I was there a couple of years ago and not 20 minutes after we left a Chinese teenager was on the beach that is on the other side of the cave. That beach is even more dangerous than the already dangerous cave side. She was hit by several waves, dragged out to sea, and drown. Do not ignore the signs. Do not ignore your guide. The group with the teenager had a guide who warned them. When you get to the beach my advice is to watch the waves from a safe distance for several minutes. Within 5 to 15 minutes you will see a sneaker and then it will click why they have signs. You've never seen waves like this. You are conditioned to believe all waves are relatively regular and predictable as seen on most beaches. When I was on this beach a couple more things I noticed. 1) the sand is part of why the beach kills. When the water comes over it will turn into quick sand. If you go down from a wave you might still be stable, but trying to push to run away is like running on ice. 2) sneaker waves tend to come in multiples. You get knocked down by one, then another comes, then another, and you just keep getting rolled down the beach until you are in the water 3) volcanic islands without coral meet the water at steep angles. Once you are in the water there is no chance you are getting out because you are looking at a 15+ degree angle. The beach on the other side of the cave has such a rip current after sneakers that the water level drops 5-10 meters below where a calm sea would be. You are in a giant swirling bowl and you cannot get out. The angle might be 45 degrees in the bowl 4) the water is very cold. You get cold shocked while trying to save your life. Saving your life is not happening.
I have surfed for over 50yrs and I can personally tell everyone that when u are close to waters edge at ANY ocean DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK on it cause it WILL take your life in a second !!!!!! Anywhere, anytime, any conditions!! Stay safe...
But what is the sense? To know which stone to hang onto? If the wave is that strong you will be pulled in anyway, but yeah I get the point to not completely be taken by surprise.
First a few tourist drown, they put up a sign. Then a bunch more drown and they had to install that flashing monstrosity of a sign. Still people continue to drown there taking selfies.
I say good😂 there needs to some sort of weeding out process at some point, and I think they have figured out how to do it to themselves, finally natural selection is real
Probably your body would go numb from the cold water(or experience a thermic shock - muscles lock up, if you're not used to it) and you would also expire.
Yes! It looks bad! It looks like the ocean floor dips very low suddenly. This looks extremely dangerous to my eyes. (not surfer, but visiting beached regularly and we have one beach where swimming is prohibited as so many currents and it has a similar look.)
I'm Icelander - been there so often have no idea how often .... ! I don't remember hearing so many died over there until we had all these turist and more to come ... And now we have to have signs red, yellow & green .... As I like turist and to be a turist - I'm so sad that we are destroying our little beautiful places with signs, coffeshops, turist shops and and and .... But I'm so sad how many turists have died here at our beautiful island only this year ! 😔 Drive carfully and respect the nature please - enjoy 🇮🇸
I think you are helping the place with the coffee shops as with them there are toilets with them. Believe me, with so many tourists - your nature would have been full with napkins and dirt, midly said.
I've been there two weeks ago. That beach has lost its natural and pristine beauty with so much tourists making noise, climbing on the rocks for selfies, so many cars parked everywhere, and the restaurant nearby serving so expensive airport like food. And I don't mention the drones flying around you. Time will come for regulation. It's not Disney land there.
@7krys yes, the cons of tourism. It’s a tough balance. Amazing place and great that people are getting out to explore, but there are costs and maybe it won’t be free access forever
honestly those people should not be sp close to the ocean, an Amber light means you should never have ur back faced those people were being careless going so close, could've easily been swept out by a sneaker wave
I live in the US at one of the most popular summer vacation spots and never turn your back to the ocean is something I stress to my children...the amount of tourists I see letting their toddlers play in the surf out of arms reach is always wild to me...
I guess you never been to the Big Island of Hawaii. Black sand beach is pure volcanic sand. And yes, never turn your back on the ocean. Hawaii has some very dangerous beaches and blow holes. Quite a few tourist have drowned here because they don't listen to all the warnings, signs and all. If a local don't do it, then that's saying something.
The boiling pots are super sketchy, but I think people see locals swimming there and assume it’s okay. Or they assume that every body of water around the islands is calm and safe. But the trick is the ocean is always ready to kill you 😅
Adorable: three signs! "Danger. No, really, danger." Flash flash. "What did we say about danger?". (bunch of people half way in the water) These are natural selection spots on Earth. Thank you, mother planet.
I love when American tourists show up and become instant and intense experts on the place they’re visiting. Probably yelled at everyone and told them what to do while they were there…
You don't need to be an expert to know things. It's called educating yourself. 😂We live in the information age bud, not in the dark ages. Just by reading your comment we gained the knowledge that you aren't so bright, without being an expert of your whole life story 🤣
@@obryn i enjoy your arrogance. This will take you to magical and boring places in this realm. The ‘knowledge’ you’ve gained here is merely self satisfaction, and surely fleeting.
Watch out and...Oh my gosh? People not following the signs are the sort of people Icelanders do not like to visit their country. They also climb and walk the heaths and glaciers almost barefoot and the rescue people that are not getting paid for it, come and help those twits. Many tourists have also not made it.
Excuse me mam, yellow means caution. Red means the beach is closed and green the beach is open, it’s a calm day… there are no color coded sections of sand where you can go and cannot go.
I’ve been here and watched a group of Japanese tourists nearly get swept out to sea. The difference between the previous set of waves and the sneaker wave was about 50 metres. Very very scary
Ive been to this beach a few times because I live in Reykjavík which is the capital of Iceland. I think it's so pathetic that even with the warning signs the tourist some how seem to almost be trying to get them selves washed away. I understand that they don’t have those sort of waves in their country’s most likely, but at least I’d think it’s general knowledge to stay away from a furious ocean and having even read a warning sign about it on the way. Idk maybe I’m just crazy. Tourist, you tell me
You are not crazy. I started visiting your country in 1993 when there were virtually no tourists. My friends and I climbed down the cliff onto the black beach and although the cliff was a little bit dangerous the beach was awesome. I also remember the blue lagoon with only 1 wooden changing room and since I did not bring a bathing suit, they rented me one for $2 usd. There were only 3 people there at the time and this was December 30th. Is there still a revolving restaurant built on top of the water tank in Reykjavik ? Grindavik was also a cool little town. I love Iceland but now stay away due to too many tourists. Hafa a mikill dagur!
@@rocketleaftherlfreestyler6151 I'm sorry, my comment wasn't clear. The restaurant I am referring to is or was in Reykjavick and it was built on top of a large water tank. It also rotated slowly (360 degrees) so the guests could see a different view during dinner. Very nice place but expensive. As far as the Blue Lagoon, I hear that it is now so popular with tourists, reservations need to be made month's in advance. I love Iceland, I just don't like crowds of tourists and I own a hotel in Cusco Peru near the ruins of Machu Picchu ha ha. Maybe this is why? Some travelers are hard to please. Thanks for your reply.
Number one rule of fight club…errrrr…ocean beaches, never turn your back on the water. She will beach slap you. That’s how people drown. They don’t see the wave coming, it knocks them, and sucks them out.
As an Icelander I find it kind of weird that they call Reynisfjara "Black beach" because I think it makes it sound like it's the only black beach in Iceland, when literally almost all of them are black 😅
I'm icelandic. And here is my hot tip for tourists in Iceland: when Icelanders tell you that the current weather or the nature forces at your destination are dangerous, you better understand that this means It's incredibly DANGEROUS. We are used to extreme weather and an unforgiving nature. Don't be dumb and ignore Icelandic people's warnings. If you do, you'll understand the meaning of 'fuck around and find out.'
It’s amazing! we have been there twice, once on a beautiful sunny day with massive waves and a cloudy day with calm water, this place is magical. Iceland is one of those countries you just can’t get enough of.
Tourists have died at that beach and a number of places in Iceland because they don’t listen to their guides. Iceland is unpredictable. Listen to your guide!!!
Oh, I've been there. Had to run away a little from those waves. There's a narrow part under the cliff down there where you can run if you're fast enough to a further part of the beach, where it becomes quite rocky. Really interesting and inspiring place, something out of this world.
Thanks for showing us. A place, well I didn't know about. Believe it was on the island of Maui. They also have a "Black sand" beach. It's made from black volcanic rock. That been crushed by the ocean, over time. So if you've seen pure black, black rock? That's what the sand is. Like pure black rock, that has been ground up in a mortar/pestal. That black.
That’s what happens here every year I live on the Oregon coast and we have more tourists dying and having accidents not going home. They don’t pay attention to anything they just get swept away by the beauty.
the worst thing is that people come there who can't run even 20 meters without getting tired, they stand on the edge staring at their phones like donkeys, not seeing what's going on around them, pathetic, no responsibility and no brains😂
Go to Aksa beach near Mumbai. Many people have died because of shifting sands...It's got so many deaths that people believe it's haunted... black sand go to Devka beach in Daman on India's west coast..sand is black
Bethells beach is like this in New Zealand. I lived there for three years. Beautiful black sand and man, the freak waves and sudden onslaught can be pretty dramatic. You have a beautiful country that reminds me of my own
I’ve experience these first hand! Lucky enough to visit this beach twice, beautiful both times. The first time we visited the weather was horrendous!! Massive waves and strong gusts of wind!
We have black sand here on west coast. Birdlings Flat is like a "Drowning Machine" with sneaker waves. Same warning, dont turn you back on it. Its, shingle though with black ground rock sand. The beach is flat then beyond the water is very steep very quickly.
I went to Italy and there was a tour guide that was driving us around the amalfi coast and he said “there is beautiful bitches on down that hill” to my family and in that moment I realized that he was saying “beach” not “bitch” me and my family were trying to hold in our laughter for 30 minutes
@michaelaozuka5179 we almost visited the Westfjords, but the weather was rough and we stayed around the Snaefellsness Peninsula around the that time. Would love to visit someday
In my country Philippines esp. in my island we have this black sand. More refined than this one. ❤ Anyways take care and enjoy, wish to come back there again
The icelanders morbidly call this beach "Chinese takeaway" because so many chinese tourists have been taken by the waves. Each year about 20 tourists die in Iceland, stay safe and respect nature!
It's a "step beach" that's why. The angle of the beach is uphil in relation to the water. The water running down the beach all around you is disorienting. Then the wave knocks you down. Then you get vertigo bc everything is moving and now you're wet and heavy and have to pull yourself up only to get knocked back down again just as you stand up. Add a little panic and boom, you're out of breath, wet, cold and getting weaker, STAY CALM! Let her do what she wants with you. Let her take you in and out a few times. She'll eventually spit you out into a calm area. Just stay away from "step beaches" and you'll be fine. Remember: You have to die someday, no changing that.
The ocean floor shelves sharply up to the beach, so you've got a huge amount of water squashed into a shallow beach. That's what makes the currents so strong.
I was in Iceland last month and was on that beach. I stayed well away from the incoming waves, but there were people who were getting far too close to the incoming waves despite the warning sings and flashing lights. Tourists seem to lose what common sense they had when they land in Iceland.
Went there in March. Almost died, as the waves have a strong current that pulls you in. Those people were lucky.
10/10 would recommend to an enemy.
How’d you almost die?
@@sophies_diarysthe waves pulling them in
@@sophies_diarysyou probably would face your back at the ocean 😂
@@cnote459 😂
same spot, saw a guy lost his very expensive camera. cross that corner, there is a cave.
This is such a good idea. Please attract more influencers to this location.
🤣🤣🤣
Please, send in ALL the influencers! And take down the sign...
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Lmaoooooo
The way she shouts "oh my gosh" with fake emotions. It's cringe af.
I was there a couple of years ago and not 20 minutes after we left a Chinese teenager was on the beach that is on the other side of the cave. That beach is even more dangerous than the already dangerous cave side. She was hit by several waves, dragged out to sea, and drown. Do not ignore the signs. Do not ignore your guide. The group with the teenager had a guide who warned them.
When you get to the beach my advice is to watch the waves from a safe distance for several minutes. Within 5 to 15 minutes you will see a sneaker and then it will click why they have signs. You've never seen waves like this. You are conditioned to believe all waves are relatively regular and predictable as seen on most beaches.
When I was on this beach a couple more things I noticed. 1) the sand is part of why the beach kills. When the water comes over it will turn into quick sand. If you go down from a wave you might still be stable, but trying to push to run away is like running on ice. 2) sneaker waves tend to come in multiples. You get knocked down by one, then another comes, then another, and you just keep getting rolled down the beach until you are in the water 3) volcanic islands without coral meet the water at steep angles. Once you are in the water there is no chance you are getting out because you are looking at a 15+ degree angle. The beach on the other side of the cave has such a rip current after sneakers that the water level drops 5-10 meters below where a calm sea would be. You are in a giant swirling bowl and you cannot get out. The angle might be 45 degrees in the bowl 4) the water is very cold. You get cold shocked while trying to save your life. Saving your life is not happening.
Appreciate you sharing your knowledge ❤
I learned something new today. Thanks for the info!
Definitely appreciate the time put into this! Also very informative 👌
Thx for the insights
I have surfed for over 50yrs and I can personally tell everyone that when u are close to waters edge at ANY ocean DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK on it cause it WILL take your life in a second !!!!!! Anywhere, anytime, any conditions!! Stay safe...
How can i walk out of the sea then? Backward?
@@Robin...222I was about to ask the same question
Exactly. Longtime surfer here, and like you, I said the same thing. Never turn your back to the ocean, to any ocean.
Better backwards than not at all
But what is the sense? To know which stone to hang onto? If the wave is that strong you will be pulled in anyway, but yeah I get the point to not completely be taken by surprise.
First a few tourist drown, they put up a sign. Then a bunch more drown and they had to install that flashing monstrosity of a sign. Still people continue to drown there taking selfies.
and this guy wanted to be victim #15
why you wearing with shoes
I say good😂 there needs to some sort of weeding out process at some point, and I think they have figured out how to do it to themselves, finally natural selection is real
natural selection for real.
It thins out the gene pool and for each twat that dies the average IQ of the planet rises just that little bit.
As a surfer of 55 years, I can assure you that if you got pulled into that shore break with your clothes on, you would drown. Period.
Thank you for that perspective. Sounds like you’ve seen many waves!
What if they didn’t have their clothes on? 😅
Probably your body would go numb from the cold water(or experience a thermic shock - muscles lock up, if you're not used to it) and you would also expire.
Yes! It looks bad! It looks like the ocean floor dips very low suddenly. This looks extremely dangerous to my eyes.
(not surfer, but visiting beached regularly and we have one beach where swimming is prohibited as so many currents and it has a similar look.)
There's a great film about surfing in Iceland, worth a watch if you get the chance :-)!
“You are not supposed to have your back facing the waves”
*back facing the waves*
"..And any closer i go i need to be facing the water."
I'm Icelander - been there so often have no idea how often .... ! I don't remember hearing so many died over there until we had all these turist and more to come ... And now we have to have signs red, yellow & green .... As I like turist and to be a turist - I'm so sad that we are destroying our little beautiful places with signs, coffeshops, turist shops and and and .... But I'm so sad how many turists have died here at our beautiful island only this year ! 😔 Drive carfully and respect the nature please - enjoy 🇮🇸
Yes, it is sad. Nature can be quite dangerous, especially in Iceland. We loved visiting your country. Thank you 😊
@@QuenchYourAdventure Thank you too. Love your videos ❤️✌️
I think you are helping the place with the coffee shops as with them there are toilets with them. Believe me, with so many tourists - your nature would have been full with napkins and dirt, midly said.
I've been there two weeks ago. That beach has lost its natural and pristine beauty with so much tourists making noise, climbing on the rocks for selfies, so many cars parked everywhere, and the restaurant nearby serving so expensive airport like food. And I don't mention the drones flying around you.
Time will come for regulation. It's not Disney land there.
@7krys yes, the cons of tourism. It’s a tough balance. Amazing place and great that people are getting out to explore, but there are costs and maybe it won’t be free access forever
The black sand are lava old rocks that have broken down by the weather or sea into little peices 👍
So cool
People willing to die for an Instagram story
honestly those people should not be sp close to the ocean, an Amber light means you should never have ur back faced those people were being careless going so close, could've easily been swept out by a sneaker wave
I live in the US at one of the most popular summer vacation spots and never turn your back to the ocean is something I stress to my children...the amount of tourists I see letting their toddlers play in the surf out of arms reach is always wild to me...
@eliserenee4219 yes, definitely. roughly where do you live?
@@QuenchYourAdventure the first state
@@eliserenée6248Pennsylvania?
Same thing in all Hawaiian islands. Tourists don’t believe & respect, so they have to find out the hard way when things go wrong.
I guess you never been to the Big Island of Hawaii. Black sand beach is pure volcanic sand. And yes, never turn your back on the ocean. Hawaii has some very dangerous beaches and blow holes. Quite a few tourist have drowned here because they don't listen to all the warnings, signs and all. If a local don't do it, then that's saying something.
I was going to say what about hawai’i lol 🤙🏻
The boiling pots are super sketchy, but I think people see locals swimming there and assume it’s okay. Or they assume that every body of water around the islands is calm and safe. But the trick is the ocean is always ready to kill you 😅
In New Zealand Taranaki all the beaches
Have black sand and living In Taranaki we go along its really cool
Very cool! We’d really love to visit New Zealand someday
@@QuenchYourAdventure
You really should
Adorable: three signs! "Danger. No, really, danger." Flash flash. "What did we say about danger?".
(bunch of people half way in the water)
These are natural selection spots on Earth. Thank you, mother planet.
I love when American tourists show up and become instant and intense experts on the place they’re visiting. Probably yelled at everyone and told them what to do while they were there…
They're American they know everything, just ask them.
Yes this video is very anticlimactic
You don't need to be an expert to know things. It's called educating yourself. 😂We live in the information age bud, not in the dark ages. Just by reading your comment we gained the knowledge that you aren't so bright, without being an expert of your whole life story 🤣
@@obryn i enjoy your arrogance. This will take you to magical and boring places in this realm. The ‘knowledge’ you’ve gained here is merely self satisfaction, and surely fleeting.
How do you know shes not Canadian? You dont. What perfect population of people are you from?
Watch out and...Oh my gosh? People not following the signs are the sort of people Icelanders do not like to visit their country. They also climb and walk the heaths and glaciers almost barefoot and the rescue people that are not getting paid for it, come and help those twits. Many tourists have also not made it.
I do not feel sorry for people like that.
Please, take away the signs, and stop sending in Search&Rescue.
Excuse me mam, yellow means caution. Red means the beach is closed and green the beach is open, it’s a calm day… there are no color coded sections of sand where you can go and cannot go.
On the sign it has zones for the colors- so there are actually color coded sections.
I’ve been here and watched a group of Japanese tourists nearly get swept out to sea. The difference between the previous set of waves and the sneaker wave was about 50 metres. Very very scary
Wow, very scary and unpredictable
Ive been to this beach a few times because I live in Reykjavík which is the capital of Iceland.
I think it's so pathetic that even with the warning signs the tourist some how seem to almost be trying to get them selves washed away. I understand that they don’t have those sort of waves in their country’s most likely, but at least I’d think it’s general knowledge to stay away from a furious ocean and having even read a warning sign about it on the way. Idk maybe I’m just crazy. Tourist, you tell me
You are not crazy. I started visiting your country in 1993 when there were virtually no tourists. My friends and I climbed down the cliff onto the black beach and although the cliff was a little bit dangerous the beach was awesome. I also remember the blue lagoon with only 1 wooden changing room and since I did not bring a bathing suit, they rented me one for $2 usd. There were only 3 people there at the time and this was December 30th. Is there still a revolving restaurant built on top of the water tank in Reykjavik ? Grindavik was also a cool little town. I love Iceland but now stay away due to too many tourists. Hafa a mikill dagur!
Let the natural selection do the job, you don’t need to intervene this process nor be surprised
😀 Tourists, man. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em, eh? Fools
@@robmcguckin7605 im not sure I went to the lagoon when i was 6 and now im 17
@@rocketleaftherlfreestyler6151 I'm sorry, my comment wasn't clear. The restaurant I am referring to is or was in Reykjavick and it was built on top of a large water tank. It also rotated slowly (360 degrees) so the guests could see a different view during dinner. Very nice place but expensive. As far as the Blue Lagoon, I hear that it is now so popular with tourists, reservations need to be made month's in advance. I love Iceland, I just don't like crowds of tourists and I own a hotel in Cusco Peru near the ruins of Machu Picchu ha ha. Maybe this is why? Some travelers are hard to please. Thanks for your reply.
Number one rule of fight club…errrrr…ocean beaches, never turn your back on the water. She will beach slap you. That’s how people drown. They don’t see the wave coming, it knocks them, and sucks them out.
"She will beach slap you!"
Absolutely Perfect ! !
Oregon & Washington state beaches kill people every year
Icelandic Darwin awards being presented monthly
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I was looking for this comment!
I've had a family member swept away by a sneaker wave. We never saw him again.
Oh my God. That’s really really sad. So sorry to hear that.
is it difficult to swim against the sneaker wave
As an Icelander I find it kind of weird that they call Reynisfjara "Black beach" because I think it makes it sound like it's the only black beach in Iceland, when literally almost all of them are black 😅
Go to Santorini in Greece, the sand is even black and at least it will be warm and sunny!
Yes, my mind went to Herculaneum beach - also volcanic / black sand.
I'm icelandic. And here is my hot tip for tourists in Iceland: when Icelanders tell you that the current weather or the nature forces at your destination are dangerous, you better understand that this means It's incredibly DANGEROUS.
We are used to extreme weather and an unforgiving nature. Don't be dumb and ignore Icelandic people's warnings. If you do, you'll understand the meaning of 'fuck around and find out.'
Yes, definitely true!
This is one of Natures zones that helps reduce the population for the better.
When she screamed " watch out watch out!" All i could hear was "bbb-cah bbb-cah!!" Like a chicken. Go back and listen. You’re welcome 😂
It's the *omg omg* for me🤣
Went in Jan 2020. And as per normal many people ignored the warnings and went close to the waves and got soaked.
New Zealand has blacker sand on the West Coast.
makes an English beach look like Bora Bora :)
Tourist: Am I an A**hole
Nature: Yes, you are
Once you go black with the waves at your back, you'll never turn back i guess
It’s amazing! we have been there twice, once on a beautiful sunny day with massive waves and a cloudy day with calm water, this place is magical. Iceland is one of those countries you just can’t get enough of.
Truly a fascinating place!!
Tourists have died at that beach and a number of places in Iceland because they don’t listen to their guides. Iceland is unpredictable. Listen to your guide!!!
Oh, I've been there. Had to run away a little from those waves. There's a narrow part under the cliff down there where you can run if you're fast enough to a further part of the beach, where it becomes quite rocky. Really interesting and inspiring place, something out of this world.
Very cool. Yes quite the rush! Amazing place
Even with signs out, people in general just don't heed. That's why they get in trouble throughout the Islands of Hawaii. (As well as elsewhere)
Thanks for showing us. A place, well I didn't know about. Believe it was on the island of Maui. They also have a "Black sand" beach. It's made from black volcanic rock. That been crushed by the ocean, over time. So if you've seen pure black, black rock? That's what the sand is. Like pure black rock, that has been ground up in a mortar/pestal. That black.
That’s what happens here every year I live on the Oregon coast and we have more tourists dying and having accidents not going home. They don’t pay attention to anything they just get swept away by the beauty.
The irony talking and explaining about the signs and the lights and still no one paid attention 🤦♀️
Ppl never seize to amaze how stupid they are to stand there and run like there's no tomorrow as the sign wasn't big enough for them to see.
Yeah, exactly. I'm not jumping in to save you because you wanted a selfie.
Exactly. I hated the shrill screaming from people who shouldn't have been near the waves.
There is a beach with black sand in St. Croix.
We went there while the sign was on green and it was absolutely beautiful! 😍
Amazing
Was the beach beautiful, too?
The part they didn't tell you is the sand is crushed lava rocks and they are hard to move in. Adding to the risk of being dragged in.
Woman's voice was more dangerous than the waves
This beach is called chinese take away
😂😂😂
I loved the little cafe there behind you! Coffee and cake was so lovely while we watched wild horses running in the snow
There’s black sand in Hawaii but it’s not as coarse as the sand at this beach.
These black sands can also be find in some of the beaches of the Canary Islands and Hawaii but with a "slightly" better weather
the worst thing is that people come there who can't run even 20 meters without getting tired, they stand on the edge staring at their phones like donkeys, not seeing what's going on around them, pathetic, no responsibility and no brains😂
When people like this get swept out to sea i understand that evolution never fails.
Damn even the seagulls were like " hey shut it ! Ya screams are busting our eardrums !
Go to Aksa beach near Mumbai. Many people have died because of shifting sands...It's got so many deaths that people believe it's haunted... black sand go to Devka beach in Daman on India's west coast..sand is black
Bethells beach is like this in New Zealand. I lived there for three years. Beautiful black sand and man, the freak waves and sudden onslaught can be pretty dramatic. You have a beautiful country that reminds me of my own
I went here last summer for my 34th birthday. Such a beautiful country.
Don't have your back to the waves. and keep track of the incoming tide. Easy fix! Btw, the waves aren't bad all the time
beautiful. Reminds me of the beach of Punalu'u in my native Hawai'i.
No matter which coast you are on, never turn your back to the water.
In South Africa there is a much better and prettier black beach that is also way safer it's in Kosie Bay
Just googled Kosie bay, couldn't see any black sand 🤔
@@pallelvis Same for me. This black sand is super yellow.
I’ve experience these first hand! Lucky enough to visit this beach twice, beautiful both times. The first time we visited the weather was horrendous!! Massive waves and strong gusts of wind!
Loved this place!!
Was there September '23....amazing place! Beautiful!
I'm from Iceland and I can confirm that this is so butifull❤❤❤
Absolutely insane looking at those ferocious waves
That’s the most exercise some of those people ever had was running from those waves at the start of the clip
Always the slowest folks who need to get closer to danger
Lol
You should go to Tenerife Spain because the sand there is so black probably blacker than there
That sounds great
That is soooo true. We were there last August of 2022.
Treat the sea with absolute respect or you will pay with your life. 🇬🇧
“ waaatch ouuuut Waaatch ouuuut” 😂
We have black sand here on west coast.
Birdlings Flat is like a "Drowning Machine" with sneaker waves. Same warning, dont turn you back on it. Its, shingle though with black ground rock sand.
The beach is flat then beyond the water is very steep very quickly.
I went to Italy and there was a tour guide that was driving us around the amalfi coast and he said “there is beautiful bitches on down that hill” to my family and in that moment I realized that he was saying “beach” not “bitch” me and my family were trying to hold in our laughter for 30 minutes
😆
I live in iceland and i hate only having Black beaches
I could understand that. We often want what we don’t have 🤷🏻♂️ 😁
what about Radisandur? A red sand beach in the westfjords
@michaelaozuka5179 we almost visited the Westfjords, but the weather was rough and we stayed around the Snaefellsness Peninsula around the that time. Would love to visit someday
go to xxxbeach near reykjavik
You should visit Paignton in Devon, UK, it has a red sand beach.
Same with PEI and parts of Nova Scotia in Canada.
@@bookworms77theres a red beach in menorca too
In my country Philippines esp. in my island we have this black sand. More refined than this one. ❤
Anyways take care and enjoy, wish to come back there again
Experienced black sand in Tenerife I can’t say that I am a fan .The pure white sand of the Caribbean is my favourite
This beach is perfect for a Gothic summer vacation
OMG, the beach isn't dangerous, is your nature, only this!😏
When your usual normal beach has a ton of gorgeous looking lifeguards then the most dangerous beach has none.
You know it's real dangerous
If I get hit by a wave, I'm definitely dead...
I get winded just taking the trash out.
THE OCEAN IS NOT JOKING!!!💦💙
I really really wish they would have shown the actual WAVES a bit more. Cuz its about the waves...
The icelanders morbidly call this beach "Chinese takeaway" because so many chinese tourists have been taken by the waves.
Each year about 20 tourists die in Iceland, stay safe and respect nature!
Them:"That's so black". Me: That's so rascist
Sand: Grey
Her: “that’s SOOOO BLACK” 😂
"WATCH OUT,WATCH OUT!"
Gurl it's just water 👁️ 👄 👁️
Come to Big Island Hawaii, they got a Black Sand beach too, and it's not a cold climate place (instead they're Tropical) and more safe to swim.
It's a "step beach" that's why. The angle of the beach is uphil in relation to the water. The water running down the beach all around you is disorienting. Then the wave knocks you down. Then you get vertigo bc everything is moving and now you're wet and heavy and have to pull yourself up only to get knocked back down again just as you stand up. Add a little panic and boom, you're out of breath, wet, cold and getting weaker, STAY CALM! Let her do what she wants with you. Let her take you in and out a few times. She'll eventually spit you out into a calm area. Just stay away from "step beaches" and you'll be fine. Remember: You have to die someday, no changing that.
nice sand! is it magnetic? and is radioactive?
Him: The most dangerous beach☠️
Him also: Let's try..
The ocean floor shelves sharply up to the beach, so you've got a huge amount of water squashed into a shallow beach. That's what makes the currents so strong.
I went there once. Guess what I did? I paid attention to the signs, and survived to type this comment. Humans are dumb.
Check out the blackest beach of the world in Costa Rica puerto viejo,playa negra
There are black sand beaches on Lanzarote, canary island, due to the volcanic eruptions, the sand is volcanic.
Yeah after watching this, I don’t understand why one would even go near the water here. There’s prettier black beach sands in Hawaii ❤
I was in Iceland last month and was on that beach. I stayed well away from the incoming waves, but there were people who were getting far too close to the incoming waves despite the warning sings and flashing lights. Tourists seem to lose what common sense they had when they land in Iceland.
Madeira island (portugal) has the same black sand even tho mostly its rocks
When was that? Like a month ago?
In May
I live in iceland and ive seen sand that is literaly 10x blacker
Oh wow, where?
Every year people disappear at that beach. All because you dont listen. Its way more important to go as close to the water as possible.
Never turn your back on the ocean