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.
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
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.
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...
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
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).
@@jakelavaclaw2759 people will really hop on TH-cam 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
+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
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
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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)
@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*)
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.
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.
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
+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.
***** 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
anyone else find that there were so many pop ups that you can't see the video. I am sure it was an interesting video but I spent more of the 1:43 chasing X's to close all the pop ups.
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......'
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 🤙
"The sea was angry that day my friends"
Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
The amount of power in one of those waves is incredible, And there's one every 8 seconds all day. So amazing.
***** 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.
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.
MikeTheAviator yes the great lakes not in the ocean
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
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.
jdweld44 The one that almost capsized is just a forward control runabout. I have no idea what make.
jdweld44
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.
No one was wondering anything dipshit.
888kabe
fukeen hilarious
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...
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
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).
too close for comfort
yeah man
I've surfed for quite some time around the United States but damn I would go nowhere near Teahupoo's carnage.
that is why no one will remember your name
@@jitsmapper4438 and what'll they remember yours for? being a champion keyboard warrior?
@@jakelavaclaw2759 people will really hop on TH-cam 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.
@@someguy1688 im not gonna lie it was a little funny though
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.
GOOD ONE
+Paul Waters I know how high they were because I'm smarter than you.
How do you know?
I'm a scientist. I can confirm SharkBird's measurement, and it's very accurate.
I'm Coast Guard and I'll confirm people will shit themselves in those oh shit moments in a boat.
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.
AHA! I see the problem. You forgot your tampon!
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.
Hahaha. Very clever, very clever.
butlerproman hahaha great
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.
Anyone else get this in their recommended 8yrs later?
nope
I give the driver high marks for how high he flew but had to deduct points for losing his hat! ;-)
That was the camera flying off the boat xD
Man he would be a great pilot
@@smokeywilly4364 ooooooooo
Not one life jacket on, brilliant stuff
In a way, you don't want a life jacket with big waves
That's so much bullshit.
you want to be able to swim under so they dont break on you
Ever heard of a PFD 150. Life jackets save lives mate.
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.
wow just sitting in my office chair i felt like i was going up and down.
0:37 upper right corner - guy almost getting run over by jetski and dies.
SHIT DUDE HE PROB SHIT HIS FUCKING PANTS
Targho omfg
Targho Holy shit
I saw that too.
Targho d
the sea... terrifying thing really
Ocean's even scarier.
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.
What the fuck🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽Fucking pussies
@@TonyMontana-hb6uj ??
@@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
The mark of a real man is keeping your Diesel truck idling while you're out surfing.
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.
+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
driver of the green boat is a donkey hee haa
+toranamunter omg 😂😂😂
LMAO
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
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
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!
It's a very precise break, it never breaks past a certain point, it's an exact science, it's pacific reef breaks...
The captain definitely had someone buy him a beer that night.
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.
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.
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.
It sure seems like a stupid place to hang out in a boat!
sunking2001 not if you know what you are doing
Seems like you don’t know nothing about this beach
That's where the "poo" in Teahupoo comes from, and the guys in that boat found it in their pants shortly after that happened.
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!
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.
That was some serious waves. Damn!!
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.
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)
what trollin your local lake in your 12ft. john boat looks more appealing!
Nah, definitely a liquid challenge.
@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*)
He made it . Could have been worse but he new what he was doing . Thats one way to get a name at Teahupoo .
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.
haha it flies off to his left!
LOL THE WATER SPLASHING TOWARDS THE CAMERA AT 0:33. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
1:15 my sunglasses bro!
I think I drove one of those boats in Disneyland back in '63...jeez, they seem to manuever pretty good in those waves.
Laird Hamilton was the first to tame that beast of a wave. A must watch is the documentary "Riding Giants" by Stacy Peralta.
Horseshit...the locals surfed it before that ball licking glory hound did it.
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.
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
The Ancients rode a tree trunk on that wave. 😂
I'd have cried so much if I was on that green boat
no wonder surfing is so dangerous. it's not the sharks, it's not the waves, it's being surround by idiots in boats .
They know what their doing chill out
This perspective is awesome!!! Looks like fun if I wasn’t deathly afraid of the ocean.
No lifejackets on anyone .Very fooish
+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.
*****
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.
*****
I'm sorry you are such a simpleton.
bill739123 båt med plast bunn
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
The boat hit the wave--the wave was minding it's own business.
So....... where is the accident?
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.
I laughed so hard at the guy saying "wooh" he's one of those awkard silent guy, afraid to have fun out loud
No, he's just not screaming unnecessarily like a little girl
thats me, thanks alot to my social anxiety :/
The big wave that hit thar green one was insane
0:34 anyone hear this guy lol?
+Joe N
Boat bukkake
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.
the people in the boats are not wearing life jackets!!!!! Dumb ass !!!
The waves lawyer: mistakes were made
Note: if you ever plan on doing something this stupid, at least wear a life jacket
If you think its stupid you've obviously never surfed or been on big waves like that
Your a fucking idiot
+STOPMOTION SHOW Me?
+STOPMOTION SHOW *you're.
+Texzl I haven't, actually but I meant with the boats full of people with little safety.
man you really wouldn't want an engine failure out there
Caracas muito louco meu!!!!!
That just wouldn't be that much fun to me. Especially if I owned the boat.
For once not click bait +1 sub
Not an accident when all the boats are always too close. Every video.
It was enviable!
Darwinism in action.
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.
I agree with you, my friend ... these boats abuse of luck
Count me in . I'll bring the beer for that ride
Wow that green boat fairly went up in the air.
In order to have the ultimate thrill,you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price
Let's pray that one day a boat doesn't get completely worked...that would be such a nightmare
Now that looks like fun. Looks like ya really gotta know the waves though to stay out of trouble.
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.
I wonder if that boat's deck was doodoo brown after that wave.
Mess with the bull, you get the horns.
when the water hit the camera guy- lol he sounded like he got kicked in the nuts
i like how relaxed everyone is front of these tsunamis (over exaggeration) but it does look like some fun for jet skis!
The jetskis job is extremely important. If they mess up someone could get killed.
did it have a yamaha motor.. cause if so thats why it survived.
That's gotta be the best pirate I've ever seen.....
So it would seem
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.
I need to get my 72 Jon boat out there and show em how it's done!
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.
Those surfers have to be fearless
Operator ERROR! half of those boat operators are threading the needle, its INEVITABLE!!
its more interesting to be at the sea with a sailing catamaran TopCat K2 at 2,50 meter waves and winds from about 6-7 bft!
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.
I'm just a landlubber, but doesn't that seem a little reckless; having boats in such a high surf?
i don't think a wave would hit you on accident your just in the waves way
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
You can see something that was tossed off the boat in the slo-mo section. Was is camera gear? A backpack?
In fact she was taking pictures. And you can see the camera falling at 01:17
do the surfers get close to the propellers of the boats or are the engines off?!
wonder if it's the same skipper that did this gain just the other day.
I love the lime grean paint job bruhhhh.
That could have been a lot worse props to the driver
Waoowwww🥰 super
Third world country, rickety motors, giant waves, no life vests. What could possibly go wrong?
Okay, so that's how they get video of surfers on the wave. Looks dangerous for them to be so close together.
Yeah I saw that. Was close. But worse yet, would be a boat with people in it....
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
anyone else find that there were so many pop ups that you can't see the video. I am sure it was an interesting video but I spent more of the 1:43 chasing X's to close all the pop ups.
At least no one is wearing a life jacket.
When people are trying to surf it seems a little dangerous to come romping through there in your boat
I remember watching this with Noah and we were like "WOAH!!!!!"
Then you saw Koa
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......'
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 🤙
Rare footage of people playing in a hurricane
It's Tahiti bro ! :D You can't understand if you don't leave here ! ;)