How to be stupid in Iceland

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  • Опубликовано: 20 фев 2017
  • Black beach (Reynisfjara) is dangerous place if you are stupid. People have died when taken by the Sneaker Waves. Don't be stupid be safe. You can never be careful enough around nature.
    June 10th 2022 - Man was taken by the waves. He drowned
    On November 10th 2021 - one more person, a young woman was taken by the waves and lost here life.
    30 May 2018. Woman died at the beach
    9. janúar 2017 - Woman was taken by the waves, here husband and kids managed to save them self.
    10 February 2016 - young man was taken by the wave while his wife watched. He was not to be saved.
    2007 - Woman taken by the waves.
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  • @LucidDreamer54321
    @LucidDreamer54321 10 месяцев назад +1406

    True Story: One winter I went ice fishing and rescued a person who fell through the ice. The next winter I went ice fishing and someone rescued me after I fell through the ice. The next winter I decided not to go ice fishing.

    • @noturfather1106
      @noturfather1106 10 месяцев назад +31

      Did anyone drown that year in your spot?

    • @Stoirelius
      @Stoirelius 10 месяцев назад +49

      “It’s not a risk until it have happened to me”

    • @silotx
      @silotx 10 месяцев назад +42

      I went ice fishing that winter and no one was there to save me when I fell through the ice, my death is on your hands!

    • @ignotumperignotius630
      @ignotumperignotius630 10 месяцев назад +17

      I assume the guy who you were meant to save that winter is dead now.

    • @vincentvega5686
      @vincentvega5686 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@silotx i saw you go thru the ice but i had a fish nibbling on my line and i wanted to catch it.

  • @JUAN_KAKA
    @JUAN_KAKA 3 года назад +7878

    I like how this video could be called "Me and my family having fun on the beach."

    • @TR4R
      @TR4R 3 года назад +223

      Anywhere else in the world, it could be. Not where the water is cold as ice and waves are strong and unpredictable.

    • @thebiglarratshow3385
      @thebiglarratshow3385 3 года назад +190

      @@TR4R oh boy... 🙄 Learn to live for f sake. You can't be a wimp your entire life.
      Oh but the water is ice cold and the waves are super dooper strong oooh. Get over it it you safety Karen.

    • @blk1048
      @blk1048 3 года назад +221

      @@thebiglarratshow3385 you seem to be the only Karen around here with your ignorance lol

    • @thebigcheese2295
      @thebigcheese2295 3 года назад +112

      @@thebiglarratshow3385 this isn’t learning to live though, this is an attempt for winning a Darwin award 🤣

    • @sarahpiaggio2693
      @sarahpiaggio2693 3 года назад +199

      @@thebiglarratshow3385 3 people have died here from getting too close to the sea and being surprised by sneaker waves which swept them out to the cold and rough sea. It's known as one of the most dangerous tourist locations in Iceland. But people go there and assume it's just an average beach and "let's live a little".....

  • @wot-not
    @wot-not 2 года назад +161

    I've just come back from Iceland. We(I went on a tour) got to that beach just after three people got caught by a sneaker wave. Two men managed to stand back up and run back to the rocks, but a lady got swept out to sea!!!!. There were loads of rescue crews and an ambulance crew looking from the beach for any signs of her out in the water. Her body was found 4 hours later by the helicopter crew out at sea!
    Be very careful with your visit people!

    • @Kpaxlol
      @Kpaxlol 8 месяцев назад +2

      rip

    • @user-ij1nv8be3i
      @user-ij1nv8be3i 3 месяца назад

      No it is most certainly not your visit. It is your blatant ignorance. Do not put the blame somewhere else.
      It is not Disney World, whatever the American share holders fool you. I saw the poster 'Iceland Funpark of America '
      A beautiful country corrupted by American money grabbers. It is not at all a funpark, is it ? Never was. It is Awesome Nature.

    • @d.k.1394
      @d.k.1394 2 дня назад

      Dead???

  • @InterestingFingz
    @InterestingFingz 3 года назад +140

    I once rescued - as in literally swam into the ocean- a German tourist who underestimated our beaches here in New Zealand. Even when I was speaking German to her and telling her "gefahrlich" to get out, before I needed to strip off and swim out I was ignored. She found it all amusing. Until she was getting drowned! It was her lucky day an ex lifeguard was on the scene that day.

    • @MrMrTravman
      @MrMrTravman 3 года назад +5

      Glad you were there buddy!

    • @danlightened
      @danlightened 3 года назад +3

      I just wanted to ask, how far away from the coast can currents drag you? (Exception being rip currents.) Cause in beaches in Goa there doesn't seem to be undercurrents after entering 5-10 metres into the ocean. I'm nowhere near as experienced as you, but I've noticed currents only in the receding waters nearest to the coast.
      And if dragged out into the sea, how probable is it to come back to the shore if you're an alright swimmer?

    • @InterestingFingz
      @InterestingFingz 3 года назад +15

      Just 3 metres from the tideline a stony beach can drop-off quickly, so that at say 5 metres you will be over your head and dragged out to sea with the next wave. You will then need to be a strong swimmer to get back to shore. Depends on the beaches slope, wave size and if its sandy or rocky beach. This beach in question would be 7 out of 10 on the danger level. I am a good swimmer and you would never catch me getting this close.

    • @danlightened
      @danlightened 3 года назад +1

      @@InterestingFingz Oh damn! I've never seen a beach stony beach IRL.
      I don't have much experience swimming in the ocean, so pardon me if I sound dumb but once 20-30 metres inside the ocean, if we are trying to swim back to the coast, shouldn't the waves be pushing us towards the coast?
      Cause my understanding is the undercurrents are near the land surface and we are on the water surface.

    • @sonant888
      @sonant888 Год назад +9

      If caught in a rip, you just go with it and slowly, calmly start swimming diagonally back to land. It doesn’t matter where you come back in diagonally ( could be kms further down) main thing is to stay calm and NEVER try to swim against the current. If you’re at a busy place with other people, as you’re being dragged out by the current you put one arm up. If you’re a crap swimmer, basically you should ONLY swim between the flags on beaches with lifeguards.

  • @boastyy
    @boastyy 3 года назад +4477

    When I was young went to a local beach in the Summer with my mate. It was not a beach we had been before and quite remote with noone else there. I was only in 3 feet of water and a wave knocked me over and took me out. Within seconds I could not touch the floor and was being pulled further out with every wave. Tried not to panic and just keep swimming for 20 minutes but I was not getting any closer as the current was pulling me back out and I was getting tired. Its a terrifying feeling, really thought I was going to die If I can't get in enough to get my feet down and rest. I remember thinking about my family and how upset my mother was going to be. Was trying to shout to my friend but he could not hear me. After about an hour in the water" it felt a lot longer" of swimming as hard as I could with the waves, I remember thinking If I cant feel the bottom now , that's it, as I was exhausted and I felt something on the tips of my toes, was hoping it was the bottom not just something in the water. This gave me a boost to know I might have a chance and I put all my energy into getting in a bit further, where eventually I managed to feel the bottom and stand up. It was still a battle to get out of the water as the undercurrent was so strong, was like a vortex spinning under the surface. When I got out I collapsed on the sand. All my skin was full of cuts and bleeding off the shells being churned up in the water. My mate had fallen asleep in the sun and did not know anything was wrong..Found out later many people have died there over the years and that its not safe for swimming because of the severe under currents. I was very lucky. I am 52 now and this happened when I was 15. I can't remember so many things these days but I remember every second I was in the water that day.

    • @varalabeschkuni2890
      @varalabeschkuni2890 3 года назад +58

    • @sidhantjasrotia220
      @sidhantjasrotia220 3 года назад +227

      hope you lived your second life to the fullest

    • @boastyy
      @boastyy 3 года назад +94

      @@sidhantjasrotia220 Thank you!

    • @boastyy
      @boastyy 3 года назад +77

      @I I Thanks for your kind words. So glad you were ok. Its a terrifying experience and one that I won't forget, you feel so helpless against the power of the currents. I remember the sea looking "normal" before I went in. When I got pulled under could see the water spinning and pulling back out to sea. Like you said, every body of water has its own characteristics and it's definitely a reality check. I was just very lucky that day. I still love the sea but have a greater respect for the dangers. All the best my friend..

    • @boastyy
      @boastyy 3 года назад +37

      @I I Yeh the waves were not huge just powerful, but under the surface it was spinning and pulling. I told my grandfather what had happened and he told me he got caught out there on the same beach. He was a very strong swimmer but he could not get in, he had to swim across the shore for a couple of hundred yards before he could get back in. I did not consider myself a strong swimmer, had only learned the year before so even when I tried to keep calm you still freak out and try to get back in as quickly as I can. I was only about 30 feet from the sand, maybe less, so I thought I could reach it easier. It just felt like the sand and safety was so close but as it turned out was a nightmare to get to. Thank God I had those swimming lessons lol.

  • @andrewdouglas4167
    @andrewdouglas4167 6 лет назад +3431

    Ive visted Iceland twice to go surfing. The seas have alot of power and the water is cold. Without a wetsuit, your energy will be gone in minutes. Amazing country, with great waves but you have to be safe and respect the ocean

    • @MOO67204
      @MOO67204 5 лет назад +74

      The water is cold - wow - mind blown

    • @Pluto102
      @Pluto102 5 лет назад +5

      Mt everest n other himalaya mountain are colder n dangerous than Iceland

    • @theblackphoenix6498
      @theblackphoenix6498 5 лет назад +10

      rahul raj It can be more dangerous but Iceland has volcanoes

    • @Pluto102
      @Pluto102 5 лет назад +7

      @@theblackphoenix6498 people don't go to volcanoes..but they do to himalayas.. climbing Himalayan Mountain r the ultimate human challenge

    • @theblackphoenix6498
      @theblackphoenix6498 5 лет назад +36

      rahul raj people go to volcanoes lol

  • @SpeedyBangBong
    @SpeedyBangBong 3 года назад +357

    I've been there, and as a former water guard I was constantly nervous looking at other people and was constantly warning my friends not to go too close to the water. It looks horribly deadly.

    • @vaivaivv
      @vaivaivv 2 года назад +12

      It is. Thats a dangerous beach. Trust me.

    • @STRTVNT
      @STRTVNT 2 года назад +3

      @@vaivaivv And now I do

    • @vaivaivv
      @vaivaivv 2 года назад +3

      Glad to hear it buddy. The North-Atlantic is an unforgiving power. People need to understand this

    • @fetusofetuso2122
      @fetusofetuso2122 10 месяцев назад

      it is. There are rogue waves there that kill people regularly, even in sunny weather.

    • @feldgeist2637
      @feldgeist2637 10 месяцев назад

      I wonder how your ancestors were able to get there on wooden sailing vessels
      doesn't the open sea looks horribly deadly too ?
      modern Scandinavians.......

  • @philweight3480
    @philweight3480 3 года назад +350

    Been there a few times - plenty of warning signs saying not to get close to the water, because there are regular rogue waves - much more powerful than the frequent waves - that will rip you out to sea in a blink. What you see here is not the worst it gets. It has quite often caused deaths - people really are dumb. It's an awe-inspiring place, but you really have to give it huge respect. While I was staying there (in Vik-y-Myrdal), a German photographer was on the black beach the other side of this headland (beyond the rocks you see here) and he turned his back on the water because the sand was driving into his face in the wind, wasn't paying attention, a rogue wave came and took his entire tripod and camera (worth thousands of £££s) and just swallowed it up never to be seen again. He was knocked over and pulled off the shore and it was only by desperate scrambling back between waves that he saved his life - he almost died there.

    • @alexxma3755
      @alexxma3755 Год назад +6

      Thank god it only took his things and not his life 😨 near death experiences changes a man. I’m going to Iceland *finally* and will be visiting this beach

    • @dlmsarge8329
      @dlmsarge8329 10 месяцев назад +5

      Scary indeed. A good reminder that the universe and the forces of nature are indifferent to our existence.

    • @philweight3480
      @philweight3480 9 месяцев назад +2

      @repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Hardly relevant.

    • @lucasbrelivet5238
      @lucasbrelivet5238 9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the explanation, because I couldn't see the problem with just the video.

    • @ingihrannar8781
      @ingihrannar8781 9 месяцев назад

      @@philweight3480Never is. I report it as spam gleefully and instantly

  • @maxzorin9425
    @maxzorin9425 4 года назад +3862

    “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin

    • @SyNcLife
      @SyNcLife 3 года назад +24

      Oh shit

    • @GrooveDuude
      @GrooveDuude 3 года назад +44

      George was extremely intelligent. One of my favorites of all time.

    • @gonzalorecio3487
      @gonzalorecio3487 3 года назад +7

      Ah, the irony...

    • @leduyminh48
      @leduyminh48 3 года назад +40

      That is not how statistic works, but ok...

    • @princerajpoot775
      @princerajpoot775 3 года назад +16

      His maths was weak tho

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix 3 года назад +3835

    The people visiting Hawaii say Hold my beer.

    • @judymotto236
      @judymotto236 3 года назад +11

      Lol

    • @krushshetro8206
      @krushshetro8206 3 года назад +45

      Now, thats really stupid hahahahahaha

    • @Suki_the_Wuki
      @Suki_the_Wuki 3 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @beeragainsthumanity1420
      @beeragainsthumanity1420 3 года назад +100

      How cold is it on Hawaii compared to Iceland?

    • @CorneiliusLibowitz
      @CorneiliusLibowitz 3 года назад +118

      @@beeragainsthumanity1420 Waves are way more powerful in the North Pacific, especially along the Northshores in winter.... Stupid people die in/near the ocean all the time in Hawaii....

  • @genevie1998
    @genevie1998 3 года назад +249

    This is the kind of place that looks safe enough, but is actually really terrifying

    • @amandamol9050
      @amandamol9050 3 года назад +9

      Not really.. I can tell it from the surface, looking from how the water rolls in. They don't seem "calm".

    • @genevie1998
      @genevie1998 3 года назад +5

      @@amandamol9050 yeah but average people dont look that much into it

    • @killiansirishbeer
      @killiansirishbeer 3 года назад +4

      @Y T Right ! Even from this video, if you actually look at it you can already get a sense of the dangers. The disparity of the distance the waves come up to the shore is already a good tell of the unpredictable nature of the waves.

    • @danlightened
      @danlightened 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, I don't get it either. The sea does look a bit violent like it's monsoon time. And as another commenter mentions, rolling waves and noise. Maybe I haven't seen it before as much to identify it. I guess it depends how strong the undercurrents are. And judging by the comments and people who have been there, it probably really strong.

    • @CherryASMResp
      @CherryASMResp 2 года назад +2

      It doesn't look safe at all ..

  • @Alexander-tp9wy
    @Alexander-tp9wy 3 года назад +136

    A lot of people are scared by lava, but lava doesn't chase you around, it just flows downhill in a sluggish rate. This, on the other hand, _looks_ nice and harmless, especially for people with no ocean experience. In Hollywood movies, no one is suddenly swept away and drowned on a beautiful beach - places like this are stages to feel beautiful and heroic, not at all associated with a sudden pointless brutal death.

    • @janalu4067
      @janalu4067 Год назад +25

      Well... There is that 'thick porridge' lava you mention, and then there's the lava that flows fast like milk. Anyways, often it's not the lava that kills, but the dangerous gases that precede it; they are heavier than air so you will want to run for the hills - literally - in order to stay alive.

    • @miliba
      @miliba Год назад +7

      Lava is indeed slow and beautiful to observe. But what is truly terrifying when a volcano erupts is the tephra, hot ash that comes at a huge speed towards you

    • @robogecko4067
      @robogecko4067 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@janalu4067yessir it’s the pyroclastic flows that kill you - 300C moving at 400mph mixture of ash and various gases. Basaltic lava flows can reach high speeds however if insulated

    • @Mehhemo
      @Mehhemo 9 месяцев назад +1

      I mean look at the nyiragongo eruption, 60kph lava while rare across the world could easily kill you. But I'll concede wayyyy more people died to the ocean

    • @x808drifter
      @x808drifter 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@miliba Literally came here to say this.
      Alo at OP. *at a sluggish rate.

  • @k.s.thompson5766
    @k.s.thompson5766 5 лет назад +1901

    "Look at me! I can outrun Mother Nature!"
    Mother Nature: "Hold my beer."

    • @caitlin2841
      @caitlin2841 5 лет назад +5

      Underrated comment 😂

    • @tuts351
      @tuts351 5 лет назад +3

      More like Hold my maple syrup

    • @123sangharsh
      @123sangharsh 5 лет назад

      Good awareness about how to enjoy the nature and what should not to do while visiting such places where anything's can go wrong.

    • @ojasdighe875
      @ojasdighe875 5 лет назад +2

      Boring..

    • @ellertingvi
      @ellertingvi 5 лет назад

      😂

  • @occultbass
    @occultbass 3 года назад +998

    Are we just going to ignore how crazy looking those massive rock formations are in the background above the beach at 1:08

    • @waymanirwin2539
      @waymanirwin2539 3 года назад +44

      Vik, Iceland. If you ever get a chance to go it is iconic

    • @IgnarHusky
      @IgnarHusky 3 года назад +19

      @@waymanirwin2539 I've been there. There's a rocky pier thing that breaks the waves by the town and walking out to the edge of that thing, seeing the ocean and the land behind you. It's truly something

    • @Taseer1989
      @Taseer1989 3 года назад +27

      search columnar basalt (geology) for further insight

    • @paulinac61
      @paulinac61 3 года назад +7

      Is just a few places around the globe that have this: Iceland, Hawaii, Mexico, Ireland and some other countries and the formations of rocks are gorgeous.

    • @D-angelin.Moarar
      @D-angelin.Moarar 3 года назад +1

      Yes

  • @snooxy2019
    @snooxy2019 Год назад +20

    My aunties husband worked there as a tour guide, when he worked there he told the tourists how dangerous that beaches and not go that close to the sea and to stay away and JUST take pictures yet they did not listen and still did it anyway, it resulted in three tourists being swept away only one surviving. Stupidity can kill you!

    • @user-ij1nv8be3i
      @user-ij1nv8be3i 3 месяца назад

      'The Chinese take-away' is what the Icelanders call that beach.
      Warning signs meters high and in all sizes with pictures and all languages.
      They have a beautiful spot now on top of a rock with well fenced plateau. Directly above the huge waves. Just Icelandic made a video.

  • @tokarukoro8196
    @tokarukoro8196 3 года назад +20

    When I visited that beach a few years ago there was a SIGN at the beach telling people about the tourists who died there with a newspaper-clip and an explanation in the style of "Don't be stupid enough to die like that woman mentioned here".

  • @dagreenblazer5958
    @dagreenblazer5958 3 года назад +615

    For anyone who doesn't realise why this beach is so dangerous, the water temperature is a surprisingly minor consideration - you would straight drown before freezing enough to drown!
    Look at how the waves break & roll in - the beach actually doesn't continue on a clean downslope like the shore appears to; there is a massive lip/drop-off where the waves break, and the incoming waves are actually rolling over the top of the outgoing ones.
    This all combines to mean that once you lose your grip on land, the water will instantly suck you like a vacuum cleaner out to sea and push you down into the drop-off space below the incoming waves - you wouldn't bob up to the surface again till you get spat out a few miles or so away, and trying to swim against such powerful ocean currents is impossible.

    • @msg5813
      @msg5813 3 года назад +17

      Wooow terrifying

    • @moralester
      @moralester 3 года назад +5

      This is every beach though 😂

    • @atlasbailly5439
      @atlasbailly5439 3 года назад +170

      @@moralester he just explained to you why this is not every beach. do you have a reading problem?

    • @moralester
      @moralester 3 года назад +1

      @@atlasbailly5439 lol... Brother... 🤦‍♂️

    • @vinnysaccount
      @vinnysaccount 2 года назад +30

      Someone should, as a lesson, take camera and diving gear and show us how this works and why it’s dangerous. That would make for some really good (and informative) television.

  • @pic7062
    @pic7062 6 лет назад +733

    Just a few years ago a family of 3 who were visiting Iceland as tourist experienced a tragedy. The dad was on the beach taking photos and than a wave swept in and he ended up drowning. Exactly like shown here.

    • @matthewreid1175
      @matthewreid1175 5 лет назад +21

      I'd still probably run near the waves like them. It's too beautiful to miss out on. Just dont be stupid. Respect nature and think before you do things that you know are dangerous.

    • @michaelkensington2494
      @michaelkensington2494 5 лет назад +35

      Theyre called sneaker waves

    • @katerinaliakou5549
      @katerinaliakou5549 5 лет назад +156

      @@matthewreid1175 So the country should spend thousands of dollars to send a chopper to look for your freezing ass in the ocean because the waves "are too beautiful to miss"?

    • @jweber297
      @jweber297 5 лет назад +28

      In Chile, South america, there's a Beach You need to be safe. The sea comes and don't permit You to Go out, it closes the two sides and You have the mountain in your back, the ocean growing front of you. Respect the advice.

    • @scottscott3154
      @scottscott3154 4 года назад +7

      @@jweber297 Sounds interesting. Where is it exactly in Chile?

  • @SewerTapes
    @SewerTapes 10 месяцев назад +32

    I was in butt deep water in Florida when a wave slammed me against the ocean floor, and instantly dragged me away from shore. I hadn't had time to take a good breath, and I was moving too fast along the bottom to do anything but wait it out. Once the current weakened, I pushed off the bottom as hard as I could and bolted toward the surface. . . which was about 25 feet above me. My body desperately wanted to give up and breath water before I made it halfway up, but somehow I stuck it out. All said and done, I must have been underwater for roughly two minutes, but felt like a lifetime. It took another couple of minutes, and every bit of energy I had left, to swim back to where I could stand. Please take undertow warnings seriously. I was 18, and an incredibly strong swimmer, yet I almost met my end at a beach not really considered high risk for this sort of thing. You never really understand the power of water until it's rendered you utterly helpless. By that point it may be too late.

    • @user-ij1nv8be3i
      @user-ij1nv8be3i 3 месяца назад +1

      I gave up immediately and felt my hair waving above me. It felt nice and deeply relaxed as I went up and down with the calm movement of the water. Next moment I woke up, my feet touching ground, dragged to the beach between two strong man that told me off.

    • @SewerTapes
      @SewerTapes 3 месяца назад

      @@user-ij1nv8be3i
      Wow! Glad you made it out.

  • @carolinapel8355
    @carolinapel8355 3 года назад +37

    I like how they are straight forward in the promotion of their country

    • @killiansirishbeer
      @killiansirishbeer 3 года назад +1

      😂 I had a little pause at the end, when I realized this was a tourist promotional video 😅

    • @OYJluv
      @OYJluv 2 года назад +1

      Well, sometimes being straight forward is not enough for stupid people lol

  • @sanstheanimator1964
    @sanstheanimator1964 3 года назад +661

    The quality of this video is better than the quality of our world today

  • @vaniaramsawack-wu9333
    @vaniaramsawack-wu9333 3 года назад +86

    When this came up on my recommendation page I asked myself
    “Did I do something wrong?”

    • @christianpaul3651
      @christianpaul3651 3 года назад +2

      It got recommended to me just after the viral whale shark video ...

  • @sequoiapheroza
    @sequoiapheroza 3 года назад +57

    Ok but let's take a moment to look how sick these rock formations are

  • @firstorlast340
    @firstorlast340 3 года назад +25

    I surfed for years always taking advantage of the thrills the ocean's push can give and never giving the pull a second thought. One day my beach had an insane rip tide. I knew it. I didn't care. I used it to paddle out then sideways to get out of the rip...I thought. 2 hours later (exhausted myself) I managed to get back to shore, but I was on a different beach. I didn't respect the ocean's pull. Remember when you're admiring the beauty of the push that the mercilessness of the pull is right there too.

  • @lessismore9138
    @lessismore9138 6 лет назад +799

    The video quality is stunning. Wow

    • @EI_Greko
      @EI_Greko 4 года назад +7

      @J it's called wind ever heard of it

    • @og.K7
      @og.K7 4 года назад +10

      Christoforos Georgoulas iTs caLleD WInd eVeR hEaRd oF IT

    • @wifi-kun9486
      @wifi-kun9486 4 года назад +20

      it's not the camera
      it's just iceland

    • @christabarker787
      @christabarker787 3 года назад

      Digital bass

    • @ZeltyKz
      @ZeltyKz 3 года назад

      .

  • @gypsygypsy_y
    @gypsygypsy_y 5 лет назад +487

    ...And in the past, vikings would just be chillin in their boat

    • @jackyjackymack1033
      @jackyjackymack1033 5 лет назад +66

      Nearly two third of them used to suffer from called death

    • @MCCh3ar
      @MCCh3ar 3 года назад +1

      everyone dumbass

    • @gibran.zidane
      @gibran.zidane 3 года назад +2

      "chillin"... right

  • @victort.248
    @victort.248 3 года назад +15

    Actually when you enter that beach in Vik, the first sign you see is about all the people and tourist that have died in the last years.. just doing that for a photo.

  • @UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart
    @UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart 10 месяцев назад +5

    I got pulled out in a wave here in Cali. I’m a great swimmer but one gulp of water from the up and down waves threw all of that out the window. I was able to get back to shore but from 5 ft in to 30 ft out in 2 seconds can really scare you when you look up. Never again.

    • @KristjanLogason
      @KristjanLogason  10 месяцев назад

      This is exactly what people are not realizing the cold ocean is so different from swimming in a pool or at a warm beach like in Cali that still can be tricky in so many ways

  • @beardedbaldie2698
    @beardedbaldie2698 4 года назад +121

    Just recently returned from Iceland. Absolutely beautiful beach yet equally terrifying with those roaring waves. Tourists just don’t listen, I saw plenty of people wandering too close and nearly getting swept away with the tide.

    • @mtlassen1992
      @mtlassen1992 3 года назад +9

      Did you see the woman at Jokulsarlon sit on the mini iceberg for a pic and get swept out to sea? Stupid beyond measure.

    • @beardedbaldie2698
      @beardedbaldie2698 3 года назад +2

      @@mtlassen1992 That’s crazy! Especially since Jokulsarlon was very calm when I visited. I did see a guy jumping over the safety barrier at Gulfoss to be photographed right at the cliff edge above the falls!

    • @jessekelly8132
      @jessekelly8132 3 года назад

      Andrew Phillips That almost happened to me there (not that the incoming wave was very big, but the ice I was on did flip over and start moving out to sea).

    • @danlightened
      @danlightened 3 года назад

      Are there always roaring waves or is it just during stormy weather?

    • @beardedbaldie2698
      @beardedbaldie2698 3 года назад +3

      @@danlightened It’s pretty much always like this. The sea around the south coast of Iceland is notoriously rough. The Atlantic stretches from Iceland down to Antarctica without any land in between, so naturally the waves gain a lot of momentum!

  • @shankhadipsett1674
    @shankhadipsett1674 3 года назад +63

    Think this is the place where the dark lord hide his horcrux locket of the Slytherin, and prof Dumbledore and Harry came here to find it

    • @schrodingerscat1105
      @schrodingerscat1105 3 года назад +2

      Haha

    • @g0679
      @g0679 3 года назад +2

      One might find a still or two.
      Hard to smell ‘em in that breeze.

  • @niku6281
    @niku6281 3 года назад +48

    This was actually shot in August and was the hottest day of the year in Iceland. All 17 locals hit the beach that day.

  • @kter29
    @kter29 10 месяцев назад +10

    It looks like it is not even from this planet. Absolutely breathtaking! The cuts on the mountain side, the dark colour of the beach and equally contrasting white frothy waves and the reflection of the sun rays... And also, thanks for this excellent quality video. Hope to visit it someday, and not be washed off.

    • @KristjanLogason
      @KristjanLogason  10 месяцев назад +2

      Welcome and enjoy the magic of this place when you arrive in Iceland

  • @stevenbender66
    @stevenbender66 3 года назад +41

    If this video saves just one life, then it was well worth the upload. Thank you good person.

  • @aprilabegail7962
    @aprilabegail7962 4 года назад +441

    I've seen this exact same looking Beach in my dreams so many times. And never really thought that this place existed if I hadn't seen a picture of it today. Even the the position of those rocks. Ghad.. If feels so surreal watching it on video. This automatically goes on my bucket list.

    • @andreabertuzzi4097
      @andreabertuzzi4097 4 года назад +23

      Hope you do get a chance to visit, it's a place of unearthly beauty - and possibly the spookiest one I've been to. Just take the advice on board; we visited on what we were told was a decent day in June, the crashing of the waves was relentless (and yes they do come in fast) and the wind strong enough to make walking awkward. I cannot imagine what the place must be like when the winter gales come.

    • @opaqueluna5851
      @opaqueluna5851 3 года назад +11

      @@andreabertuzzi4097 it does look very, very spooky and intimidating!! If you don't mind me asking.. how did you feel, when you was there..

    • @annachovhan
      @annachovhan 3 года назад +2

      Wow, I have goosebumps

    • @waymanirwin2539
      @waymanirwin2539 3 года назад +3

      Vik, Iceland. A lovely place. Don't let these people fool you, nothing scary about it

    • @pratapfeelinggood
      @pratapfeelinggood 3 года назад +2

      U wr viking in old life

  • @qopdob
    @qopdob 3 года назад +23

    The basalt columns and cave here are spectacular. Also, the cliffs above are covered with puffins. Just don't give tourism a bad name. Leave only footprints. Take only memories.

    • @noturfather1106
      @noturfather1106 10 месяцев назад +3

      Not your floating, dead corpse

    • @uncouthboy8028
      @uncouthboy8028 9 месяцев назад

      Oh the people that got drug out left only footprints as well.

  • @ManambeLavaka
    @ManambeLavaka 10 месяцев назад +6

    When I visited this beach last year it was 10’-12’ mutant double ups detonating on the sand. I was extremely anxious because of all the people near the water and around that little point. They have no clue how much power is in those waves and currents. I’m extremely experienced in big waves and without fins I had considerable doubts that I could survive myself, let alone save someone. I seriously thought I was gonna have to jump in after someone.

    • @KristjanLogason
      @KristjanLogason  10 месяцев назад

      The ever changing situation is what seems hard to grasp for people

  • @projectkj7643
    @projectkj7643 6 лет назад +131

    We went there - was told to stay away from the waves and we stayed away! Beautiful beach!

    • @vor946
      @vor946 3 года назад +6

      and thats literally the most boring history ive ever heard

    • @projectkj7643
      @projectkj7643 3 года назад +8

      @@vor946 Weak

    • @sidhantjasrotia220
      @sidhantjasrotia220 3 года назад +4

      @@projectkj7643 lmao you replied after 2 years XD

    • @projectkj7643
      @projectkj7643 3 года назад +10

      @@sidhantjasrotia220 yup, still on YT! Wish I was in Iceland creating more boring history for trolls! 🤣

    • @Corks-ti4vz
      @Corks-ti4vz Год назад +1

      @@vor946 Maybe you should go swimming in this particular spot and film it so we have something thrilling to watch?

  • @grathlingillingham5135
    @grathlingillingham5135 3 года назад +43

    I visited in 2016, we toured the circle in winter, it was magical. Just before we were going down to see the black beach, waves took and drowned a tourist. The beach was closed while they recovered the body, we head he was married and his wife saw it. Those waves are fast.

  • @derpwords2429
    @derpwords2429 2 года назад +6

    I visited a black sand beach in Hawaii when I was 13. I was MAYBE ankle deep and it felt like it was about to pull me off my feet and into the ocean. The scariest thing I had ever experienced. Can't believe such low water can have so much power.

  • @juliegiles334
    @juliegiles334 3 года назад +13

    Gorgeous location, but one should never underestimate the ocean and mother nature.

  • @eagleHatchling
    @eagleHatchling 3 года назад +13

    Always be careful in Iceland. Its so easy to loose your life doing something you take for granted anywhere else

  • @macleadg
    @macleadg 3 года назад +9

    I found a different way to be stupid in Iceland. I filled my diesel rental car with gasoline. Oops. Cost me 4 hours & $500. The people who helped me were incredibly nice, and knew just what to do. Because I wasn’t the first person to that. Iceland is stunningly beautiful, and the people are absolutely gracious.

  • @shanatinnin339
    @shanatinnin339 3 года назад +13

    The scenery is gorgeous.

  • @princessathena2195
    @princessathena2195 3 года назад +10

    One time, I was visiting my grandmother in North Carolina, we went to a nearby beach and the waves were huge. It was a rainy day too. My dad took us all out into the water and we had these tubes we were floating on. I was sat on mine and so was my brother when this wave took us both out. The wave hurt my brother more than it hurt me. He rolled off and slammed his head against the ground while I was having trouble finding my way back out of the water, I was stuck in an impact zone. My brother got out of the water but I kept getting pulled back and slammed back down with waves. My dad had to swim in and get me. This happened last summer.

  • @SirKolass
    @SirKolass 4 года назад +31

    Looks like the temperature is really great for a bath

  • @mariiiioh
    @mariiiioh 4 года назад +35

    I got engaged on this beach this january! Safely away from the waters edge! I lived on the scottish west coast but I have never seen such powerful waves as this one beach. It was surreal. Nowhere else like it.

    • @brahimkarim812
      @brahimkarim812 3 года назад +3

      Hi are you single

    • @mariiiioh
      @mariiiioh 3 года назад +8

      @@brahimkarim812 Literally said I got engaged on the beach dude. 😂

    • @brahimkarim812
      @brahimkarim812 3 года назад +4

      Hi I'm from Algeria I want relationship relationship true

    • @nitink.a567
      @nitink.a567 3 года назад +3

      @@brahimkarim812 Too late buddy.

    • @bigmoose7
      @bigmoose7 2 года назад

      Hello are you single, I from the southern dunes.

  • @vittxrio5198
    @vittxrio5198 3 года назад +1

    Beaches in Iceland felt like a different world. Mysterious and solemn vibe to it.

  • @LovesAatP
    @LovesAatP 3 года назад +4

    This is the beach that inspired the scene in Frozen II of Elsa battling the waves. It looks absolutely magnificent

  • @limitedtime5471
    @limitedtime5471 3 года назад +6

    Stunning place! The rock formations in the distance, that unique black beach, and those powerful waves! Wow

  • @Saturnia2014
    @Saturnia2014 3 года назад +10

    That is the most ancient looking beach I've ever seen!

  • @HyuchaKyrie
    @HyuchaKyrie 2 года назад +6

    When I first went to that beach I knew the sea was dangerous, I had no idea that was that much chaotic, 1 second it's 50 meters away and in the other just goes into the "cave" I was there chilling and I got super scared that the waves would crash on me .

  • @ewoksalot
    @ewoksalot 9 месяцев назад +1

    I live in SW Washington State, USA. I have grown up playing in the Pacific Ocean... in rivers... lakes... etc. I cannot imagine playing this "game" with those clothes, in those temperatures. To say nothing of the current, underwater geography, etc.
    You can't save everyone from themselves - but maybe you can someone. Good work Mr. Logason.

  • @hafidhrindrahuttama7277
    @hafidhrindrahuttama7277 3 года назад +11

    "Don't be stupid, be safe"

    • @kimbaldun
      @kimbaldun 3 года назад +1

      Karens never listens

    • @LawrenceTimme
      @LawrenceTimme 3 года назад +1

      Dont go out of the cave caveman. You might get hurt.......

  • @28pbtkh23
    @28pbtkh23 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great that you posted this video. Some of the comments are very instructive and educational.

  • @percivalyracanth1528
    @percivalyracanth1528 3 года назад +6

    I was thinking, 'Those waves aren´t that big, is it just the riptide or something that´s dangerous?' And then I understood the first picture was forced perspective, and the waves were truly taller than all of the people. 'Ah, so that's why.'

  • @musasiwisa6100
    @musasiwisa6100 3 года назад +26

    The seas are rough because it's the home of Jörmungandr ☺️

  • @auang
    @auang 3 года назад +29

    the most dangerous place in the world is my kitchen when my mother-in-law is visiting us.

    • @KakashiChidori616
      @KakashiChidori616 3 года назад

      Damn

    • @FiveSigma72
      @FiveSigma72 3 года назад

      1952 called and wants its joke back.

    • @HELLRZR-nm3vv
      @HELLRZR-nm3vv 3 года назад +1

      I clean out a spot in the closet before my mother in law comes. So she has a place to hang upside down during the day..

    • @fancylong
      @fancylong 2 года назад

      Do you know the difference between in-laws and outlaws?
      Outlaws are wanted.

  • @kaype2774
    @kaype2774 Год назад +1

    Great, I’m going to Iceland today and this randomly popped up in my recommendations.

  • @GunnarFreyr71909
    @GunnarFreyr71909 Год назад +4

    I have been to this beach hundreds of times with travellers. As I get older I try to get tours that don't include the beach and not a day tour where I haven't got time to see what kind of characters are on the tour. I prepare and look out for my groups but I am getting tired of all the multiple near fatal selfie travelers. But one of my favourite places. See the Bollywood video from the movie Dilwale, the video to the song Gerua, one of the most viewed music videos on RUclips. Sharukah Khan came here just to have the whole south shore as a backdrop for a love song in a film happening in India. One of the best adverts for the South Shore. Justin Bieber also shot a music video there with his friends while travelling. Forgot the name. And Venus as a Boy by Björk.

  • @jezkicks1188
    @jezkicks1188 3 года назад +4

    I have been to this beach and we were not aloud to go close because someone had recently been swept away and drowned there. But it was beautiful

  • @RATsClasses
    @RATsClasses 3 года назад +13

    This place is so enigmatic. You'd think you're watching a space movie, and this place is in an outer planet

  • @SJ.Johnny
    @SJ.Johnny 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the tutorial, it's gonna be really useful!

  • @hoppeltrottel7484
    @hoppeltrottel7484 2 года назад +1

    This place looks like it's on another planet. Beautiful.

  • @anaspatel6027
    @anaspatel6027 3 года назад +10

    I’ve been there once. Please listen to the people who ask you to be careful. The waves are very unpredictable. Instead of going for the waves, why not enjoy the amazing out of this world view!

  • @fremen321
    @fremen321 3 года назад +5

    That looks like a savage rip tide right there.

  • @NoName-ym5zj
    @NoName-ym5zj 9 месяцев назад +1

    Not in Iceland, but I once did get caught in the waves like that, pretty scary experience, the worst part is you rarely see it coming.

  • @aerosma5021
    @aerosma5021 2 года назад

    Thanks for teaching

  • @adriaDythea
    @adriaDythea 5 лет назад +5

    Great add Iceland to my list of beautiful places I will probably never see

  • @Valient6
    @Valient6 3 года назад +10

    If they got pulled out there, in full winter clothing, they'd drown in 1 minute.

    • @sidhantjasrotia220
      @sidhantjasrotia220 3 года назад +4

      if they don't drown, then freeze to death

    • @lamle5183
      @lamle5183 3 года назад +2

      Less than 1 minute, I would say.

    • @Valient6
      @Valient6 3 года назад

      @@sidhantjasrotia220 morons right?

    • @Valient6
      @Valient6 3 года назад

      @@lamle5183 it's like when an animal is playing near the power lines

  • @markthegreat3774
    @markthegreat3774 3 года назад

    I and my childhood friends do this when we go to the beach before. I miss those days.

  • @abdulghanimohdali9702
    @abdulghanimohdali9702 2 года назад

    The sheer coldness can stop heart beat instantly...

  • @pushkargaikwad6983
    @pushkargaikwad6983 3 года назад +5

    I just saw a video of big ass waves hitting this place and now this is in my recommended

  • @lpweltsinan8158
    @lpweltsinan8158 3 года назад +10

    That beach reminds me of the beach from Frozen 2. The producers said they've designed the beach after one from iceland, so maybe it's even same!

    • @MisterMooo
      @MisterMooo 3 года назад

      I thought so too, it must be a metaphor for Elsa being taken away

    • @greenivy713
      @greenivy713 3 года назад +1

      Thought the same. The rock to the left in the water even looks like one they showed in the behind the scenes.

    • @lpweltsinan8158
      @lpweltsinan8158 3 года назад +2

      ​@@greenivy713 Hi 🖐 wohl noch ein Frozen Fan :D Was ein Zufall, dass ich den Film vor einer Stunde nochmal geschaut hab und du zum gleichen Zeitpunkt auf einen drei Wochen alten Kommentar geantwortet hast

    • @greenivy713
      @greenivy713 3 года назад +1

      @@lpweltsinan8158 Haha, yup :D Kenne den zweiten Teil erst seit Anfang des Jahres, aber er hat mich so begeistert, dass ich mich jetzt wohl eindeutig Frozen Fan nennen kann :D

  • @eigce
    @eigce 2 года назад

    People like these keep me in a job, keep it up.

  • @AnusheelSharma
    @AnusheelSharma 3 года назад +4

    I was at a beach once , in prakasam district of andhra pradesh, India, me and my friends went ahead and walked until we were in waist deep water, walked a few steps more till the water level was coming up to our chest, we could still feel the ground beneath our feet, we were doing that to feel the force of waves on our body, most of the time was spent in waist deep water, as by that time I figured out and decided to stay at that spot as it was safe and fun at the same time, I don't know what was getting into me and my friends, because sometimes we would go in chest deep water to feel the waves and for the thrill, there were times when I felt the overwhelming power of the water and also the sand quickly escaping beneath my feet giving me no foothold or grip, later when I left the beach and during the following days I realised how foolish it was for us to walk that far into the water, we were lucky that nothing happened to us, because when the fun and excitement takes over, people tend to be careless and don't think wisely, also I am from the mountains and totally inexperienced when it comes to surviving in a coastal area.

  • @markendyalexis4836
    @markendyalexis4836 3 года назад +3

    "Respect Nature, respect science, cherish your life"

  • @vadymbrykalov8733
    @vadymbrykalov8733 3 года назад +1

    As soon as it said Black Beach I immediately thought of basalt and oceanic crust. And then the camera turned around and it was sweet!

  • @whxthxxfvckxzvxnzz
    @whxthxxfvckxzvxnzz 2 года назад

    those columnar basalts thooo such a beauty

  • @goobertgoo3081
    @goobertgoo3081 5 лет назад +5

    is this heaven? or am i sleep deprived? why is it the most beautiful place i’ve ever seen. Looks like a video game

  • @scringe1
    @scringe1 3 года назад +6

    Beautiful but, scary at the same time. An undertow almost killed me two times when I was young. One was an underwater hidden rip current. The other was ignorance swimming into waves after a hurricane when I was 8 years old. I would of stayed back from these waves.

  • @p38sheep
    @p38sheep 3 года назад +2

    Those shoes will never be the same...

  • @walkingthroughlife
    @walkingthroughlife Год назад

    the black sand is something unique and the atmosphere is mystic...

  • @glotiniza.6040
    @glotiniza.6040 2 года назад +3

    Yo estuve hace 8 meses en esa locura de país,creo que es un disparate.Paisajes de ultratumba,un país lleno de oscuridad,lluvia que no para y mucho viento.
    Es uno de los mejores viajes de mi vida.
    Me siento agradecido por haber ido de visita a Islandia.
    Estuve en esa playa,pero viendo desde arriba.Y se los digo,es tenebroso ese lugar.
    Como el mar revuelto y las olas chocan.
    La lluvia,la oscuridad,el frío y el viento crean un ambiente espectacular.
    Todo viajero tiene que hacer un esfuerzo por ir a ese país.
    Una vez el viento voló la puerta del auto y estuvo a punto de tumbarme.
    Cascadas,glaciares,volcanes,agua en abundancia.
    Larga vida a Islandia.

  • @boognation7028
    @boognation7028 3 года назад +8

    And the hypothermia time clocks starts ticking!

    • @michaelkissane6138
      @michaelkissane6138 3 года назад

      US Air Force says 20 minutes and hypothermia max hits, then cardiac arrest and RIP.

  • @worldtechinc8889
    @worldtechinc8889 3 года назад

    Visited that same beach in ‘15. Walked along the cliff’s base, and a wave came all the way up to our knees and pushed us against the wall. A little deceptive and powerful that wily ocean.

  • @selfscience
    @selfscience 3 года назад

    Fantastic, thank you.

  • @rogeriopenna9014
    @rogeriopenna9014 3 года назад +4

    I was half expecting to see that pirate ship from the Goonies sailing in the horizon...

  • @thedbq1
    @thedbq1 3 года назад +3

    this makes me want to visit iceland. but i'm not sure if i can stand the cold temperature...

  • @boblatkey7160
    @boblatkey7160 11 месяцев назад +1

    Notice the ocean cliff there, it is a beautiful example of columnar jointing.

    • @KristjanLogason
      @KristjanLogason  11 месяцев назад

      It really is a beautiful and exceptional place with a lot of geographical formations

  • @michaelkinville177
    @michaelkinville177 2 года назад

    I played this game as a kid in Sitka Alaska in the 70s and again a few years ago. Great fun

  • @ragipodduvinur
    @ragipodduvinur 3 года назад +7

    nature is so powerful tall dont even know. Also please never do This. Soooo many ppl have died cuz of This and cus they ignored the Signs that are on tourist destinations. So just be careful and follow what the signs say❤️

  • @wabbitnred3609
    @wabbitnred3609 5 лет назад +7

    OMGOODNESS, I'VE HAD DREAMS (S) ABOUT A BEACH JUST LIKE THAT ONE... WOW,, THAT 'S REALLY NUTZ

  • @grimfpv292
    @grimfpv292 3 года назад

    Those rock pillars in the cliff are really cool!

  • @torello137
    @torello137 2 года назад

    That's how nature eliminates idiots - this time they are lucky ones!

  • @sonant888
    @sonant888 Год назад +5

    People really are ignorant idiots sometimes. I grew up at a surf beach in NZ and know the ocean. There were days when I wouldn’t even put my big toe in the water. My children who grew up in Europe know that when they’re in NZ they’re not experienced enough swimmers to swim anywhere except between the flags. When I was a child we were at a west coast beach. All adults there were strong and experienced swimmers. A freak wave came in and dragged a child in. My Dad and his best friend dove in to try and save him, only my Dad came back. Never underestimate the power of water.

  • @frankbeans5921
    @frankbeans5921 3 года назад +8

    That looks so cold and they're just laughing and having a good ole time 😂🥶🤷‍♂️

    • @EinsiB
      @EinsiB 3 года назад +3

      It's not the cold that kills you. It's the current. If you lose your footing and the ability to stand back up the current will drag you out to sea pretty fast. That is the thing people are underestimating.

  • @ravinbheekha4656
    @ravinbheekha4656 Год назад

    Last year my tour guide said recently someone got swept away and was never found. Not to mention how cold the water is

  • @riccardolucacapraro2242
    @riccardolucacapraro2242 10 месяцев назад +1

    men did not even look back when she fell - true gentlement, real team spirit...wow!

    • @KristjanLogason
      @KristjanLogason  10 месяцев назад

      Yes first they thought of them self then the lady once they were in safety

  • @fatimachinarrogarcia4873
    @fatimachinarrogarcia4873 3 года назад +4

    Me encantó islandia , volvería otra vez

  • @Duck-jc9ox
    @Duck-jc9ox 3 года назад +4

    As an Australian, I'm a little underwhelmed.
    Here, as a riptide pulls you under the enormous waves and drags you out to sea, the sharks and crocodiles bite you and the jellyfish sting you as you drown.
    I'm not sure if what I'm saying is a flex or a cry for help.