,I’ve showed my real self and you have exposed what an idiot you are!,, take your meds and go back to sleep 😴
I’ve watched this video countless times now. I noticed that after pointing out the water coming out of the camper van to the couple. That you very quickly climbed up the steps. Am I thinking right you can read the waves 🌊 I would have been laughing my head off & the camera would’ve been moving all over the place. But you kept it very professional well done sir👍
Whenever there's extreme danger you can always rely on human beings to put themselves right in the middle of it.
True ! …….I’ve seen people actually walk around in Birmingham’s inner suburbs 😂😂
Yup
There is not a lot do do for countryside kids.
As a former North Devon Teenager that's a mild summer storm. That car park during a winter storm can be a death zone.
@DarkSitesChannel are there any warning signs?
That guy is so lucky standing behind the bmw that the wave didn’t push it further and crush his legs
And the twat climbs over the bonnet of another car to get to his! Why didn't he walk around?
Also loved the way he basically climbed over the bonnet of the bmw to get to his car to avoid getting slightly more wet 🤦🏽♂️
He’s a total moron
@@azzman4516I was gutted the BMW wasn’t smashed to pieces. Lovely car but it’s the wankers that drive them!
@@simonbird1973😂
I lived in Ilfracombe for 25 years and that particular car park is notorious for this kind of thing. Those kids are dicing with death. The year we arrived in the town, the sea took 5 cars clean out of that place down into the rocks 30 feet below!! One of them was never found. If one of them got swept over, there would be no saving them.
You're fun !!
and one of the reasons as to why i prefer to park in front of the theatre !
I was watching the cars moving and those kids playing about and just thinking how stupid can you be
@@ohmatron8360For stating a fact?
@@ohmatron8360 maybe he's got no sense of stupidity like the clowns in this clip? 🤷♂️
I’m sorry for those whose cars suffered damage.
Those waves are my ideal waves, I try so hard to get some beautiful wave shots whenever I am at an ocean, I drive my friend and my husband crazy, lol. Nothing beats the sight and sound of thunderous waves!
they couldve drove off so dont feel bad, they are retarded
That poor E46 is fighting a constant rust battle even when it’s bone dry let alone getting flooded by the sea 😢
Yeah but at least it's sheet metal bodywork is significantly thicker than the stuff the french use. Hence it does not get bumps all over like the Renault.
@@Squilliam-Fancyson Renault use plastic panels
Be good if we can get another bmw off the roads
@@nate8551I know right 😂
@@Squilliam-Fancyson You mean like the strong metal Audi uses? 🤣🤣🤣
Later on the blue and the green car received parking tickets for not parking in the lined bays correctly. 😁
😂😂
I can just imagine that! Some jobsworth bottom-feeding Council revenue collector pouncing on it! Mind you, this footage would provide superb rebuttal evidence.
@@willdixon2349 They would say the video is not applicable as evidence as it has been edited.
@@willdixon2349 Do Councils even run their Car Parks these days? More like a Video Cameras company...
Easy.
Just say you werent driving at the time and tell them to post the tickets on to Alluh and god.
Never underestimate the power of the sea. It's beautiful but so dangerous. Fab footage x
Top quality footage fella, gutted for all the owners, a few quids worth of damage there 😢
The damage is gratis.
The repairs will cost.
@@jeremyashford2115 you must be good at parties
The young onez had fun.
I mean if you park literally right next to the ocean you are kind of asking for trouble though.
Damage ? Water won’t hurt the fucking cars. 😂😂 besides they will get a fine for being there during a storm. They were stupid enough to post the video.
The guy in the thumbnail is a lucky man... standing in behind the beamer for cover, lucky it didnt crush him/his legs against the wall... people dont realise the danger they are in sometimes
So dumb. Just to avoid getting slightly wetter
Not much education in these parts!
@@Tara_Masika once you get north of the river
I swear people who get that close to waves like this are thick as two planks. All it takes is a foot of water or so to take you off your feet and it could end in a bad way. People don't realise.
As thick as nine short planks nailed together then cut in half and nailed back together.
@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb You're a Bundle of Fun, aren't you?
People do seem to be getting more stupid, it’s true.
@@mikeoglen6848 reckon they are of a mind , the ones that, duty bound to rescue and sort such wanton
recklessness , the camera user was seemingly stood safefly , i get their comment!
That woman was wiped out ...never saw her again she had to be hurt in some way
Great footage. Nice to see a video that's done in landscape mode rather than amateurish portrait style. That way we don't lose two thirds of a picture. Well done.👍
Yes, absolutely. I never understand why people take videos if landscape in portrait style. 😂
The old "Geoff or Jeff" are they sock or no socks and is the ...TALES OF THE DESTINIES...a new ..VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR....THEME ONE....many accept them but why ?
@@tonypate9174 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔?????????
@capspread I like shorts on mobile when I'm out and about but I watch TH-cam at home on my TVs and find it quite annoying that two thirds of my screen are blank. But it is what it is.
@@tonypate9174 What ????
Great footage mate. Looked fun but deadly 😮 really enjoyed every minute of this 👍
Can we just admire the structural integrity of the roof on that Audi convertible 😮
Bet it's flooded inside though
you made me laugh, good shout.
Bet he opens the door to water pouring out 😂
I was literally just thinking that as I scrolled through the comments and saw yours.
Probably won’t work within a few months. Electrics not great , saw many at Auctions. Dealers always them checked to see.
It's not a freak storm at all, it's a very high tide storm. Quite normal. As the on chap said who lived there for 25 years, the car park is well known for this and on the year he arrived 5 cars were swept away - clearly worse than this day.
The full moon that day, caused the water to become rougher than usual during high tide.
@@tarunsangeet6816 The full moon simply raises the water level. Only wind was repsonsible for the waves. But the waves were not that big.
Channel owner when posting a video can call it what he wants.
I don't even think it is a storm :p
@@zakelwe Yes, he can call it a flying pig if he wants. And we can call it out if it's misleading. Climate alarmism is a means to take over the world.
The freak about it is they know, and they still leave them there.
The guy who stood between the wall and the car as huge waves were hitting wins todays darwin award.
Oh hahaha, and to go and get a Fiat 500 too 🤣
Unfortunately he didn't win. But he was nominated. You can only win the prize if you cease to exist by doing something stupid.
The problem is not only the waves but also the stones who comes along with the waves 🌊
I would imagine none of the cars parked there are owned by locals.
....or owned by people with fully functioning brains.
Old photo on google maps with a sign permitholders only, must be locals.
You are right, all holiday homes. Justice!
@mariemccann5895 : How is it "justice"?
Imagine of they had to pay a ticket to park there😂😂😂
1:50 The way the water pushes the car and van around like it's nothing. Nature is incredible
They came with four pre-installed flotation devices.
@@roger0929 Yea, The Tires, LOLOL
Pretty Airtight Cars there.
Well when a car aqua planes its like driving on ice so its not really powerful
Nature is incredible and water is heavy
Can't believe the man who got between the wall and the BMW. Lucky he didn't get crushed 😮
Hopefully it would crush the nuts so no more breeding 😊
Some serious power going on there... August too. Thanks for the upload, Sandpit72.
that guy was lucky not to lose his legs
He was saved by the cushioning blow of his massive brain.
Never buy a car from someone who lives on the coast.
exactly
While there are exceptions most people living on the coast know not to park in a place like that when a storm is forecasted.
(Although the salty air still isn't good for a car either)
Especially an EV.
I can see why you’d say that.
Oh no, some poor holidaymakers prized camper got trashed along with others of their cars. Locals wouldn’t park there on a storm day during high water on a super moon spring tide!
I used to live, 100m away from the sea in the Isle of Man. The morning after a storm my car would be covered in seaweed. Sea and wind are a powerful combo.
Love the Isle of man never seen anybody talk about it which is a shame
@@ThOmAsSs4563qBecause it's a tiny island. I hear about it more often than I would have thought.
Insane humans who take such potentially life changing risks! The woman whom was at the from of a car & the guy who dared to stand between a stone wall & the car which could have crushed his legs....😱
Surely, with today's technology, it would be a good idea to check for high tide & NOT park there!🧐 Come on people, think before you park.
Did you get problems with rust caused by the saltwater?
@@lindadunstall1790 I thought the same thing when the guy put himself between the car and the wall, he is lucky a stronger wave didn't move that car and crush his legs. People do stupid things in dangerous situations due to normalcy bias.
Despite the battering of the waves, they sure were beautiful to watch! Lovely sea green colors. Bet they were quite the show to see in person!!
That was some spectacular footage - thank you. It’s hard to take in the power of the sea, even on our own territory. My heart goes out to the owner of the van! ❤
It's just a van, talking like somebody died 😂
@@DnB-BMXYeah but they're expensive and hard work to convert.
@@JamesW81 my deepest condolences
Climate Change:
How quickly she moves.
From the playful wonder of
adolescents to the cold hard
reality of swept out adulthood.
My thoughts too. Looks like a full time van lifer. ❤️✌🏼🙏🏼
Checkout the guy who stands in the tiny gap between the blue car and the wall while waves sweep in that have been throwing cars across the car park.
My thoughts too. On the plus side, be a good place to set up a little body work shop
He probably thought "well I'm a motorist, I can please myself" 😂
That’s the most pristine car scrapyard I’ve ever seen.
Walked round here a few times on holiday it's crazy the power of the sea never underestimate it.
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All I can say is wow 😮. Never underestimate the power of the sea 🌊
Damn right, you think you have a rough idea of what it might be like but there's nothing like experience to give you the correct level of respect.
Have been on a 76 foot sailing ship with a force 9 strength wind blowing. The height of the water around you has to be seen to be believed. You think it must be about to fall on you all the time, and can't possibly pile up so high.
The really frightening thing was that the scale goes up to 14, and what I saw was 'only ' 9!
Climate Change:
How quickly she moves.
From the playful wonder of
adolescents to the cold hard
reality of swept out adulthood.
Never ever underestimate water.
@@StormChaserMaci. That's so true. I'm very careful with any running water. Also, I never go near canals because they are unhygienic and downright dangerous
@@MissiBoo I've seen what water can do. Only takes 1 foot to pick up a simple car.
Those kids had no clue as to how much danger they were in. Many people are swept out to sea each year and never seen again.
5 foot wall?
@@MrFrog_ Sea defences regularly fail in storms, and if a really large wave hit, that car park could be full of 4ft of water, then you only have 1ft between you and certain death.
@@MattyEngland You are risking certain death walking along the pavement with all the drunks, drugged up, 90 year olds driving around (probably drunk, drugged up and 90 looking at all the 70 year olds I see glued to their phones whilst stopped at the traffic lights!!).
@@MrFrog_it literally just moved cars.
Just kids being kids.
Nothing to see here!
I holidayed in Westward Ho ! as a child at my grandparents who lived there during the 70-80’s , storms like this happens every year. The storms so bad it sent pebbles over the sea wall and smashed the windows of the amusement arcade.
It sure does, i've witnessed it and had to move my car PDQ while unloading for a gig at the Fairway Buoy pub in the winter months, some very large rocks coming up over the wall well and truly airborne, once you've seen it the lesson stays with you for sure
Was there many hoes over there in Westward? That's how it got its name I believe?
Not in August
Some of the hoes in the east are better than those westward skanks
did u body surf, go on the terrible rollercoaster, and eat MegaBytes ice lollies?
This landscape struck by waves and winds is so beautiful, I love this country for its beauty
is it Ireland ?
England@@serobboshnakyan1048
@@serobboshnakyan1048 probably Jamaica
This film is spectacular. I’ve now watched it 4 times as I’ve grabbed family members and insisted they watch it. Well done to the creator 😀
Can we take a moment to appreciate the force of mother nature and to whoever filmed this
Staithes village in Yorkshire has huge waves that go right up the main road from the harbour.
It's also where "Old Jack's Boat" was filmed.
A beautiful place.
The same thing happened to me at Lyme Regis promenade. I parked right on the front and went into the shops. The weather changed rapidly and a storm came in. I walked back to the car and was shocked to see crowds watching the cars being swamped...including mine!
I rushed over between waves, it was covered in beach pebbles....but it started when the key was turned and I reversed it off the prom. No damage done...incredibly!
No le damage?
More a case of _bon chance_
And you still want to tell everyone about it. Incredible.
So it was inundated with sea water and you have no damage?
Good luck with that when the corrosion of the body, electrics and electronics gets going.
I have a 4wd that I occasionally take onto beaches but never in the water and it gets thoroughly washed down asap.
I smell bs
I could have watched that all day. Feel for the car owners, but just incredible power in the sea. Thanks for posting
yeah me to respect the sea yes?
Great footage, very entertaining to watch from the comfort and safety of my living room!
I went to this place during a storm years ago, got absolutely soaked! A piece of the wall had been smashed by the waves.
Well done Sandpit on capturing the entirety of the event. Great footage. Even the vehicles there with lesser damage will have the curse of Sea Salt upon every element of the vehicle. Highly corrosive and sets like rock in every intricate place. Sorry to all those incurring loss here just glad no one harmed. The one I feared for was the guy that stood between the car and the wall. I thought he was going to get crushed. Pheeewww.
Enjoy your summer everyone. UK is the destination of choice. 😄
Thanks - and enjoy yours too!
If there's no visible damage I'd have mine for sale within 24hours
@@BricktopsPigsit’s not going to corrode within 24 hours 🤦🏻♂️
@@MarkJenkins-t7yThat's why he sells it so fast, before the inevitable starts to happen 😅
Amazing how people don’t consider possible future consequences
Calm down
@@comfortablynumb8832stop being so comfortably numb.
I didn’t when I got married 😂😂😂
live in paranoia
@@TacticalBetalking about yourself again? 😂
In 1993 I was on the Capston Hill pathway and the wave washed about 20 people down the pathway into the car park. Madness the strength of the water!
It is fun to watch 🌊🌊🌊as long as no one is hurt and has respect for our unpredictable seas🌊
What absolute bell-end at the local council back in the day, thought it would be a good idea to have a mini car park with a violent force of nature on the opposite side of a hopelessly small barrier not fit for purpose?! 😮
They do this often. Just look at some of the town-planning. Nobody wants to work for them. They are useless at everything.except fines,.council.twx.etc.
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Ilfracombe is a tiny seaside town, and there isn't much parking. The car park is perfectly OK for 350 days a year, just don't park there when a storm is blowing
There is signs in this car park. Most of the time it’s fine but we are on big spring tides at the moment and that combined with strong winds and this is what can happen!
The bell ends who passed the car park as safe should pay for the damage they caused due to there stupidity
Nice to see that the hazard lights on the van were still working!
It's the only thing on it that is working now.
It's not a freak storm and not restricted to the south. Most North sea towns see this sort of thing every year.
In August…..we are used to this in winter in the SW but not august..
What kind of retard drives into this car park whilst this is happening..🤦♂️
@@jacquelinearcher1158Exactly.
Hi Sandpit. Please can I use a few seconds of your video in my video about Ilfracombe. We wild camp in a small camper and I would like to show why it can be dangerous camping right next to the sea. I would show the thumbnail of your video and put a link to it in the description. Now worries if you don’t want me to. Great video and we often watch you for the storms. Ken
Thanks so much for braving the elements and capturing this event. The damage shown reinforces the impression of power you get from the waves - the sea is merciless! Also very good quality photography which serves to enhance the experience.
The strength in those waves lifted that green car like it was a toy
Given is a Corsa, it's built like a happy meal toy 😂😂😂
Did it have it's brakes on properly?
Great Footage! I like a wild Ocean now and then. but it is sad for the car owners.
Luckily there are no electric cars among them, because those often start self combustion when saltwater reaches the battery pack.
Another reason not to own one
@@stephaniebailey864 Another reason indeed!
They terrify me!
Happened in my seaside town a few years ago, all the yoof playing on the seawall, oh how they frollicked in the crashing waves. Well until they found out that the huge force of the sea breaking was also slinging rocks up and out along with the water.
It was a combination of a summer storm, and high lunar tides at the time. Pretty common here. There's a warning at the car park highlighting the risk parking there.
the landscape beyond the parking loot looks so beautiful, I'm so jealous. I live landlocked in the middle of the US and I dream of living close to the sea. I admit I'd love to be out there experiencing this. I know it would be dangerous but the sea is just fascinating to me. I love those big waves!
It wasnt big wave (4 meters) but tide was highest point of the year and small storm.
Dunno the tide there but in some place its 14 meters .
Most places by the seaside look like this in the UK, or more remote (no car park). You should come and visit 😊.
I lived in Ilfracombe for a year in 1993, all the landscape in Devon and Cornwall is lovely and I would absolutely recommend moving close to the seaside, although I would also recommend doing your homework before moving. Good luck!
I live in the middle of England, very industrialised, I too love the sea,and have just returned from that part of Devon,it really is beautiful anywhere you go in Devon is naturally stunning
@@britishbobby99I do like Ilfracombe! Beautiful harbour too.
Probably a good idea to warn people that their vehicles are getting smashed by waves, rather than just filming and playing, before you also get washed off your feet.
Amazing nobody was killed there. Not very bright. Bigger storm (Antoni) Saturday. Stay safe. Stay away from the sea. These storms can and do kill.
@@emam1216Keep it up, and that Darwin Award will be yours very soon.👍
@@emam1216 Is Covid coming in on the Tide?
Should we wonder at reports of youngsters losing their lives in seaside "accidents"?
Aren't most of those accidents to do with tombstoning or being drunk? There's a wall there, the kids are having fun - like I would have done at that age, able to assess that the wall protects them from being swept away.
It doesn't protect them from being sent crashing into the rear wall. If a car which is a lot stronger and heavier than a human body can be moved and damaged it's not going to do a kid much cop. Did you not see the transit bumper side as well the Corsa.
At least they're outside and off the computer
@@hungovertv8707 Exactly! I'm shocked at the trembling sheep comments from some people here - it's a wonder they ever leave their houses.
No. Pure stupidity
I see most comments about the damaged cars and power of the sea. Lets give a Huge Congratulations to the Construction Team that built this car park to be able to withstand this kind of severe onslaught of waves. There must be some kind of damage to the wall after taking such a beating. I would like to see what is on the other side of the wall down to the sea. How far down to the submerged beach. Big Shout Out to the Cameraperson for showing us a part of your world on this high tide event. Gerry from Florida.
Well if they’d built the wall like Dymchurch in Kent (it has a large concave ‘face’ to direct water away from the land), the water wouldn’t flow over the wall, but instead would be deflected back out to sea.
The submerged beach is called Cheyne Beach, from the pictures I could find, the seawall looks to be 5 - 8m tall (15 - 25 ft) in different places.
The sea wall in Dawlish (town on the other side of Devon) broke in a storm in 2014 and the railway line, and the nearby road collapsed, and it destroyed someone's house. There's quite a famous picture of a train running along the tracks, being absolutely soaked by waves. A few years later a bridge collapsed in Dawlish after being hit by too many waves.
I don't know whether Ilfracombe is very lucky, or if Dawlish is very unlucky.
And a big shoutout for the camper van that stole the show 😂😂😂
Strangely this doesn't look like a storm, more like an exceptionally high tide with a swell.
Brilliant footage my friend. That camper van et al took a hell of a beating.
Ah, the beautiful English summer....
Oh my goodness! ... I hope everyone was ok ❤ .. Really good footage. 🙌
Amazing video. Thank you
Wow great footage.. I could watch this for hours..
Dude on the bike, bless him 😊
That's me 😂😂
@@Squaretoast1136 you lucky boy! 😉🤘
Muy afortunado, no tanto la bici que no se la vuelve a ver...
Really surprised the local authority or car park owner didn't close the car park.
Wow, astonishing footage! Great job to the cameraman 😮
Wow! feel for the owners of the cars but that was some of the best video Ive seen..its like a whole film, the happiness at the start and laughingg, then the terrible damage then some drivers trying to escape, its got it all. But the damage, the strength of the water, IMENSE.
The British Summer at the seaside.... 😮 This starts out as astounding and fun to watch then you realise just how strong the sea is. Seeing the green car just getting bashed around and the van too, scary how simply the sea bowls people over in seconds. Bloody amazing video though, so glad it turned up in my recommendations 😊
Make sacrifices to Neptune, asap
Well the “British summer” was gorgeous all of June, at least in our neck of the woods (Surrey)
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist1
Take your religion elsewhere this ain’t the place mate
I wonder if the people in the camper van were ok?
@@towardsthelight220 _POSEIDON_
@5:27 When the cars start moving like that, DON’T go anywhere near them! You could get crushed!
Poor cars 😢 I feel really sorry for their owners coming back to find all that damage. 😔 That green car was chucked about all over the place. The beautiful E46 3 Series BMW and that Audi that had a blue badge too 😭. I was in Boscastle the day of the floods in 2004 when all the cars were washed out to sea. We were in the carpark where in happened and for some reason I said let's turn around and go to St Nectans Glen first (just up the hill a mile or so). We then couldn't get there because the river had burst its banks and the footbridge was underwater so we turned back and that's when we discovered all the cars from the carpark we had just been in being washed out to sea. We parked on the headland and watched as helicopters winched people out. I filmed a lot of it on an old camera and have never shared it. I must get it converted to digital as it's the 20th Anniversary next year. x
that was a scary day in Boscastle
Yes please. I bet not many will of taken video of that happening
The irony of this comment.
Could be worse, we could be boiling in our own sweat in Italy ... oh wait no, that one was fake, this is real AF.
There are many implications to Climate Change...
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I was told on a boating course I did several years ago that one cubic metre of water is one metric ton! No wonder those vehicles sustained so much damage.😮
I thought that was pretty obvious given the beauty of the metric system
@@makestuffbadly
Not if you're an old fart like me! 😉
Unbelievable power of the sea. Poor vehicle owners coming back to find this.
Dumb owner leaving them there. They got what they deserved. You can't nanny everybody.
Exactly, common sense isn’t so common unfortunately.
Poor? I don't think so
Thanks for the video. This just shows the power of water. Amazing.
Fascinating video, watched every second of that one 👍
excellent footage, we need more people like you taking footage of ufo's, big foots and ghosts
Are you joking? this Cameraman is a Chicken...
I agree, strange how those videos are always a little fuzzy, LOL!!
what about the pixies and dragons?
This was actually satisfying to watch.
Great video man
did the owners of that van or that green car turn up?
Imagine that you parked there and had no idea about the stormy sea and came back to your car a day later and it's faced the other way with the side bashed in😲
That's what I was thinking!!
The sea must have been building for hours. They ought to have been more aware when parking.
You mean a deaf, dumb and blind person?
I would expect to see warning signs upon entry to the car park. A tourist would not be expected to know of such a danger.
@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb Sure plays a mean pinball.
Never ever underestimate the power of water !!
A lot of people did right there!
@@markcourtney7251 I'm 70, there's no power in my water anymore.😥
The United Kingdom will be devastated by 300 foot tsunamis in the near future which is no laughing matter. An evacuation should be organized immediately to give the population time to relocate. This is a very serious matter.
And most definitely never turn ya back on a 🌊
@@meowchat6175 Yeah right ! I will start building my Ark now shall I ?
😲 I would be far to scared to get my car, especially after seeing the waves move that green one. The sea is so powerful 😲
I would've went and got my car tbh
Proper Funnyman. 😂 I just seen the lad on the bike just disappear under the wave's..😂😂It was the young woman screaming in laughter that sealed the moment. Class 🤣🤣🤣
Remember storms like that back in the seventies. Right along the coast.
The young guys were certainly enjoying the stormy weather. 😅😅
That was us 😂😂
7:25 did they really just park there???
Man the green car and the van really got beaten hard within *sandpit72's* view
that minis mine, few dents in the bonnet but its fine lol n yeah id forgot it was a really high tide lol
I would move it on Saturday if I was you, strong northerly.
@@sandpit72 not put it back there yet anyway lol had an email from council, theyre closing the flood gates saturday morning
Anyone else have no idea why their TH-cam suggestions recommended this but is pretty impressed with what damage the water did 😂
Yea... those wave's aren't small for sure. Wow. Seen hurricanes & those are far bigger. These are small compared to those but still impressive!! Never underestimate the power of water. Those teenagers screwing around don't realize the danger they were in with cars being pushed around so easy.
I could have watched that all day. Good work 👍
I live in Weston super mare and have seen many vehicles get washed away by the sea from people parking on the beach and going for a wander not realising how quick the tide comes in 🙄
Well, the salt water alone has destroyed these cars. What a daft place for a car park!
I'd like to have seen the Mini leaving. Owners return to camper van and green car, see all quiet and calm, the will wonder WTF has gone on. I feel sorry for them. Never underestimate the power of the sea
Watch the damage this has done then imagine what a tsunami can do, truly frightening.
Impressionnant cette vidéo...pourtant habitant la France en Bretagne dans le Finistère...on à l habitude des tempêtes...mais des " inconscients " ( pour être polie )ceux qui " jouent " avec la mer 🌊!!
Thanks for sharing, loved it.
,, If Government won’t stop the boats, Mother Nature will,, great footage 🙌
Were there boats there? Didn't see any.
@@snafufubar ,, no boats m8, just stating the obvious 😉
@mattmatt7934 and that is what? You don't like yachts? Fishing boats? Be brave, show your real self.
@@snafufubar……..he’s on about there’s no illegals trying to get across the sea to England in tiny Dinghies while the sea is rough ! It’s just a pity the English Channel isn’t as rough as the sea is here 365 days a year !
@@snafufubar ,, I am not talking about legal sea going vessels, I was talking about the illegal invaders on the little boats entering our country 🚣♀ ,,I’ve showed my real self and you have exposed what an idiot you are!,, take your meds and go back to sleep 😴
Gutted for the sliver van owner!
The car shown at the end was way worse!
Just the van owner? All those vehicles are a complete loss
@@kiwiguy4706 seeing as the silver Fiat drove away in the video, it's safe to say that's not correct.
Dont ya just love a British summer
Your comment is the only thing I find remotely funny in this disaster! 😂🤣😂🤣😱
Really good footage. Landscape is always the best way to record errrrrm???🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔??? LANDSCAPE. 😁😁
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