15 Places Where You Should NEVER Swim

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  • Think of your favorite beaches. Your favorite hotel pools. Favorite lakes. Everywhere you love to swim. What makes them great? Is it the color of the water? Or maybe it’s the perfect temperature. Maybe you can even swim with dolphins. But what about all of the places that you can’t go to? Or the places where you can but should absolutely never swim in? Like the waters of the world full of massive predators like sharks or crocodiles. Or the places that are just so polluted or teeming with strange bacteria? Join us for today’s video, as we count down the top 15 places where you should absolutely never swim!
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  • @katfromthekong414
    @katfromthekong414 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +183

    If you are ever in a rip-current DO NOT swim towards the beach (it is impossible to outswim the current and you will only tire yourself out), but swim PARALLEL to the beach until you get out of the rip-current and only then swim towards the beach.

    • @Thegoatwins
      @Thegoatwins 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ride the tide clown

    • @Robloxpandaperson
      @Robloxpandaperson หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yesss how does no one know this

    • @katfromthekong414
      @katfromthekong414 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Robloxpandaperson i only learned it when I started surfing. I think many people are unfamiliar with the ocean

    • @Robloxpandaperson
      @Robloxpandaperson หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@katfromthekong414 yea

    • @nataliacarlton4623
      @nataliacarlton4623 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😢😮😮😅😊😅😮😢🎉😂😢😮😅😊😅😮😢🎉😂😊😅😮😢🎉😂​@@katfromthekong414

  • @ShermanCassidy
    @ShermanCassidy ปีที่แล้ว +267

    People need to be smart when they visit hawaii. The ocean is violent, and it is not wise to go to places without lifeguards. Even in Atlantic coast beaches.

    • @zimzimma7890
      @zimzimma7890 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      And we're not even talking about the hundreds of active volcanoes that will erupt sooner or later

    • @reesejabs1895
      @reesejabs1895 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      There aren't any Atlantic beaches in Hawaii.

    • @kellythomas90
      @kellythomas90 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@reesejabs1895ha ha

    • @joshuasimpson272
      @joshuasimpson272 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unless you know what your doing

    • @joshuasimpson272
      @joshuasimpson272 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I think we should really be staying away from Australia

  • @kawailoadoo4535
    @kawailoadoo4535 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    "But a total of zero Hawaiian locals have died here in the pool of death, because not only do they generally know how to swim against the forceful waves and how the waves fluctuate over time, but they also tend to stay away completely." Couldn't have send it better myself. Mahalo to this channel and aloha!

    • @bulletslabel7991
      @bulletslabel7991 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Common bro is making salto’s there with a donut 🍩

    • @thedevilsrockstxr2309
      @thedevilsrockstxr2309 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Facts but again it's not a spectacle when u live there

    • @AlexPryrodny
      @AlexPryrodny 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was there a few weeks ago - didn’t swim of course and there were no people in the water.

    • @user-pe7jn3fi7j
      @user-pe7jn3fi7j 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That doesn’t make you any better than anyone else. It’s called knowing your area, it’s common everywhere in the world. A great example, I have family in hawaii, I was just there last month and I remember actually getting to go out at night and walk without bear spray and a gun . Where I’m from we don’t do that, you have not a drop of wildlife that will harm you. Last year my family from hawaii came to visit me. I live in bear country, along with a large mountain lion population. I told my family when they came to visit, don’t leave anything in your rental car I have a bear that frequents my property, it’ll fu@k up your rental car for any food. We’ll these Hawaiians have no clue the danger of wildlife, what did they do? They left food in the damn car. The bear tore that shit up! To this day no locals have had their car mauled by a bear, but those naïve Hawaiians sure as hell did. 😂 You know your area..I know mine.

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@user-pe7jn3fi7j
      Did he say it makes him better than anyone else? :) I don’t understand why you’re making such a catty sounding comment to him, as there was nothing arrogant or egotistical at all about his comment? 🤷🏻‍♀️ He was just repeating the quote from the video stating that all the Hawaiians know to avoid that place, which makes sense, because they live there, right? :)
      I enjoyed the rest of your comment though about the bears! I can’t believe your family ignored you and left food in the car anyway! I hope they had insurance on the car!
      Instead of picking on each other, let’s spread the aloha spirit instead, and be kind! 🌺
      Stay safe! I envy the Hawaiians having no predators (edit: except for pit bulls, which are responsible for far more maulings and deaths in the USA than wild predators). But, I will say, those giant centipedes they have that crawl into people’s beds and have a ferocious sting, terrify me!

  • @debrakleid5752
    @debrakleid5752 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I live in New Smyrna Beach and I won’t swim here. I actually live about 4 miles inland in NSB but a lot of people like to swim here. I got stung by a man-o-war once and that was enough. I’ll stick with bird watching here as we have so many birds including large ones like sandhill cranes!

  • @DreamsongsProductions
    @DreamsongsProductions 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Funny that they mentioned the Bondi Bath pool. My high school would take us there to practice swimming and PE classes. I would not consider that dangerous. Even if one shark got trapped in there once.

  • @masterchief5437
    @masterchief5437 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Queensland Australia is Huge, you are talking about Gold coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the north cities. Queensland state is roughly 19.4% the size of US

  • @anastasiia7256
    @anastasiia7256 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "an occasional Florida man" that's a great line man LOL

  • @Oceanlover1982
    @Oceanlover1982 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Your voice, narrative, and information is outstanding. Subscribed!!

  • @NormaLilia24
    @NormaLilia24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    7:47 I’m from Houston and this true, the local news also warn to not get in that nasty water

  • @daisiejensen4818
    @daisiejensen4818 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    One other dangerous beach is Grenen in Denmark. Grenen meaning "the branch" in the town Skagen is located at the tip of the country, where the beach has a unique natural phenomenon, where the two seas Skagerrak and Kattegat meet and the waves culminate with each other. It has therefore become illegal to swim there, because it's extremely dangerous because of the oceans colliding.

    • @alexandraperry501
      @alexandraperry501 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😮

    • @Theycallmelucelis
      @Theycallmelucelis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Reminds me of Scylla and Charybdis

    • @billbixby557
      @billbixby557 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      "whatever the cost, we must defend Kattegat"!
      Vikings was my jam.

    • @Turtwigohio
      @Turtwigohio 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Denmark thats in europe smt right?

    • @daisiejensen4818
      @daisiejensen4818 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Turtwigohio I don't what you mean by smt, but yes Denmark is in Europe. It is a Nordic country.

  • @hb11912
    @hb11912 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    It’s nice to see Australia making these lists and as an Australian, it amuses me that people from overseas think every animal here is out to get you. I’ve never even seen half of our dangerous animals in the wild let alone been bitten by them. It’s just common sense really, have your wits about you, leave them alone and they’ll leave you alone.
    I grew up on the south coast of NSW, and used to go swimming at our local rock pool with waves spilling into the pool at high tide. It was scary but fun and in my opinion the only pool to swim in. Always respect the ocean.

    • @capyblap1249
      @capyblap1249 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah man I swim in a lot of these pools down in Vic, just today I went surfing at a beach in Torquay and it got Hella choppy

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Bondi Baths shouldn't be on this list.

    • @hb11912
      @hb11912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@millie_mellville I never said they should be, I only meant that it’s nice to see us be included in these lists considering the reputation our wildlife has got and also the seas off Australia can get pretty treacherous.

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hb11912 Oh 😀 it's okay. I was agreeing with you. I understood what you meant. Sorry for not making it clear enough. I grew up a few miles South of Sydney. Lovely area! Kiama blow-hole is more treacherous than the B Baths! 🕊️

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ...but awesome to see.

  • @LuthaisRonso
    @LuthaisRonso 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I've been to Kaua'i a few times, and never swam in Queen's Bath (Pool of Death). I knew better. Even the most recent time I visited the ocean was swelling, and it was a very rainy day. I still saw tourists rushing down to get a dip. I never took the risk to hike to it, volcanic rock injuries are nasty.

  • @cressworth770
    @cressworth770 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    The box jellyfish is very dangerous for sure but Queenslanders can usually safely swim in the waters because the jellyfish stay up north and are seasonal. Plus all surfers and divers wear stinger suits to protect them from all jellyfish stings. We were mandated to wear stinger suits that covered our hands and feet when we went diving in the Great Barrier Reef.

    • @gabriellelister7669
      @gabriellelister7669 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That’s super cool! I knew there were Chain suits to prevent shark attacks but never anti-sting gear.

    • @nelliemilne1724
      @nelliemilne1724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      But we don't swim off the mainland beaches in the summer bc that's maily where the jellyfish are. And also the irukandji are the size of a pinky nail so the stinger suits don't do much.
      Generally the outer reef is safer

    • @NikkiNole
      @NikkiNole 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The Irukandji jellyfish are what makes me nervous.

    • @millie_mellville
      @millie_mellville 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No, from October to May there's no swimming because of stingers (jellyfish) and those horrid, tiny Irukanji Jellyfish. No matter how much you tape your suit to your gloves, neck and any other tiny exposed parts of your skin, they can get in and it's not pleasant. That's quite an understatement, actually; it's torture.

    • @caseyminett7394
      @caseyminett7394 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@millie_mellville😂😂😂😂

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I grew up in the Bay Area in the 60s, and we didn't know about sharks then, the only people telling us about the ocean was Jaque Cousteau. If you remember him, you know what I mean....every year a shark attacked someone, but we had been told great whites don't come into cold water (?!?). I have no idea why we believed it, but until the movie JAWS came out, we had no info on sharks at all. We used to body surf and swim with seals at Santa Cruz, having no idea that sharks would be likely around for some seal meat! After the movie came out, we were all scared!

    • @scarahjolielaide
      @scarahjolielaide ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wish I’d never seen jaws.. Spielberg wishes he never made it!

    • @gabriellelister7669
      @gabriellelister7669 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      I wouldn’t necessarily call jaws a piece of nonfiction either. It’s impact on shark population has been severe. It exaggerated the violence a standard shark displays to a point where a MOVIE inspired people to hunt sharks for fun. That’s what’s led Steven Spielberg to regret making jaws and he’s also made shark documentaries to shine a more positive and realistic light on sharks. People forget the increase in shark attacks is due to a massive loss in their food supply.

    • @sylvialee5446
      @sylvialee5446 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Things are changing and the sharks are migrating

    • @bryanlongshore6198
      @bryanlongshore6198 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Right ...I'm 60...I grew up in the 70s....in 71, I was standing in chest deep water at Panama city.....4 years later after reading about sharks, and watching Jaws, I've never walked in ocean water up to my knees. Sharks have always been around, and since people have started going into the ocean to swim ( which is a relatively new thing) I think sharks have discovered they have a new food source...

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bryanlongshore6198
      I am so glad I'm not the only one who stopped swimming in shark infested waters, even though I don't hate sharks (or any animal), they are very hard to spot and it's almost impossible to tell if they are just casually moving around or targeting me...the older I get, the more I love the ocean and beaches, but not for swimming. Also, apparently, cocaine sharks are a new danger, so many planes dump their drugs into the ocean if being chased by law enforcement that it's a serious issue, though I do not know if the sharks are more, or less freaked out than usual. I don't think I want to know! I plan to use my swimming time sitting in a deck chair on the beach with a cheering libation and watch the Sunset😁🥂🏝

  • @jeffhubbard9951
    @jeffhubbard9951 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    I am with the couple of folks here who wondered why the Bolton Strid wasn't on this list. Of the places listed in here, the only ones I wouldn't at least take a quick dip in (on a bet, say) are the Boiling Lake and the radioactive Lake in Russia. And, given its "100% mortality" record for everyone who has entered the Strid, I'd say that it certainly deserves a top 5 spot on a list of this sort. That doesn't even seem like a matter of opinion, to my mind.

    • @thelastsausage635
      @thelastsausage635 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Oh God the Strid gives me the creeps so badly, I wouldn’t go anywhere near it, definitely should be on this list👍

    • @MrCompassionate01
      @MrCompassionate01 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah there's lots of places you can swim that are way worse than most of the ones on this list, the Strid chief among them.

    • @doreenkucek3508
      @doreenkucek3508 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey I like swimming pools I'm good. Doreen J

    • @jenniferfarber2700
      @jenniferfarber2700 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for reminding me (about the Strid)! My childhood nightmares unlocked (again) lol

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    When we were in Maui, we went to the "blow hole" a lava formation that waves went into and shot out like a huge fountain. The danger was the air after the wave would be so strong that if you stood too close to the hole, you'd get sucked down thru it and drown, since it would be like a bug in an agitating washing machine, just getting thrown around until you're torn apart. Hawaii doesn't use much signage, to not ruin views, but they had a huge sign about the blowhole, in five languages, warning people to stay away from the blowhole, and to keep children and pets close, which of course everyone ignores, leading to many drownings. We witnessed adults letting their kids run right up to the lava ledge, it was terrifying!

    • @carolrogers7500
      @carolrogers7500 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cct

    • @teriyama
      @teriyama ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its culturally inappropriate to be there but tourists dont care

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People like that are so stupid it’s ridiculous!

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@teriyama
      Most tourists don't know! They see signs for the worlds biggest wave, or whatever, and go look. They have no clue what is taboo and what isn't. Hawaii had cultural rules for everything, and even modern day native Hawaiians dont know them all anymore. It's always been a problem for Hawaii, there are huge profits to be made from tourists, but no one wants to offend the ancestors, either...

    • @KathleenMahaney
      @KathleenMahaney ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They probably don’t think - oh it won’t happen to my child…I can grab them quickly

  • @aimeedouglas1584
    @aimeedouglas1584 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I grew up in central Florida and spent many, many beach days at New Smyrna (pronounced suh-murn-uh)
    It’s a great beach, but definitely full of sharks. Most Floridians know if you’ve been in the water at New Smyrna, you’ve easily been within 6 ft of a shark.

  • @paulrichardson9843
    @paulrichardson9843 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I spent a week in Broome, Western Australia and Cable Beach is stunning. We went most days - especially to stay to watch the sunsets over the Indian Ocean which were amazing. I went in the ocean a couple of times, but only a few metres. I really wouldn't recommend going further out as there can be big waves and there are salt water crocodiles for part of the year as the video says. There is also a possibility of sharks (which crazily I didn't really think of at the time). However, the most dangerous thing I saw was a sea snake washed up on the shore which a man coming in the opposite direction warned me about when I was walking along the shore line.

    • @stevemoore6245
      @stevemoore6245 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the best way to go in australia is becoming salty scat.

  • @StepSev7en
    @StepSev7en ปีที่แล้ว +10

    7:04 he's talking about pleasure pier in galveston, TX. Right off the gulf of mexico. there were many shark sitings on that beach.

  • @griffinq8003
    @griffinq8003 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Jacobs well is perfectly safe to swim or jump into, its only dangerous if you go cave diving, and the closest cave entrance is like 50 feet under water, so you cant accidentally get lost in it

  • @citizenshane8932
    @citizenshane8932 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    A few years ago a guy went into the Gulf in Galveston and died the next day from sepsis. He was a young dude who just got a tattoo a day or two before. Same thing happened to young man who jumped into the Chicago river running
    from police. That guy got away from the cops, but he didn’t get away from the fate of being submerged in the filthy river.

  • @travelsolutionsco9524
    @travelsolutionsco9524 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great narration! 👍Thank you !

  • @RandysRides
    @RandysRides ปีที่แล้ว +66

    So, when you're swimming under a waterfall and it feels like you're being pulled under, could it maybe, just possibly, NOT be a monster but the obvious drag of the water....FALLING ??

    • @boomertuxx
      @boomertuxx ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Either way I’m not going in the water.

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If the History Channel has taught us anything it’s taught us it’s never the obvious answer.

  • @meenha1976
    @meenha1976 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved the commentary ❤❤❤

  • @zeshadeful
    @zeshadeful 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have dived inside the blue hole and there is nothing to be afraid of, it is a very beautiful diving location very recommended

  • @markastoforoff7838
    @markastoforoff7838 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Considering I swim like a rock there are way more than 15 places I should never attempt swimming.

  • @rayj5091
    @rayj5091 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    So sad some of these places are this way due to human activity

  • @backwoods711
    @backwoods711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love swimming in Galveston been swimming there my whole life not too bad just lots of runoff from the Mississippi but yes we do have water advisorys 😆

  • @avaslife1234
    @avaslife1234 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    omg the bondi baths are fine. like syndey has quite a few pools right on the ocean and its super relaxing and quite fun. quite an exaggeration

  • @MotherofDragons937
    @MotherofDragons937 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As a California North Bay native I can tell you that even though our ocean is dangerous, it is not worse than a lake filled with radioactive waste that can kill you within an hour.

    • @shazzz_land
      @shazzz_land หลายเดือนก่อน

      How do you know if one is so?

  • @deeisrael9341
    @deeisrael9341 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've enjoyed watching!

  • @DJ-ri7me
    @DJ-ri7me 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Bondi baths isnt dangerous lmao 😂 we have 100s of these kind of pools up the coast

  • @est4465
    @est4465 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The hike to boiling lake Dominica is beautiful. The lake it self is so breathtaking. I’m so proud to be from Dominica 🇩🇲

  • @timbrown1790
    @timbrown1790 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Here's a tip for those wanting to visit the Bondi Baths. If you see a shark that's been washed into the pool, don't go into it. Problem solved.

  • @ishathakor
    @ishathakor 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i love how some of these are like "it will literally kill you" and some of these are like "isnt it kinda freaky to be swimming in a deep body of water" like. yeah it is. i'm only hanging out around the surface though so it doesn't really affect me. how does it matter what sea creatures are looking at you from the great blue hole. theyre not biting you are they.

  • @ClaireMonica-Art
    @ClaireMonica-Art 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great narration

  • @ToABrighterFuture
    @ToABrighterFuture ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The box jellyfish played a key role in the movie "Seven Pounds."

  • @josephgonzalez3491
    @josephgonzalez3491 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I live in Monterey County (red triangle zone) and we do hear about great white attacks around Santa Cruz from time to time. This is why I don't go into the ocean!

  • @syarrahofficial
    @syarrahofficial 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m from Réunion Island and not every beaches are deadly 😂

  • @DEVINENDERS
    @DEVINENDERS ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Not sure the Galveston section is 100% accurate 😬 but to each their own opinion

  • @dennisv8934
    @dennisv8934 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live in the Red Triangle. Don't go to the beach much. Even when I have, I only go into the water up to my knees. Cold!

  • @jamesearp6896
    @jamesearp6896 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You forgot the Strid in Bolton, UK. Not one person has set foot in it and survived.

  • @Tips4_Trips
    @Tips4_Trips ปีที่แล้ว

    Super video👍

  • @queenneptune2456
    @queenneptune2456 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I took my honeymoon at a rental condo on new symrna beach. I relaxed on the beach and barely went up to my knees in water because i knew the history of the place. But nice beaches and nice town.

  • @kellyshomemadekitchen
    @kellyshomemadekitchen ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was a scary video. I have to wonder how many daredevils have died in these places

  • @davidsherman7868
    @davidsherman7868 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Irakanji jellyfish, the small ones you'll never see, which are about the size of your pinky fingernail, can kill just as easily as the larger ones.

  • @CompletelyCrazy0407
    @CompletelyCrazy0407 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Born and raised in Florida and absolutely LOVE it

  • @LuvBorderCollies
    @LuvBorderCollies ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We've been going to Kauai for 20 years. One reason IMHO the waters/beaches are dangerous is the island's position in the chain. There are "safe" spots but there's one that even sounds ominous. Its on the northern end. The retreating wave gets overrun by the incoming wave and for 5 to 8 seconds it sounds like a huge fabric tarp is being ripped apart. I've only seen local kids in that bay but they stay in a narrow area by cliff. Personally I stay out of the waters around Kauai. The other islands seem to have safer beaches.

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I completely loved Kuai! I stayed out of all Hawaiin waters though, I'm not a very good swimmer, and I spent one afternoon on the beach at Maui and in just 2 or 3 hours saw several water rescues and saw the paramedics every 20 minutes, they never even catch a breather, they are constantly dragging people in from the undertow or whatever.

    • @LuvBorderCollies
      @LuvBorderCollies ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christineparis5607 Wow! That is way too busy a beach. The shark attacks were on the rise a few years ago. Even waist deep water is more than enough for a tiger shark to attack. Found one grey reef shark dead on south Kauai on a little used beach. Just 4' long it had dozens of double rowed teeth. But yeh, Kauai is our favorite but I'm afraid the secret is out. Our last trip in 2018 there was traffic congestion every day. In the past there was roughly 1/4 or less than now.
      It didn't take me many trips to figure out why the natives thought they lived in Paradise.

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LuvBorderCollies I know that the Kauians protested the island ferry that was taking tourists around the islands, and would not let the ferry dock. This was probably over 15 years ago, and we were so amazed at the beauty, quiet, and lack of crowds, that we didn't mind the rudeness of some locals, I would never want to see such beauty overrun....I would feel the same!

    • @LuvBorderCollies
      @LuvBorderCollies ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@christineparis5607 My wife followed a Facebook page of local Kauai folks. They don't view "outsiders" very nicely. Gripe 1/ the increased traffic. Gripe 2/ Land and housing prices were driven sky high. Locals have zero chance of ever owning a home. Gripe 3/ the drug addicts and meth heads who come there and never leave. They steal anything not bolted down. They're negative contributors and an eyesore.
      I always do the driving while there. I go out of my way to be courteous, like not blocking intersections so locals can make a left turn. Basically just not be "The Ugly American" as US tourists have been called in Europe.

  • @jurjenvanderhoek316
    @jurjenvanderhoek316 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why are number 9 and 13 the same? They are both Hanakapiai Beach. See 8:05 and 13:18

  • @luvslogistics1725
    @luvslogistics1725 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    New Smyrna has sharks. How you know there’s a shark? You start to see small fishes being thrown out of the water left and right.

  • @noelleggett5368
    @noelleggett5368 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Box jellyfish and irukandji jellyfish are present in North Queensland (north of the Tropic of Capricorn) during the wet, stormy monsoon season (October to March). During the warm, dry months, the beaches of North Queensland are beautiful. And the beaches of southern Queensland are great all year round. Swim ‘between the flags’ where surf lifeguards are patrolling the beach and keeping everyone safe.

  • @johngrund2567
    @johngrund2567 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I dove the blue hole,
    one of my deepest dives. Saw a mama bull
    shark & her pup. Was also the first time I got narc’d. Also one of my favorite dives. Just be sure to go with a guide . . . after getting your advanced license. They do have a saying there, that it’s a wonderful drinking town, with a serious diving problem.

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My 1st "official" dive, after completing a PADI class, was the Great Blue Hole. And 20+ yrs later, it still ranks as one of my Top 5 fave dives.
      I got narc'd, too... everyone did. Except the dive masters..?
      The Blue Hole dive compelled me to go take the Advance Open Water course, then Dive Medic & Rescue Diver over the next 2 yrs. Back then, Dive Medic was still one cert.
      The more you know... the more you want to know! At least that's what scuba & free diving did for me.

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've also done the Blue Hole in Guam. Not anywhere near as big or impressive, but still a very beautiful dive! There is an endless variety of amazing Wreck diving to do in Guam, too. Especially inside Apra Harbor.
      I can't recommend the diving there enough. MDA is the local dive shop you'd want to rent gear & book dives with. There are some fun shore dives around the island. But Gun Beach can be tricky for some. If you don't pay attention to the currents & tide (and any local storm activity) you can get dragged around. I lost count of the number of tourists who needed to be rescued by the Coast Guard when I lived there. It probably belongs on this list.

    • @lucasduarte3097
      @lucasduarte3097 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How is it to be narc’ed? Never dived in my life

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@lucasduarte3097 It's a lot like being buzzed but not totally drunk crossed with that lightheaded feeling you get if you sit up too fast or hold your breath for too long. Lol.
      But with lots of bubbly water sounds. So I guess I could say it sounds like you're in a bottle of bubbly? 😂

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lucasduarte3097it's a pretty euphoric feeling!! But Nitrogen Narcosis can be dangerous. Divers will surface too quickly and get the bends. Or make bad decisions. Which is why it's important to stay with your Dive Buddy & only go with experienced Dive Masters who are skilled at Deep water dives. But if you love to snorkel or be in the ocean, try a PADI Discovery class on your next warm water vacation! They include all the gear and keep you in shallower water. If you love it, you might become a lifer, like me! Lol

  • @NONYABUSINESSBOZO
    @NONYABUSINESSBOZO 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How about Horseshoe lake? Lake Michigan? Lake Champlain? Id even say Lake erie.

  • @noaproductions9635
    @noaproductions9635 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this video, good coverage keep it going

  • @greychi
    @greychi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your narration.

  • @Dat-1-Gurl69
    @Dat-1-Gurl69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I went to Galveston and the water and beaches were completely clean the water was clear alive there were quite a lot of small jellyfish but non of them deadly

  • @kategermek-dc3pq
    @kategermek-dc3pq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A few years ago I live in Florida and i have seen lots of shark attacks and one time 3 sharks we so close to my feet and I was so scared I could not move

  • @tickenman69lol
    @tickenman69lol 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Queensland is a very wide area to say to not swim in. In the south the population of box jellies are near to zero and in the north if you go during winter you should be find

  • @SparrowPotter-zv1pc
    @SparrowPotter-zv1pc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s funny bc I live on kauai north shore and he keeps showing the sign at tunnels which is actually really good swimming beach if you go to the right place I recommend if you are ever going there

  • @Liam-lz6fg
    @Liam-lz6fg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    New Smyrna is where I go the last time we went. Only thing is that there's really big wave

  • @sarahgroot5394
    @sarahgroot5394 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Go to new Zealand. We’ve got many on this list all beat with the whirlpools, Jacobs hole, and the still undiscovered source of the Pearce River. And that’s just for starters

    • @sarahgroot5394
      @sarahgroot5394 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeferriter-zm7gc I did. Went through the pass once myself. Not for inexperienced divers or the faint hearted

    • @sarahgroot5394
      @sarahgroot5394 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeferriter-zm7gc
      New Zealand. I’m one of the locals.

  • @adamlloyd7601
    @adamlloyd7601 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Also I live in QLD Australia and the jellyfish are only up north and are seasonal there no big deal , the sharks and the saltwater crocs on the other hand will fuck you up so just keep an eye out and you’ll be right 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

    • @petep5207
      @petep5207 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "the crocs will fuk you up"....i laughed so hard

    • @nelliemilne1724
      @nelliemilne1724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah i live in Cairns. I won't swim in the ocean any time of the year unless it's the outer reef

  • @gloriaklement4566
    @gloriaklement4566 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice tips

  • @Amanda-uc5jq
    @Amanda-uc5jq 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bondi Baths are not the slightest bit dangerous. In Australia we have pools built into rocks on lots of beaches, they are kept clean by the waves pushing water in and out over the edges at high tide.
    Much safer than swimming in the ocean especially if you have kids. All the fun of the beach without as much swimming danger.

  • @619chrisoriginal
    @619chrisoriginal ปีที่แล้ว

    There are two areas where you cliff jump in Kauai. There is this one that the show then 20 ft away next to queens bath is a much more protected one.

  • @kelleennordquist5697
    @kelleennordquist5697 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Okay, so I live about 30 mins from New Smyrna beach Florida and i swim there every summer. We do have seasons of jelly fish but it's a great beach to go to.

  • @naysonvinicius
    @naysonvinicius 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's lacking boa viagem and piedade beach, in Brazil, state of Pernambuco due it's high shark attacks cases. It even has signals on sand to be careful.

  • @michelledavila2339
    @michelledavila2339 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These guys are so cool 😊

  • @wizpsy4051
    @wizpsy4051 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    So the deep blue hole is not a recommended place to swim because you think theres monsters down there haha and it got ranked higher then the poluted russian lake wow

    • @idahogoessailing
      @idahogoessailing ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Right?? That's a bit extreme. I've dove the Blue Hole, and it is not scary at all.

    • @Raiya_ru17
      @Raiya_ru17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because you will never swim in an obviously polluted river right? We have lots of polluted sewers and rivers like less than a kilometer from my house and no one in their right mind will swim there. Lol even our infamous Manila Bay is something no one will dare to swim except the crazy people living near that area. That deep blue hole is obviously an open swimming area and people just need to avoid diving below that hole. They can still swim on the other shallow parts, just like in other waterfalls and rivers with deep parts.

    • @TanickaW
      @TanickaW ปีที่แล้ว

      Same with the Bath place. Obviously you want to use discernment on when to swim but it's not as bad as he's saying. 🙄😆

  • @jarintiprujipongwatee3784
    @jarintiprujipongwatee3784 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ty am gonna go to swim there now :)

  • @isoke85
    @isoke85 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was pretty horrified until I got to #1... The others all seem far more dangerous.

  • @hectorwatt9712
    @hectorwatt9712 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It’s crazy that I’ve literally been too two of the places in Texas, Galveston and Jacob’s we’ll. Galveston was perfectly fine but maybe something has changed in the past few years?

    • @pamelaleigh4225
      @pamelaleigh4225 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poor management. I used to swim there.

    • @TheShadowsChannel
      @TheShadowsChannel ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I grew up swimming there. I never heard of sewer water At the beaches.

    • @wilsontexas
      @wilsontexas ปีที่แล้ว

      Went to galveston recenty. I had no idea it was polluted.

    • @bradley321daigrepont3
      @bradley321daigrepont3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have never been affected by the water off the beaches of Galveston. I go to Galveston often.

    • @dropkickkat9
      @dropkickkat9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That information about Galveston is completely wrong. The reason it looks the way it does is because of the runoff from the muddy Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. It is not because of sewage. Any quick google search will tell you this.

  • @catherinesymons6670
    @catherinesymons6670 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so interesting 😀 our child loves it

  • @carlislepanting5219
    @carlislepanting5219 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Watching from Belize central america I'm from and thanks for the upload and for giving Belize great blue hole spotlight it deserves but it's scuba divers paradise!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿

    • @MotherofDragons937
      @MotherofDragons937 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes! I went to Belize on vacation and it was amazing!

  • @tabithacruz6958
    @tabithacruz6958 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in Florida and I love new Smyrna

  • @mysticlisa369
    @mysticlisa369 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting! Scary!

  • @catschai
    @catschai 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For the record Bondi Beach iceberg pool is not dangerous at all. Yes it’s a salt water pool fed by the ocean and it’s well maintained. It’s a fee paid visit and has a Sauna with glass views if the ocean. One of the levels a lovely restaurant with endless view of the ocean When the surf is rough and high and a total wash out the pool is closed. This pool has surf life savers watching out, like every pool.
    I haven’t heard of sharks washing in the pool and I don’t doubt that it could of happened but it’s not a regular thing. The reason it’s called the icebergs is that the all year swimmers once a year fill the pool with ice in the water and swim about . It’s very funny. I’m from Sydney, Australia and this is fact. This video has exaggerated and damaging. Come swim at Bondi it’s beautiful just be sure to swim between the flags or the rips and currents will wash you up elsewhere and tourists always disobey the flags. Our life savers are world class.

  • @mpg869
    @mpg869 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Only go in clear water in a contained area that is about 25×40 and 3 to 8 ft deep

  • @VladimirMiyazaki
    @VladimirMiyazaki ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Other than Lake Karachay, I've visited the other places shown in this list

  • @mikalarosado8514
    @mikalarosado8514 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i’m from houston and was wondering if galveston was going to be on here but i didn’t actually think 💀

    • @danielobrien1571
      @danielobrien1571 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happen to be a lady with very long hair? I find that attractive, describe how it looks?

  • @cortneyh4271
    @cortneyh4271 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You guys!!!!!??? Seriously... am I the only one who thinks this man sounds just like Charlie Sheen sometimes!!!!??? Hahaha I frkin love it. I hear it clearly. How about you guys?! Nobody will probably see this comment sadly but I hope I'm not the only one thinking this lmao

    • @trinikash9659
      @trinikash9659 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heard it as well 😂

    • @Aliceislove79
      @Aliceislove79 ปีที่แล้ว

      You must not watch him enough

    • @ambercarlyle5577
      @ambercarlyle5577 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so right!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 When it’s a bit higher pitched it sounds identical. ☠️🙌🏻

    • @jcrawford540
      @jcrawford540 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now I can't unhear it

    • @ewannoelkailevi4772
      @ewannoelkailevi4772 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I can see it

  • @jaywhitaker1147
    @jaywhitaker1147 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am super shocked that lake Lanier in Buford Georgia USA didn’t make this list. That’s great plains a minimum of 3 to 5 lives every single year from drowning to accidents, including ushers, son, and also one of my closest friends recently. It’s a man-made lake, and it is said to be cursed and haunted due to the land. The lake was made on and a town that is at the bottom that was flooded to make it when Lakeland near Buford Dam was built. There is also a horror movie about the lake that is about to be released soon.

  • @kami8237
    @kami8237 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live near Galveston and have gone swimming in those waters countless times never getting sick with this being said I never have ever put my head underneath the water one because of saltwater and two because it’s too dark to see anyways, but if you do go swim at Galveston just don’t be putting your head or mouth underneath

  • @janetnyabuto3347
    @janetnyabuto3347 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My friend died from that

  • @Unshou
    @Unshou 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Funny how most of the places on the list had actual real people swimming in them.

  • @crypress420
    @crypress420 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I swam in the red triangle at ocean beach in San Francisco. I knew it was dangerous but had no idea it was number one. They caught the world record 7 gill shark out there on my brothers boat. It was close to 350 pounds

    • @LiPo5000
      @LiPo5000 ปีที่แล้ว

      My first time to hear about the "Red Triangle"! Do the Shark's make this beach number one?
      I have been to this area several times and I have never noticed anything that alerted me to any dangers.
      I am curious now.

    • @Eikenhorst
      @Eikenhorst ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, this was total bullshit for sure. I can tell you that swimming in the boiling lake at number 3 is a lot worse. That is some place you will not hear anyone in the comments saying they swam there when they were young :P Same goes for this nuclear lake in Russia, although there you can potentially swim multiple times, as long as you do so quickly before radiation sickness kills you.
      This list has a famous and popular swim club with lifelong active members in its top 10 of places not to swim :D

    • @firstylasty9417
      @firstylasty9417 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Video is being hyperbolic Boiling lakes are far more terrifying. ...The Bay Area is well known for surfing, and many locals surf daily / all the time. Yes, there are definitely several sharks and shark sightings. But it's not like dipping your toe in the water is going to turn you into mincemeat. Great Whites don't tend to go after humans. They like seals, and have sometimes been known to take a curious "nibble" at a surfboard, because they look like seals from underneath. (They don't have stellar eyesight.) But once they realize it's not a delicious fatty seal, they usually leave surfers alone (albeit, near cardiac arrest). Locals never use the term "red triangle." Sure sounds scary and mysterious, tho!
      The tech bro invasion in the Bay Area was way scarier -- causing evictions, jacking up prices, and bro-washing away all the culture. ...And if I had to choose between sharks and tech bros -- at least great whites are cool, athletic, and interesting. And they don't wear Patagonia vests!

    • @crypress420
      @crypress420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@firstylasty9417 I know, I live in the bay area. There's surfer everytime i go to Ocean Beach during the day. But not when you and 4 friend decide to swim in the ocean at 2 am after a bottle of Jameson, it's a little more creepy.

    • @crypress420
      @crypress420 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@firstylasty9417 my pic is me sitting at ocean beach on one of my birthdays.

  • @GavynBjorn
    @GavynBjorn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Growing up near jacobs well, i can confidently say that it in fact is not dangerous😂

  • @ChosenStarseed-lq9ur
    @ChosenStarseed-lq9ur ปีที่แล้ว

    Inflatable floaties..jagged edge rocks..Genius!!!

  • @ginat1714
    @ginat1714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uhm Australia beaches only have box jelly fish when it's "their season" and I've swam in the beaches so many times and I haven't got stung once and they hardly even come out, every time I go to the beach there's like so many ppl swimming and sometimes out far!

  • @hhazelhoff1363
    @hhazelhoff1363 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You missed on, avoid your septic tank

  • @spacecowboy301
    @spacecowboy301 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    #1 Island of ramree... where the saltwater crocs are always hungry...

  • @user-vl1fq2go1u
    @user-vl1fq2go1u 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Красота! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @lbaber89
    @lbaber89 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Blue hole in Belize was awesome! One gentleman did get narced, but diving is all in the mind.

  • @heyjude9895_
    @heyjude9895_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s so funny because, as an Orlando resident, new symrna beach is actually my favorite! Lol whoops

    • @nivlagtj1
      @nivlagtj1 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is no authority. Sure, they are there, but I've only seen one close to me once and he bolted fast. Smyrna's great.

  • @lilahsadventures5717
    @lilahsadventures5717 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bondi Baths are 100% safe. Sharks 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @SethReid
    @SethReid ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Why is Hanakapiai Beach on the list twice?

  • @latinaalma1947
    @latinaalma1947 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Galveston?????My father grew up,on the isla d in the 1930s...we had a beach house there in the 50s/60s I swam there all my young life this is sad to hear! I havent been there since the 80s...

  • @libertyresearch-iu4fy
    @libertyresearch-iu4fy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    18:50 That's about the most hilarious and naive things I have ever heard. lol

  • @mjnorman9824
    @mjnorman9824 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watching this video unsuspectingly and then my whole state is listed. Like, all of Queensland. Just the whole thing. 😂😂😂

  • @richardtremblay8649
    @richardtremblay8649 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I dove the blue hole it was not scary and saw very little sea life