Pelican (Laguna on map) Point on the Pt. Mugu Naval Air Base apparently no longer works like it did before more rocks were added to the breakwater, in front of missile engine testing silos. However there are now must better waves about 150m to the NW.
I remember a Surfer magazine article back in the 90s that predicted which world class waves would be the first to go because of rising sea levels. The article also talked about how those reefs had taken thousands of years to form and shape to create the world class waves and that higher sea levels would not just create new great waves
@@wayne5741That's right. There was a storm, high winds and powerful waves. The disciples were in a boat scared that it was going to sink when Jesus shredded up to them. Jesus was stoked and gave Peter a surf lesson. Peter stood up on his first wave, then got scared again and floundered and Jesus had to rescue him. End of sesh.
We've lost epic waves on the Big Island of Hawaii due to natural lava flows...the most devastating loss being multiple breaks at a place called Po'hi'iki...those breaks are now under 40 feet of basalt
That was my home break spent my teenage years down there almost every weekend and so many mornings before school😢 I can see it in my mind clear as day when I close my eyes. It reminds of how my uncles all talked about surfing drainpipes down in Kalapana back in the 80s
Trying to save waves raises some novel issues about surfing solidarity vs. localism. The potential difficulty/hypocrisy/humiliation faced by hostile local surfers of fiercely guarded spots, who have tried to shield 'their' waves from fame and intimidate visiting surfers, suddenly having to initiate a PR charm offensive or 'rebrand' themselves and 'their' spot's reputation to try and garner wider support beyond the local community in order to raise 'their' spot's profile to collectively try and fight it's destruction (or protect its status as a 'surfing reserve') is pretty interesting.
Hey mate!! Yeah, that's an interesting point actually. I won't name any places, but there are some super famous areas/breaks which have always been (and still are) localized but as soon as there's a threat for them to be taken away, you start seeing and hearing about it all over the internet!
Might be an oversimplified view in my opinion. From these cases a few sound accidental, as in they built a wall or repaired a jetty not knowing or not caring that it will kill a wave. Others like building a Harbor, well you can pull all the sweet eyes you want the people behind it want to make money and don’t care about your feelings. So from place to place localism can be a factor, I think places where locals are just dicks then it might. However, take a place like Hawaii that has heavy localism and justifiably so, yet if you want to break something on that reef to build something unnecessary and you will not have to deal with surfers but the whole island. Some places don’t care about their environment and don’t seem to be bothered by the fact they are surrounded by garbage while other cultures are raised to care deeply about their environment. Hawaii is one of those places hence why theirs always the conflict between greedy capitalists who want to tear down forests and close down a beach to build a golf resort and make a few bucks versus the locals who don’t want their land transformed into garbage like so many other places.
Preach. Look at the what’s going on with lunada bay in LA and the lawsuit there. There may be precedent set in California courts refuting localism as it prevents public access to public beaches. The cities and cities lifeguards who endorse this through inaction or indifference, will pay hefty fines.
F'n Harry's. People I thought were friends in the SD lineups in the 1990s wouldn't give me the time of day after I asked about that spot. I would never have had the opportunity to surf Harry's why should I care that it's now gone? Good riddance.
I grew up I Naples Florida I would surf Sabastan when Kelly slater was surfing it we’re actually the same age I’ve been in the line up with him at sabatian inlet back in 1985 last time I surfed it it was amazing
I grew up in Fort Myers, I was born in 85, but surfed the inlet late 90's through to when they did the construction, sad, some of my most memorable waves came off of first peak.
You didn't mention the other famous waves lost in Southern California, Stanley's Dinner and Oil Piers. Lost to construction of the 101 Fwy, Stanley's could be a picture perfect right. There were days there when the waves were see-through as they barreled over your head. The place that used to be Stanley's is now part of the 101 FWY North of Ventura and just South of La Conchita. Oil piers was just North of where Stanley's used to be and survived for a while longer. It could be a super steep barrel with the right swell (North East). Finally lost when the piers were removed. The loss of the piers meant the sand would not build up anymore, so no wave.
Very interesting video, even with the discouraging content. May I suggest the addition of Garbage Holes in Honolulu? A right that was destroyed by the construction of Magic Island.
South west rocks Australia Where the old jail sits they built a breakwall so they could bring in prisoners They totally destroyed an amazing point break
Hey Dan! I know you have been to Ecuador im the past but you never got to surf San Mateo. San Mateo used to be a tremendously long left hand point break, something similar to Chicama. But a huge jetty was built in the middle of the wave and something interesting happened. It created 3 waves: 1) the beginning of the old San Mateo left hand point break, 2) a great bodyboard right hander wedge and 3) a heavy barrel left hander now called El Faro (the lighthouse) because the jetty has a lighthouse on it. I have to say that from all 3 waves, El Faro is actually the best one, sick tricky barrel.
Petacalco. I understand that 8 or so years ago it started breaking again for a while, but was nothing like what it was before the port of Lázaro Cárdenas was built. In the 70's it was incredible; I came closer to dying there than before or since. I remember being mid face on a 15-20' hawaiian estimated wave and feeling gravel hitting my rail, almost like being in a cement barrel!
Agreed,we got 2 weeks of classic Petacalco in 1974. As hollow and powerful as Puerto Escondido, but instead of one or two makeable waves per set, virtually ALL of them were makeable. In 56 years of surfing, best waves I’ve ridden. The incredible shape and hollowness remained constant from 5 to 15+ feet…never seen anything like it.
I remember how hard it was to get out of the water. You'd be like 4' from shore but over your head and the beating of those rocks and gravel.....brutal.
@@thomasryan5681 Yup. And adding to that was this rediculous rip right there coming down from the poiint making it super difficult to even make it to the beach!
Surfed it in 96, was only about 3 ft. Got a couple of bigger ones about 4 ft, they were lefts. A mate took a photo of one and it was nearly double overhead. Was like I was taking a radical drop the whole way, lucky I made both waves. Was on a 7'6 Hawaiin gun. Was scary at that size , don't know if I'd want a bar of it at real size. The water an sand was real dark aswell, next to the biggest river in mex I think
Sebastian inlet was at one time the premier spot in Florida and yes this is the spot where Kelly really got noticed back before he was even a teenager along with many many others too many too mention here Monster hole on the south can still hold its own especially on the bigger north swells but as far as the jetty is concerned the bounce off the jetty is Completely different gone and they of coarse promised that it wouldn't affect it one bit which was a complete lie and they knew it Sad state of affairs but we should expect this from our governments Thanks for sharing as always Dan the Man Be well and Safe Travels 👍🤙
I grew up surfing all over Florida. Sebastian inlet in the 1980's was truly a great break ! It's nothing at all like it was. There's an island in the Gulf of Mexico called Captiva and it too back in the 80's was one of the best kept secrets in Florida's surfing history. There used to be all these little mini jetties the army corp of engineers installed in an attempt to retain the coastline. There where great little waves around these "dogbone" jetties and a few spots like "the Nut Hut" and the "Rocks" and even a legit point like righthander off a set of pilings that extended out 150' ! I was out at that spot and watched a surfer get barreled twice and did countless cutbacks on a shoulder high wave that peeled perfectly for well over 300 yards ! In the Gulf Of Mexico no less ! That whole islands surf spots were destroyed in the early to mid 90's when the army corp removed all the structures and turned the entire island into a dumpy shorebreak for years before it was even half way surfable again.
Hey mate!! Wow, that's insane! I didn't even know there were waves in that area haha!! Thats an interesting one-a wave that was man-made, but then also destroyed!!
I remember when I was in new Zealand they were going to rebuild the seawall near kaikoura spot called mangamanu. Its similar to Rincon, goes along a road, right hand point break. They had a group called save mangamanu, not sure what happened since tho its been a few years. The construction was due to one of the earthquakes they had that was really bad. They were saying it slid on alot of the one quite scenic roads that you can travel up the coast on. Think it took years to recover and get rebuilt. Kaikoura had a similar if not the same earthquake where they had an uplift event that lifted some of the shoreline up about a meter. Similar to the recent earthquake in japan from what i’ve heard.
The sad thing about Sebastian Inlet is they did a study saying the new jetty would not destroy the wave/wedge. I was a lifeguard there when the construction was going on. One day they started putting rocks at the end of the jetty that stuck out to the north that in my opinion effectively blocked most swell angles from hitting the top of the jetty and forming the side wave that resulted in a powerful wedge with waves behind it. Another issue is it appears there is now too much sand along the jetty that makes any wedges(which are now much smaller and weaker) coming off the jetty closeouts.
I grew up and still live in Sebastian. I never knew what we had till it was already gone. While the Army Corps of Engineers ruined our local wedge there's still Monster Hole on the south jetty. Side note: reading Barbarian Days is what inspired me to make the paddle out for Monster Hole when it's on.
Killer Dana... Still BREAKS! HOW you Say.... If you walk along the Cliff/bluff area from where the pier is/was. To the junction of the breakwater and end of cliff/bluff. On a Low tide and 5 foot Plus West/Northwest or North swell The Outer most point of Killer Dana picks up a No Non sense right hander for a Quick ride before kicking out near exposed rocks. Look up Surfing Killer Dana and you'll See this wave being surfed. FYI I was surfing started 1966 got to SEE Killer Dana, But Got to surf Doheny which was really Awesome! the next break south of Killer Dana. But Alas, They DREGED the Rivermouth at Doheny and to this day still Never recovered. Damn It! Governments and Real estate idiots Leave the Ocean BE! Mr Killingsworth 67 year old surfer Dude
Durban South Africa’s Bay of Plenty lost its place as one of the best beach breaks in the world. It could hold a big swell and celebrated a high performance right hander. On a high tide a reasonable swell would provide a powerful left hander that would break closer in and run towards a cement block groin. In the early eighties the city council decided to replace the groin with its now modern day pier. For this to happen there needed to be a 25 meter shift of the new construction into this left hand bowl break. It changed the wave profile completely. Just for the record the infamous Bay of Plenty was home to a group of surf grommets who literally changed the face of surfing globally. Shaun and Michael Tompson( Heard of them? ) Bruce Jackson, Kevin Todd, Jeremy Yates, Paul Naude, Mike Larmont, Spider Murphy, Max Wettland, to name a few. This was also the beach to host with its neighboring beach the first Gunstons . World class surfers, surfing world class waves at the Bay. Sadly all just a memory. 😢
Dana Point Raised The harbor ruined more than just KD’s It changed the way swell moves into the local beach breaks and how sand moves around. Certain waves were much better back in the day I was always told growing up. Pretty cool to talk to some of the local legends who got to surf it before it was taken from them. What an incredible experience they had while it lasted
RE Sebastian Inlet was also impacted allot by the sand renourishment projects that the Govt started to do in the early 2000s. Hotel companies and Rich homeowners lobbied the government to implement a beach renourishment a repeating project that now has become the norm, every 3-5 years they dump sand on the beaches. Unfortunately for the entire Coast in Florida this is now the norm. Not only has Sebastian Inlet been ruined but also numerous breaks like Reef Road in South FL. Sand renourishment was not even a concept in Florida up until the early 2000s in short the rich homeowners wanted a bailout from the taxpayer and the hotels wanted the small number of reefs that we have to be covered up so that swimmers could swim without scratching their feet. Sebastian Inlet was ruined initially by that jetty reconstruction but also with the numerous sand projects over the years
Howzit. Saffa here. Bruces is more over a casualty development. The housing has basically stopped the sand from filling in the gaps between the rocks along the point. Still breaks, but not as it did. Thanks for your segment.
@@DanHarmon123 Correct - also in South Africa: the Bay of Plenty in Durban used to be a lot better before they changed the piers, however apparently New Pier next door improved a lot at the same time...
Drain Pipes Big Island 🏝️ Hawaii”sClassic world class south swell , barrel off the drop perfect powerful and epic right hand channel…Gone Left Point , Kaimu Bay where I first started my lifetime He’enalu gone Pohoiki .. miss that place shacks left was insane , hollow shallow , punishing… 2nd bay… right Point perfection to improve down the line skills, Vanna, Manta Rays, Tigers , Honu, .. gone… Lava covers many things But the legend begins Aloha
What I don’t get is, why do these Manyakk Land Developers seemingly ALWAYS choose a site where exists a legendary surf spot to build their damn projects! I mean there are countless miles of shitty break breaks to build on, why destroy precious rarities of nature???🧐🤔
Confirmed. 1st Peak Sebastian was destroyed. Slater and whole crop of Surfers made it on the World Tour because of that wave. No Wave. No moe Floridian World Tour Surfers. Confirmed.
Isla Blanca Beach at South Padre Island. Hurricane hitting Tampico in 1998. Surfed 6-8ft waves inside the turning basin behind the beach. The swell direction was only good at that spot for about 2 hours as it was going right between the jetties. Moved over to the 3rd sandbar when the inside swell direction changed. There was a group of 6 of us that kept looking out to and seeing huge waves breaking maybe a mile out past the channel markers. We paddled out and it was epic! Biggest surf I've ever ridden outside of Hawaii. 15+ft faces. It was incredible! Never saw it like that again while I lived down there.
I'm a Florida local, Sebastian Inlet still breaks but needs a good swell to work...many people now see NSB and Satellite beach as some of the best/most consistent breaks in East Florida. Sebastian inlet was definitely better during Slater's beginnings but still can offer a decent wave every once in a while.
I live in Florida and I was wondering if Sebastian inlet would be on the list. Used to get pretty good and even small days would break. It definitely sucks now. My local area sucks as well now due to beach restoration constantly being done. Florida already is terrible but they made it even worse.
That is true about Brevard county and the beach restoration. I think this also hurts whats left of the old Sebastian inlet wedge as all the sand naturally flows to the south pilling up on the jetty making it way too shallow anywhere near the jetty so when a wedge happens it just closes out. Perhaps if they had a pumphouse like in Palm Beach that pumped some of that sand from the Northside to the southside. If done properly it would help the erosion problem in Indian River county and evenakr Monserer Hole better. Monster hole is not as good as it once was thanks to the dredging of the inlet. If you look at pictures from the late 60s through the 70s, it was an A frame that the right would peel all the way into the inlet almost to the bridge on a big day, now that sand of course gets dredged frequently.
Yep, Florida East coast has lost a nice wave. I remember going down after school in the 1970's hoping to catch an offshore hour or so without the crowds of the weekend. I suppose Spanish House still breaks but now I am farther south. I use to go on down to Ft. Pierce North Jetty then too. It was nice and could be a lonely place on the off day of the week. Now North Jetty is 100 surfers in the water even in an average 3-4 swell. Weekend crowds can be just insane.
This video reminded me of the Save Trestles campaign back in the early 2000's where they were going to build that toll road. Glad that was stopped. Also I've heard Malibu isn't nearly as good as it used to be due to the lagoon restoration cutting off sand flow that used to groom the cobblestone point. Can't confirm that, but I've talked with a bunch of people while surfing there that have said that.
Grew up surfing Sebastien, you got it right. Glad I got some epic sessions before it changed, but it's still a fun wave, first peak just doesn't work as good.
There was a wave in Jacksonville Beach Florida that was only temporary while the pier was being rebuilt. A little right hander on the north side popped up when they had a metal pier with construction equipment built next to the pier. When they took it all down the wave disappeared. It was surprisingly consistent for being all sand.
Hardings road in Napier used to break from the “port” to perfume point regularly upto 5-6 foot. Until the local port kept expanding via land reclamation and break waters. Now it may have a surfable wave of once or twice a year.
the footage of hobgood surfing northern baja that you lifted from secret machine is not from harry's. I believe my eyes wont dry, brian connely has harrys footage.
El slammo is one of them. They added rocks along the rock wall (decreasing beach width) and extended the jetty infront of the spot (decreasing the swell window). Additionally, the beach replenishment projects added sand and increased the shoaling effects in front of the wave. RIP
Would be interesting to do one on the best made waves i.e artificial reefs, not sure if there is any good ones out there though from what I've researched they don't seem to last long.
La Barceloneta, most constant, famous and quality wave in barcelona was destroyed just to make piers for end with the movments of sand. (Better beaches for tourists) Right now only brakes with potent swells but in the mediterranean sea that doesnt happen often😅
umm, we cannot stop them from building they have all the control. sucks but thats reality. they will build harbors they will build whatever they want and do whatever they want. they dont surf they dont care.
I'm surprised you didn't put the waves around Nias that were lost in the 2005 earthquake, a few months after the 2004 Ache earthquake that created the infamous tsunami. The reefs were lifted a few meters. The same happened at the Kaikora New Zealand earthquake and a couple of epic waves were lost. Also Dunedin New Zealand at Blackhead beach didn't lose the wave, but it ruined the wave because of a quarry. The wave was that good in the 80s, that the local shaper Graham Carse named his boards Quarry Beach.
Shackleford Banks. Used to be a world class, heavy, empty wave right by the inlet, but the entire point got dug away because of a shipping route that isn't even used anymore.
Check out Sandside beach , Scotland , radioactive particles in the sand , from an accident at Dounreay nuclear power plant , Not recommended to surf there ! ☢✌🙏
One of Hawai'is best summer breaks was "drainpipes" . South and east of Hilo on yhe big island was in direct path of any south swell. Also open to East , tradewind swell. Got fairly big too. Usually big az.or bigger than any other summer spot. I never saw it close out , and surfed it for several years until lava flow cover the entire reef. Creating maybe 200 yards more of land. Surged 2 spots on the last days of existance. Lefts in Kalapana and the A+ drainpipes. Natural and organic , but still hurts. Miss those gnarly big right hand slabs. RIP ol friend.......
Back in the mid 1960’s I surfed a place called Point Cartwright on the Sunshine Coast of Australia that no longer exists due to the construction of a boat harbour. I’ve seen a wave there a few years back but it wasn’t a patch on the old days!
A couple of Spots no longer are Oil piers in northern Ventura County, California and Stanley's same area. I never got to surf Stanley's not old enough but did surf oil piers a bit. Really good on wind swells.
You can add Jupiter inlet Florida to the list. 2020 the "Dune Extension" project cover the sand bar and is to deep to break. This also elevated the beach 20-25ft high. Great place for kid and beginners. I also surf Sea bass in the late 90s was an epic wave, 1st and mostly 2nd peak, lol. I was grom back then.
I think there's a documentary called The Destruction of Killer Dana. It's on RUclips. So sad that development ruined this iconic wave. I wish I could've experienced it. 😢
Having grown up in Dan Point.... after the harbor was built- I can't bear to watch that movie. No longer live there, but used to stand on the cliffs on a good swell and wish, watch the lines roll up to the point and die a sad, never realized life at the breakwater.
Amigo you forgot Garbage Hole the perfect barreling right hander right across the Ala Wai canal from Ala Moana on Oahu's South Shore. I'm dating myself here but it was ruined by the construction of Magic Island in the early 60's
Man,even last week in Jardim Do Mar in Madeira Island the Greatest Swell of The last 20 years,was breaking 12,15(some bigger) foot Perfect Bombs. Just check "Surfing The Swell of The Decade in Madeira Island/ Von Froth", just 3 days ago. Man,you gonna have the surprise of your life seing those perfect Massive Bombs. Puts hawaii to shame. And 3 days ago and still the Best Big Waves site in Europe and being with Hawaii the 2 Best Big Waves sites in the world. PS: Nazaré is Another subject.
Hey mate!! Yes, I did see that, although I don't think that happens very often! And yeah, that's not for me that spot, would have loved to have surfed it back in the days before the wall was built though!!
@@DanHarmon123 it was only to say that Jardim do Mar Still Breaks,and better than Ever under the right conditions. I go there 3 times a year,and it never disappoints. Not with a swell like this one,but still the best Big Waves spot outside Hawaii.
Total clickbait.... mistitled and ill researched ! This guy doesnt give a damn about the intelligence of his viewers. He's just throwing absolute garbage out there !
Hey Adam. You do know you're talking directly to me when you comment on this? Sorry, you don't like the content, but you don't have to watch! I hope you can find some other channels you like :)
@@DanHarmon123 Thats fair enough.... but instead of telling your viewers to "go somewhere else", if they are disappointed in your content.... how about taking some responsibility for your garbage content instead, and actually DOING something about it ! Like putting out some decent content that your viewership deserves !?
Lloyd’s beach in wilmette Illinois on Lake Michigan. Great left hand point off of a small jetty - they filled in the beach with rocks to prevent erosion and ruined the wave.
Just above Guero Negro in Baja.I haven’t seen the sign for it in 30 years. I guess it’s Rosalallita. Or something like that. Any chance you surfed there. We used to go there before it had a breakwater. Just a big sand point. I’m just pointing out that we as humans destroy stuff and create at the same speed. Like how we are destroying the oceans with plastic but creating a new island in the sea. Hope to see you there. I’ll build a breakwater so there’s surf. I’ll point it out so everyone comes and drops in too!
Petacalco in Mexico used to have world class waves from 6’ to 30’. It died in 1975 after a hurricane demolished the sand bars, which never recovered. Probably due to the dam on the Rio Balsas, and other coastal structures.
Me again. There's a couple barrier islands in the Gulf on Florida's west coast that can get epic. It just takes a lot of variables to happen. I've seen 6-8' barreling right-handers from a massive cold front swell that only worked for about an hour and a half before the wind turned hard NW and blew it into slop. I've seen many tropical storm and hurricane swells on Florida's west coast that where world class waves. But again even in a best case scenario...if you don't live within a quick drive to the beach the odds of ever really scoring it aren't that good. Add to that the area with the barrier islands is a known hammerhead breeding ground and the best spots are around the passes between the islands so the currents are bad and sharky as it gets. Matter of fact...the place sucks.... don't go there ! Lol !
Piha, New Zealand. Once Pealed the length of the entirety of south piha but due to the construction of a water drain and dune restoration the banks only extremely rarely align for a couple days every couple years to produce something similar to how it used to be.
Piha's change is more so because of the billions of tons of sand that have drifted north from the Manukau bar over the last couple decades and buried the entire coastline. The drain/stream diversion, dune planting and carparks etc definitely didn't help but the main culprit is all the sand, sometimes you can walk around Lion at low tide now it's insane!
@@DanHarmon123 & others: hard to pinpoint cause(s) but most of our west coast is losing sand, erosion is real. I would like to see some sand replenishing projects as they (we..) do in the Netherlands and create some super banks all over the West coast. Surf Break Protection Society Aotearoa New Zealand fights the good fight here to protect existing surfbreaks.
The best wave of brazil was destroied years ago due to a construction of a port. The surfers comunitie tried to save it, even some politicians got involved, but its gone now
Aloha. I started surfing at San Onofre, SoCal in 1958. I was in the small group who rode Dana Point and Dana Cove until the last day it btoke during the breakwater construction. What a great spot. They ruined a classic beach environment. Ive lived on the Big Island of Hawaii since '80. Prior to the major eruption of Kilauea in the late 80's the surf spot known as Drainpipes at Kalapana was epic. The entire area was covered in lava. Great video. Keep them coming. Aloha.
Seen roads and car parks built between Scarborough and Triggs turn year round banks into a 4 ,5 kilometer close out .They changed Trigg Island to Trigg through stabilizing sand dunes,Stirling Shire should have to make banks at night with teams of bobcats as compensation.Also fund Wave Parks ,free surfing 👍🤔🏄♂️
I surfed killer Dana as a kid. Also destroyed was one of the most incredible rocky intertidal environments on the SoCal coast. Dana Point - awesome surfing and tidepooling lost to rich boat owners.
I’m sorry to report that the video of Damien Hobgood from Globe’s Secret Machine surfing Harry’s is actually not Harry’s but a pretty fickle wave south of Harry’s for those of you who know the area😉. I don’t think there is much video footage of Harry’s, mostly photos of the Long Brothers charging it years ago…
As soon as you mentioned, Sebastien Inlet, my eyes and ears lit up. I’ll tell you what, that place(SI) was wicked back in the 80s. It’s still pretty good though most people don’t realize that. I live close to SI and imo is still one of the premier spots. you just have to wait for the right swell direction, Like anywhere in Florida, you always have to wait for favorable conditions and then you may get the best waves and that’s true no matter where you go. You’ll always get a nugget if you’re on top of it. That’s the true story Sebastien Inlet. I saw it firing perfect barrel off first peak just a couple months back. Not exactly like it used to be, there has been a change to the sandbar it is a bit different it’s not the same wave, but it is still a phenomenal wave!!
Hey guys! Enjoy this Ep! Please let me know of any more lost waves, or waves that could be under threat!!
It’s the powers that be are the goofy ones! God can go either left or right equally well! Lol
Pelican (Laguna on map) Point on the Pt. Mugu Naval Air Base apparently no longer works like it did before more rocks were added to the breakwater, in front of missile engine testing silos. However there are now must better waves about 150m to the NW.
Check out Big Island of Hawaii, we lost a lot of good waves in the Kalapana, and Pohoiki area due to lava flows from Kilauea volcano
I remember a Surfer magazine article back in the 90s that predicted which world class waves would be the first to go because of rising sea levels. The article also talked about how those reefs had taken thousands of years to form and shape to create the world class waves and that higher sea levels would not just create new great waves
Great video, as well as the one about Sentinel Island. Thanks! The big island lost several spots too due to the volcano eruptions.
I'm no conspiracy theorist, but... these are all right handers and as a natural footer, I'm starting to think God is goofy.
God giveth, and man taketh away.
Hahahah 😂
No man just likes to get involved and mess nature up
@@wayne5741That's right. There was a storm, high winds and powerful waves. The disciples were in a boat scared that it was going to sink when Jesus shredded up to them. Jesus was stoked and gave Peter a surf lesson. Peter stood up on his first wave, then got scared again and floundered and Jesus had to rescue him. End of sesh.
Occy, the son of Huey, is also goofy... As am I.
We've lost epic waves on the Big Island of Hawaii due to natural lava flows...the most devastating loss being multiple breaks at a place called Po'hi'iki...those breaks are now under 40 feet of basalt
Wow!! That's a pretty interesting one! Still such a shame but at least it happened naturally? Rather than getting buried under a massive sea wall!
and of course, drainpipes, at harry brown state park. a truely world class wave.
Indeed...that was a big loss@@donh3590
That was my home break spent my teenage years down there almost every weekend and so many mornings before school😢 I can see it in my mind clear as day when I close my eyes. It reminds of how my uncles all talked about surfing drainpipes down in Kalapana back in the 80s
I spent 9 amazing years surfing those breaks@@anonnon7207
Trying to save waves raises some novel issues about surfing solidarity vs. localism. The potential difficulty/hypocrisy/humiliation faced by hostile local surfers of fiercely guarded spots, who have tried to shield 'their' waves from fame and intimidate visiting surfers, suddenly having to initiate a PR charm offensive or 'rebrand' themselves and 'their' spot's reputation to try and garner wider support beyond the local community in order to raise 'their' spot's profile to collectively try and fight it's destruction (or protect its status as a 'surfing reserve') is pretty interesting.
Hey mate!! Yeah, that's an interesting point actually. I won't name any places, but there are some super famous areas/breaks which have always been (and still are) localized but as soon as there's a threat for them to be taken away, you start seeing and hearing about it all over the internet!
Might be an oversimplified view in my opinion. From these cases a few sound accidental, as in they built a wall or repaired a jetty not knowing or not caring that it will kill a wave. Others like building a Harbor, well you can pull all the sweet eyes you want the people behind it want to make money and don’t care about your feelings. So from place to place localism can be a factor, I think places where locals are just dicks then it might. However, take a place like Hawaii that has heavy localism and justifiably so, yet if you want to break something on that reef to build something unnecessary and you will not have to deal with surfers but the whole island. Some places don’t care about their environment and don’t seem to be bothered by the fact they are surrounded by garbage while other cultures are raised to care deeply about their environment. Hawaii is one of those places hence why theirs always the conflict between greedy capitalists who want to tear down forests and close down a beach to build a golf resort and make a few bucks versus the locals who don’t want their land transformed into garbage like so many other places.
Preach. Look at the what’s going on with lunada bay in LA and the lawsuit there. There may be precedent set in California courts refuting localism as it prevents public access to public beaches. The cities and cities lifeguards who endorse this through inaction or indifference, will pay hefty fines.
F'n Harry's. People I thought were friends in the SD lineups in the 1990s wouldn't give me the time of day after I asked about that spot. I would never have had the opportunity to surf Harry's why should I care that it's now gone? Good riddance.
That's a very novel comment. It catches the irony, and can create a great debate 👍
I grew up I Naples Florida I would surf Sabastan when Kelly slater was surfing it we’re actually the same age I’ve been in the line up with him at sabatian inlet back in 1985 last time I surfed it it was amazing
I grew up in Fort Myers, I was born in 85, but surfed the inlet late 90's through to when they did the construction, sad, some of my most memorable waves came off of first peak.
You didn't mention the other famous waves lost in Southern California, Stanley's Dinner and Oil Piers. Lost to construction of the 101 Fwy, Stanley's could be a picture perfect right. There were days there when the waves were see-through as they barreled over your head. The place that used to be Stanley's is now part of the 101 FWY North of Ventura and just South of La Conchita. Oil piers was just North of where Stanley's used to be and survived for a while longer. It could be a super steep barrel with the right swell (North East). Finally lost when the piers were removed. The loss of the piers meant the sand would not build up anymore, so no wave.
Hey mate!! Yeah, I didn't know about those breaks, but thank you so much for the info!!
Stanley's was classic, a clean rock bottom beach break. A go-to Ventura coast spot surfable year round. Big hang out in the 60s-70s. Loved it.
Very interesting video, even with the discouraging content.
May I suggest the addition of Garbage Holes in Honolulu? A right that was destroyed by the construction of Magic Island.
Thank you!! Yeah interesting, but sad all the same. Thanks for the info, hadn't heard of that one, but will do some reading!!
South west rocks Australia
Where the old jail sits they built a breakwall so they could bring in prisoners
They totally destroyed an amazing point break
Hey Dan! I know you have been to Ecuador im the past but you never got to surf San Mateo. San Mateo used to be a tremendously long left hand point break, something similar to Chicama. But a huge jetty was built in the middle of the wave and something interesting happened. It created 3 waves: 1) the beginning of the old San Mateo left hand point break, 2) a great bodyboard right hander wedge and 3) a heavy barrel left hander now called El Faro (the lighthouse) because the jetty has a lighthouse on it. I have to say that from all 3 waves, El Faro is actually the best one, sick tricky barrel.
Hey mate!! Wow, so this was a positive outcome? Sound sick though!!
2 waves Drain pipes in Kalapana.
Petacalco. I understand that 8 or so years ago it started breaking again for a while, but was nothing like what it was before the port of Lázaro Cárdenas was built. In the 70's it was incredible; I came closer to dying there than before or since. I remember being mid face on a 15-20' hawaiian estimated wave and feeling gravel hitting my rail, almost like being in a cement barrel!
Wow!! That's so gnarly! And what a shame...
Agreed,we got 2 weeks of classic Petacalco in 1974. As hollow and powerful as Puerto Escondido, but instead of one or two makeable waves per set, virtually ALL of them were makeable. In 56 years of surfing, best waves I’ve ridden. The incredible shape and hollowness remained constant from 5 to 15+ feet…never seen anything like it.
I remember how hard it was to get out of the water. You'd be like 4' from shore but over your head and the beating of those rocks and gravel.....brutal.
@@thomasryan5681 Yup. And adding to that was this rediculous rip right there coming down from the poiint making it super difficult to even make it to the beach!
Surfed it in 96, was only about 3 ft. Got a couple of bigger ones about 4 ft, they were lefts. A mate took a photo of one and it was nearly double overhead. Was like I was taking a radical drop the whole way, lucky I made both waves. Was on a 7'6 Hawaiin gun. Was scary at that size , don't know if I'd want a bar of it at real size. The water an sand was real dark aswell, next to the biggest river in mex I think
Sebastian inlet was at one time the premier spot in Florida and yes this is the spot where Kelly really got noticed back before he was even a teenager along with many many others too many too mention here Monster hole on the south can still hold its own especially on the bigger north swells but as far as the jetty is concerned the bounce off the jetty is Completely different gone and they of coarse promised that it wouldn't affect it one bit which was a complete lie and they knew it Sad state of affairs but we should expect this from our governments Thanks for sharing as always Dan the Man Be well and Safe Travels 👍🤙
Hey mate!! Hope ya well! Yeah, such a tragic story this one! Looked so fun back in the day!!
I grew up surfing all over Florida. Sebastian inlet in the 1980's was truly a great break ! It's nothing at all like it was. There's an island in the Gulf of Mexico called Captiva and it too back in the 80's was one of the best kept secrets in Florida's surfing history. There used to be all these little mini jetties the army corp of engineers installed in an attempt to retain the coastline. There where great little waves around these "dogbone" jetties and a few spots like "the Nut Hut" and the "Rocks" and even a legit point like righthander off a set of pilings that extended out 150' ! I was out at that spot and watched a surfer get barreled twice and did countless cutbacks on a shoulder high wave that peeled perfectly for well over 300 yards ! In the Gulf Of Mexico no less ! That whole islands surf spots were destroyed in the early to mid 90's when the army corp removed all the structures and turned the entire island into a dumpy shorebreak for years before it was even half way surfable again.
Hey mate!! Wow, that's insane! I didn't even know there were waves in that area haha!! Thats an interesting one-a wave that was man-made, but then also destroyed!!
Many waves around the globe have been destroyed by work done to benefit the recreational boating sector, and no one else. Money talks.
I remember when I was in new Zealand they were going to rebuild the seawall near kaikoura spot called mangamanu. Its similar to Rincon, goes along a road, right hand point break. They had a group called save mangamanu, not sure what happened since tho its been a few years.
The construction was due to one of the earthquakes they had that was really bad. They were saying it slid on alot of the one quite scenic roads that you can travel up the coast on. Think it took years to recover and get rebuilt. Kaikoura had a similar if not the same earthquake where they had an uplift event that lifted some of the shoreline up about a meter. Similar to the recent earthquake in japan from what i’ve heard.
The sad thing about Sebastian Inlet is they did a study saying the new jetty would not destroy the wave/wedge.
I was a lifeguard there when the construction was going on. One day they started putting rocks at the end of the jetty that stuck out to the north that in my opinion effectively blocked most swell angles from hitting the top of the jetty and forming the side wave that resulted in a powerful wedge with waves behind it.
Another issue is it appears there is now too much sand along the jetty that makes any wedges(which are now much smaller and weaker) coming off the jetty closeouts.
Sebastian. Was amazin in70s… miss that place..
We slept in cars.. and surf A.Frames❤❤❤
I grew up and still live in Sebastian. I never knew what we had till it was already gone. While the Army Corps of Engineers ruined our local wedge there's still Monster Hole on the south jetty. Side note: reading Barbarian Days is what inspired me to make the paddle out for Monster Hole when it's on.
Hey mate!! Epic, good to know you still have something fun to surf! And yeah what a book!!
Killer Dana...
Still BREAKS! HOW you Say....
If you walk along the Cliff/bluff area from where the pier is/was.
To the junction of the breakwater and end of cliff/bluff. On a Low tide and 5 foot Plus West/Northwest or North swell
The Outer most point of Killer Dana picks up a No Non sense right hander for a Quick ride before kicking out near exposed
rocks. Look up Surfing Killer Dana and you'll See this wave being surfed.
FYI I was surfing started 1966 got to SEE Killer Dana, But Got to surf Doheny which was really Awesome! the next break
south of Killer Dana. But Alas, They DREGED the Rivermouth at Doheny and to this day still Never recovered.
Damn It! Governments and Real estate idiots Leave the Ocean BE!
Mr Killingsworth
67 year old surfer Dude
Greed and Property Development destroyed Bruces end of story
Durban South Africa’s Bay of Plenty lost its place as one of the best beach breaks in the world. It could hold a big swell and celebrated a high performance right hander. On a high tide a reasonable swell would provide a powerful left hander that would break closer in and run towards a cement block groin. In the early eighties the city council decided to replace the groin with its now modern day pier. For this to happen there needed to be a 25 meter shift of the new construction into this left hand bowl break. It changed the wave profile completely. Just for the record the infamous Bay of Plenty was home to a group of surf grommets who literally changed the face of surfing globally. Shaun and Michael Tompson( Heard of them? ) Bruce Jackson, Kevin Todd, Jeremy Yates, Paul Naude, Mike Larmont, Spider Murphy, Max Wettland, to name a few. This was also the beach to host with its neighboring beach the first Gunstons . World class surfers, surfing world class waves at the Bay. Sadly all just a memory. 😢
Add Martin Potter to that list, plus many more..
@@anthonythomas4541 totally mate🌴
Dana Point Raised
The harbor ruined more than just KD’s
It changed the way swell moves into the local beach breaks and how sand moves around. Certain waves were much better back in the day I was always told growing up.
Pretty cool to talk to some of the local legends who got to surf it before it was taken from them. What an incredible experience they had while it lasted
Yeah the entire capo bay is weirded out I’m sure it used to break in there
Wow!! it's crazy it has such a drastic effect on the surrounding breaks also! Yeah, I bet they'd have some wicked stories!!
😢 I was there with the legends. Aloha.
RE Sebastian Inlet was also impacted allot by the sand renourishment projects that the Govt started to do in the early 2000s. Hotel companies and Rich homeowners lobbied the government to implement a beach renourishment a repeating project that now has become the norm, every 3-5 years they dump sand on the beaches. Unfortunately for the entire Coast in Florida this is now the norm. Not only has Sebastian Inlet been ruined but also numerous breaks like Reef Road in South FL. Sand renourishment was not even a concept in Florida up until the early 2000s in short the rich homeowners wanted a bailout from the taxpayer and the hotels wanted the small number of reefs that we have to be covered up so that swimmers could swim without scratching their feet. Sebastian Inlet was ruined initially by that jetty reconstruction but also with the numerous sand projects over the years
Hey mate!! Wow, how sad!! Thanks for giving us some more insights into that! Super interesting! :)
Howzit. Saffa here. Bruces is more over a casualty development. The housing has basically stopped the sand from filling in the gaps between the rocks along the point. Still breaks, but not as it did. Thanks for your segment.
It’s not nearly the same anymore, but when it’s on it’s always so fun
Hey mate!! Epic! Thanks for the info! Ahhh ok, so it's more because of the homes that were built!
@@DanHarmon123 Correct - also in South Africa: the Bay of Plenty in Durban used to be a lot better before they changed the piers, however apparently New Pier next door improved a lot at the same time...
When they built the harbour in St Francis they destroyed 69s
Drain Pipes Big Island 🏝️ Hawaii”sClassic world class south swell , barrel off the drop perfect powerful and epic right hand channel…Gone
Left Point , Kaimu Bay where I first started my lifetime He’enalu gone
Pohoiki .. miss that place shacks left was insane , hollow shallow , punishing… 2nd bay… right Point perfection to improve down the line skills, Vanna, Manta Rays, Tigers , Honu, ..
gone…
Lava covers many things
But the legend begins
Aloha
6:43. What is that?
Yeah how insane is that lay back stall!!
Subliminal
Infinity Point in Puerto Rico right on the entrance of san juan bay
Thanks for the info mate!!
What I don’t get is, why do these Manyakk Land Developers seemingly ALWAYS choose a site where exists a legendary surf spot to build their damn projects! I mean there are countless miles of shitty break breaks to build on, why destroy precious rarities of nature???🧐🤔
Confirmed. 1st Peak Sebastian was destroyed. Slater and whole crop of Surfers made it on the World Tour because of that wave. No Wave. No moe Floridian World Tour Surfers. Confirmed.
Isla Blanca Beach at South Padre Island. Hurricane hitting Tampico in 1998. Surfed 6-8ft waves inside the turning basin behind the beach. The swell direction was only good at that spot for about 2 hours as it was going right between the jetties. Moved over to the 3rd sandbar when the inside swell direction changed. There was a group of 6 of us that kept looking out to and seeing huge waves breaking maybe a mile out past the channel markers. We paddled out and it was epic! Biggest surf I've ever ridden outside of Hawaii. 15+ft faces. It was incredible! Never saw it like that again while I lived down there.
I'm a Florida local, Sebastian Inlet still breaks but needs a good swell to work...many people now see NSB and Satellite beach as some of the best/most consistent breaks in East Florida. Sebastian inlet was definitely better during Slater's beginnings but still can offer a decent wave every once in a while.
À wave in Morocco name imsouane bay. Still there but not the same because of the Japanese pear
Ahhh ok!! I've heard of that wave (never been there though), but didn't know it had been effected by the pier!!
Many waves on the big island of hawaii have been destroyed by lava (drainpipes, dead trees, shacks, bowls, secrets). Also RIP 'The Machine" Nias.
Damn! Thanks for the info mate!!
I live in Florida and I was wondering if Sebastian inlet would be on the list. Used to get pretty good and even small days would break. It definitely sucks now. My local area sucks as well now due to beach restoration constantly being done. Florida already is terrible but they made it even worse.
That is true about Brevard county and the beach restoration.
I think this also hurts whats left of the old Sebastian inlet wedge as all the sand naturally flows to the south pilling up on the jetty making it way too shallow anywhere near the jetty so when a wedge happens it just closes out.
Perhaps if they had a pumphouse like in Palm Beach that pumped some of that sand from the Northside to the southside. If done properly it would help the erosion problem in Indian River county and evenakr Monserer Hole better.
Monster hole is not as good as it once was thanks to the dredging of the inlet. If you look at pictures from the late 60s through the 70s, it was an A frame that the right would peel all the way into the inlet almost to the bridge on a big day, now that sand of course gets dredged frequently.
Yep, Florida East coast has lost a nice wave. I remember going down after school in the 1970's hoping to catch an offshore hour or so without the crowds of the weekend. I suppose Spanish House still breaks but now I am farther south. I use to go on down to Ft. Pierce North Jetty then too. It was nice and could be a lonely place on the off day of the week. Now North Jetty is 100 surfers in the water even in an average 3-4 swell. Weekend crowds can be just insane.
Yeah, it's a solid bag!! Good shout on the pool noodles and yeah never trust those guys hahah...
This video reminded me of the Save Trestles campaign back in the early 2000's where they were going to build that toll road. Glad that was stopped. Also I've heard Malibu isn't nearly as good as it used to be due to the lagoon restoration cutting off sand flow that used to groom the cobblestone point. Can't confirm that, but I've talked with a bunch of people while surfing there that have said that.
Grew up surfing Sebastien, you got it right. Glad I got some epic sessions before it changed, but it's still a fun wave, first peak just doesn't work as good.
We lost Cabedelo in Oporto, Portugal in begining 2000's with the construction of a peer.
Hurricane Sandy ruined casino pier.
In ocean county, New Jersey.
Southside, southside and northside are nothing like they used to be.
A moment of silence in remembrance
Stanley's in North Ventura, buried under the highway ... early 70's
You forgot Nias. The reef changed when the earthquake happened and the wave became much less hollow
There was a wave in Jacksonville Beach Florida that was only temporary while the pier was being rebuilt. A little right hander on the north side popped up when they had a metal pier with construction equipment built next to the pier. When they took it all down the wave disappeared. It was surprisingly consistent for being all sand.
Hardings road in Napier used to break from the “port” to perfume point regularly upto 5-6 foot. Until the local port kept expanding via land reclamation and break waters. Now it may have a surfable wave of once or twice a year.
the footage of hobgood surfing northern baja that you lifted from secret machine is not from harry's. I believe my eyes wont dry, brian connely has harrys footage.
If you do a sequel to this clip add Stanley's in California or Democrat Point on Long Island.
that isnt footage of harrys. that is footage of salsipuedes which still stands. there were only pictures of harrys, and yes, it was world class.
El slammo is one of them. They added rocks along the rock wall (decreasing beach width) and extended the jetty infront of the spot (decreasing the swell window). Additionally, the beach replenishment projects added sand and increased the shoaling effects in front of the wave. RIP
Total bummer. What about Skelly's?
That sucks!!
Kirra has been working a fair bit over the last couple of years. Few times like its glory days
Funny how it's ok to change coastal shores for business but nut not shape coastal shorelines with reefs or contours hmmm
Would be interesting to do one on the best made waves i.e artificial reefs, not sure if there is any good ones out there though from what I've researched they don't seem to last long.
Les Cavaliers in Anglet that lost its former glory due to the construction of the jetties
La Barceloneta, most constant, famous and quality wave in barcelona was destroyed just to make piers for end with the movments of sand. (Better beaches for tourists) Right now only brakes with potent swells but in the mediterranean sea that doesnt happen often😅
Do you know what year this happened?
Damn!! Seen some crazy photos of that place I think, from a while ago!!
Arround the 2000 due the olímpics of 92'@@mwrr25
@@DanHarmon123yes around the 2000, with the olímpics 1992 they made all the beach project
i do surf bruces when it works and on its day it still can hold big barrels but it is very seldom and hard to predict.
Mundaka was trashed when they dredged it after an oil spill and doesn't break anything like what it did in the noughties.
here in reunion island we have several surfspots that no longer exists due to shoreline buildings such as harbor walls and filling
umm, we cannot stop them from building they have all the control. sucks but thats reality. they will build harbors they will build whatever they want and do whatever they want. they dont surf they dont care.
Yeah, it is a terrible shame!!
I'm surprised you didn't put the waves around Nias that were lost in the 2005 earthquake, a few months after the 2004 Ache earthquake that created the infamous tsunami. The reefs were lifted a few meters. The same happened at the Kaikora New Zealand earthquake and a couple of epic waves were lost. Also Dunedin New Zealand at Blackhead beach didn't lose the wave, but it ruined the wave because of a quarry. The wave was that good in the 80s, that the local shaper Graham Carse named his boards Quarry Beach.
Hey mate!! Yeah for sure, I should have included those!! Have heard of the Kaikoura wave changing also! Thanks heaps for the extra info :)
Shackleford Banks. Used to be a world class, heavy, empty wave right by the inlet, but the entire point got dug away because of a shipping route that isn't even used anymore.
Damn! What a shame!!
Check out Sandside beach , Scotland , radioactive particles in the sand , from an accident at Dounreay nuclear power plant , Not recommended to surf there ! ☢✌🙏
Hi mate! Yes, I've heard of that place actually!! Haven't surfed it, but I think people still do!?
One of Hawai'is best summer breaks was "drainpipes" . South and east of Hilo on yhe big island was in direct path of any south swell. Also open to East , tradewind swell. Got fairly big too. Usually big az.or bigger than any other summer spot. I never saw it close out , and surfed it for several years until lava flow cover the entire reef. Creating maybe 200 yards more of land. Surged 2 spots on the last days of existance. Lefts in Kalapana and the A+ drainpipes. Natural and organic , but still hurts. Miss those gnarly big right hand slabs. RIP ol friend.......
Hey Steve, we still smashface lefts!
Yeah, a few people have said this!! Such a crazy occurrence!!
Back in the mid 1960’s I surfed a place called Point Cartwright on the Sunshine Coast of Australia that no longer exists due to the construction of a boat harbour. I’ve seen a wave there a few years back but it wasn’t a patch on the old days!
Sick!! Sounds like there are so many cases of this around the world!!
A couple of Spots no longer are Oil piers in northern Ventura County, California and Stanley's same area. I never got to surf Stanley's not old enough but did surf oil piers a bit. Really good on wind swells.
I surfed Stanley's in 69. I think freeway construction buried it the next year...
@@MrIsomer I remember hearing stories from my friend's father about surfing Stanley's. Yep Freeway ruined it.
Oil piers. Blast from the past.
@@missinglinq It used to get fun there
Drainpipes on the Big Island of Hawaii no longer exists
Hey mate!! Ahhh ok, I'll have a look into that one! What happened to it?
@@DanHarmon123 Kiluea eruption from the 90s.
My friends and I were locals at the Drain in 1975, 1976. The Drainpipe was a world class wave.
in France we have an association for Surfing wave protection ; sad to see we have lost this world rare surfing waves .
ruclips.net/video/IaqZqniQY6k/видео.html&ab_channel=EndlessWinterMovie
Lava flows on the Big Island
You can add Jupiter inlet Florida to the list. 2020 the "Dune Extension" project cover the sand bar and is to deep to break. This also elevated the beach 20-25ft high. Great place for kid and beginners. I also surf Sea bass in the late 90s was an epic wave, 1st and mostly 2nd peak, lol. I was grom back then.
Interesting subject.
The 4 post bed was a poor choice for the video.
Thank you! Haha, yeah I wouldn't have chosen it, but working on a tight budget, means the studio and my room are the same thing haha ;)
I think there's a documentary called The Destruction of Killer Dana. It's on RUclips. So sad that development ruined this iconic wave. I wish I could've experienced it. 😢
Hey Adam!! Ahhh yes, I did actually watch a bit of that, while researching for this video! Very interesting, but such a shame! :(
Having grown up in Dan Point.... after the harbor was built- I can't bear to watch that movie. No longer live there, but used to stand on the cliffs on a good swell and wish, watch the lines roll up to the point and die a sad, never realized life at the breakwater.
Amigo you forgot Garbage Hole the perfect barreling right hander right across the Ala Wai canal from Ala Moana on Oahu's South Shore. I'm dating myself here but it was ruined by the construction of Magic Island in the early 60's
Half moon bay use to have a amazing wave but got ruined by the harbor it went into the cove on south swells and from what I heard was mind blowing
Ahhh damn! Yeah, a few people have said this actually!
Alot going on in Chile at the moment to try & stop waves being lost.
Ahhh damn! Any famous breaks (that you're ok to name) under threat??
Gaza Strip beachies...
Man,even last week in Jardim Do Mar in Madeira Island the Greatest Swell of The last 20 years,was breaking 12,15(some bigger) foot Perfect Bombs.
Just check "Surfing The Swell of The Decade in Madeira Island/ Von Froth", just 3 days ago.
Man,you gonna have the surprise of your life seing those perfect Massive Bombs. Puts hawaii to shame.
And 3 days ago and still the Best Big Waves site in Europe and being with Hawaii the 2 Best Big Waves sites in the world.
PS: Nazaré is Another subject.
Hey mate!! Yes, I did see that, although I don't think that happens very often! And yeah, that's not for me that spot, would have loved to have surfed it back in the days before the wall was built though!!
@@DanHarmon123 it was only to say that Jardim do Mar Still Breaks,and better than Ever under the right conditions.
I go there 3 times a year,and it never disappoints. Not with a swell like this one,but still the best Big Waves spot outside Hawaii.
Ur full of it.. Sure hawaii and Europe have great big waves, so do australia, north america and south america.
Good show bud!.Can you do a history of breaks created by man. Wedge, Humboldt harbour, and tons of jetties and or other examples.
Stoked you enjoyed it and thanks for the idea mate!! Will definitely make something like that in the future!!
@@DanHarmon123 such a hard job to create a wave but we have been successful at times, unintended maybe but lessons can be learnt.
Total clickbait.... mistitled and ill researched !
This guy doesnt give a damn about the intelligence of his viewers.
He's just throwing absolute garbage out there !
Hey Adam. You do know you're talking directly to me when you comment on this? Sorry, you don't like the content, but you don't have to watch! I hope you can find some other channels you like :)
@@DanHarmon123 Thats fair enough.... but instead of telling your viewers to "go somewhere else", if they are disappointed in your content.... how about taking some responsibility for your garbage content instead, and actually DOING something about it ! Like putting out some decent content that your viewership deserves !?
Lloyd’s beach in wilmette Illinois on Lake Michigan. Great left hand point off of a small jetty - they filled in the beach with rocks to prevent erosion and ruined the wave.
Doña Ana in Costa Rica, epic left hand point break. Lost in early 80s to construction of port nearby which shifted the sand.
Bruces has had a few epic days of late...last swell was September
Epic to hear it is still alive!!
When Mexico builds breakwaters sometimes it makes a perfect wave.
Santa Rosalalia harbour is a one up for surfers. ☝️
Really? In Ensenada?
Just above Guero Negro in Baja.I haven’t seen the sign for it in 30 years.
I guess it’s Rosalallita. Or something like that.
Any chance you surfed there. We used to go there before it had a breakwater. Just a big sand point.
I’m just pointing out that we as humans destroy stuff and create at the same speed. Like how we are destroying the oceans with plastic but creating a new island in the sea. Hope to see you there. I’ll build a breakwater so there’s surf.
I’ll point it out so everyone comes and drops in too!
South Narrabeen 😆
Petacalco in Mexico used to have world class waves from 6’ to 30’. It died in 1975 after a hurricane demolished the sand bars, which never recovered. Probably due to the dam on the Rio Balsas, and other coastal structures.
Me again. There's a couple barrier islands in the Gulf on Florida's west coast that can get epic. It just takes a lot of variables to happen. I've seen 6-8' barreling right-handers from a massive cold front swell that only worked for about an hour and a half before the wind turned hard NW and blew it into slop. I've seen many tropical storm and hurricane swells on Florida's west coast that where world class waves. But again even in a best case scenario...if you don't live within a quick drive to the beach the odds of ever really scoring it aren't that good. Add to that the area with the barrier islands is a known hammerhead breeding ground and the best spots are around the passes between the islands so the currents are bad and sharky as it gets. Matter of fact...the place sucks.... don't go there ! Lol !
What about Petacalco?
In south Florida Jupiter inlet doesn’t run anymore due to dredging for construction projects
Piha, New Zealand. Once Pealed the length of the entirety of south piha but due to the construction of a water drain and dune restoration the banks only extremely rarely align for a couple days every couple years to produce something similar to how it used to be.
Piha's change is more so because of the billions of tons of sand that have drifted north from the Manukau bar over the last couple decades and buried the entire coastline. The drain/stream diversion, dune planting and carparks etc definitely didn't help but the main culprit is all the sand, sometimes you can walk around Lion at low tide now it's insane!
Ahhh no way!! I've surfed Piha loads of times, and never knew that!! Thanks for the info... what a shame!
@@DanHarmon123 & others: hard to pinpoint cause(s) but most of our west coast is losing sand, erosion is real. I would like to see some sand replenishing projects as they (we..) do in the Netherlands and create some super banks all over the West coast. Surf Break Protection Society Aotearoa New Zealand fights the good fight here to protect existing surfbreaks.
The best wave of brazil was destroied years ago due to a construction of a port. The surfers comunitie tried to save it, even some politicians got involved, but its gone now
The great Sebastian Inlet surf spot existed because of the specific features a man made jetty/pier and it disappeared for the same reasons.
Legend has it there were epic righthand sand points in Long Beach and half moon bay before the harbors were built
no lefts?
Huh?
Aloha. I started surfing at San Onofre, SoCal in 1958. I was in the small group who rode Dana Point and Dana Cove until the last day it btoke during the breakwater construction. What a great spot. They ruined a classic beach environment. Ive lived on the Big Island of Hawaii since '80. Prior to the major eruption of Kilauea in the late 80's the surf spot known as Drainpipes at Kalapana was epic. The entire area was covered in lava. Great video. Keep them coming. Aloha.
What was it like surfing killer dana?
Seen roads and car parks built between Scarborough and Triggs turn year round banks into a 4 ,5 kilometer close out .They changed Trigg Island to Trigg through stabilizing sand dunes,Stirling Shire should have to make banks at night with teams of bobcats as compensation.Also fund Wave Parks ,free surfing 👍🤔🏄♂️
Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing while I was making this video haha!!
I surfed killer Dana as a kid. Also destroyed was one of the most incredible rocky intertidal environments on the SoCal coast. Dana Point - awesome surfing and tidepooling lost to rich boat owners.
Sick! Epic you got to surf it. But yeah, what a shame!!
Pescadero point aka ghost tree woulda been a great choice for this video!
Hey mate!! Thanks for the info, I'll read up on this one!!
The wave is still there, the absurd legal language that bans pwc's is the problem.
I’m sorry to report that the video of Damien Hobgood from Globe’s Secret Machine surfing Harry’s is actually not Harry’s but a pretty fickle wave south of Harry’s for those of you who know the area😉. I don’t think there is much video footage of Harry’s, mostly photos of the Long Brothers charging it years ago…
Hey mate!! I did think that, but as you said, I couldn't find any footage! Which is understandable haha!!
As soon as you mentioned, Sebastien Inlet, my eyes and ears lit up. I’ll tell you what, that place(SI) was wicked back in the 80s. It’s still pretty good though most people don’t realize that. I live close to SI and imo is still one of the premier spots. you just have to wait for the right swell direction, Like anywhere in Florida, you always have to wait for favorable conditions and then you may get the best waves and that’s true no matter where you go. You’ll always get a nugget if you’re on top of it. That’s the true story Sebastien Inlet. I saw it firing perfect barrel off first peak just a couple months back. Not exactly like it used to be, there has been a change to the sandbar it is a bit different it’s not the same wave, but it is still a phenomenal wave!!
It looked so good back then!! Thanks for the extra info mate!!
Another wave that can't be surfed anymore is Grindavik in Iceland, which you surfed already, but now is in the volcano exclusion zone!
Ahhh yep, the most recent one!! Hopefully, the lava doesn't flow out onto the reefs there!!
Pokai bay , warc , the westside Oahu ain't the same cause of jetty wall and new boat harbor. Ruined the quality and waves in water!
Hey mate! Damn! What a shame...
Sebastian inlet used to be soooooo good, but not anymore.
Costa Rica lost a good one next to bocca Barranca. Ventura, along the freeway lost a good wave . So many 😢
Ahh damn!! Hadn't heard of that one!! Thanks for the info :)
forgot cape st. francis, epic spot!!!!!!
I though that was Bruces Beauties hahah....
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