Escape! What it's like to swim the Alcatraz Sharkfest Race

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9 жыл бұрын

"Ten minutes after I jumped into the Pacific Ocean, I inhaled several cups of sea water and was kicked in the face. It was going pretty well for my first competitive swim. I hadn’t died of hypothermia or lost my legs to a shark attack. So that was a win."
Read more: ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/10/five-reasons-to-swim-the-alcatraz-sharkfest-race
Video by: Lindsey Hoshaw and Alan Toth

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@gonzalo060375 5 жыл бұрын

1:28 everyone splashing water and gasping like wounded seals do. Sharks hearing dinner bells all over.

@flyboy747uk 6 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised the authorities allow this event to go ahead

@AliAhmed-dh4pl 4 жыл бұрын

Motoroil The shark experts.

@Mr3344555 4 жыл бұрын

@Motoroil the people you call when you something bad happens to you and you need help or the people you go to if you want to do things without having others come after you. Unless you live in Africa (Even they know what authority is) you should know what authority is.

@kamzalot3 4 жыл бұрын

Motoroil police

@majestic7768 3 жыл бұрын

Authorities busy sipping on coffee, eating donuts and getting bored.

@whitegoodman7465 3 жыл бұрын

@Arid Sohan didn't know that but nick is a big triathlon guy, no wonder he got top tier cardio in the cage

@46NorthAve 6 жыл бұрын

No mention that she didn't have a wetsuit on?? Kind of a big deal??

@rhythmoutside 4 жыл бұрын

SF Bay waters aren't warm either.

@Rafa-rz2nb 6 жыл бұрын

Alotta shark food in the water lol

@ericthompson3551 4 жыл бұрын

In 2018 great white shark attacked a seal 50 feet from the alcatraz tour docks. Entire attack was caught on camera from a a docked tour boat.I wonder how many swam that year.

@craigomahoney3722 2 ай бұрын

How great was he

@r3y911 5 жыл бұрын

well if they can do it ofcourse those three man made it to escape from alcatraz they are tough guys lol

@MK_2023. 7 жыл бұрын

It's crazy to think that Nick Diaz did this 5 times by himself, the Diaz brother might be annoying and over the top at times but they're a force to be reckoned with.

@ontheroadtruckin4618 4 жыл бұрын

Still the B.M.F in my book!

@stxclout3247 4 жыл бұрын

💯💯

@reddawng43x91 3 жыл бұрын

How are they annoying ? Because they tell it like it is?

@reddawng43x91 3 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroadtruckin4618 mine too

@MK_2023. 3 жыл бұрын

@@reddawng43x91 that's a 4 year old comment man, relax. I like Nate now though so it's all good.

@youngjazz4801 4 жыл бұрын

Alcatraz escapee, Frank Morris and two brothers John and clarence definitely made it to Angel Beach. 👍👍👍👍.

@jb9090 5 жыл бұрын

That water’s cold and they can only swim during slack tide. During an ebb tide they’d all be taken out to sea. I wonder if the escapees knew the tide schedule? Plus, they had a raft.

@dylanmoran9922 3 жыл бұрын

There’s like 50 boats I saw this before

@ambieofilms 6 жыл бұрын

The danger of sharks is real, but they have people in boats patrolling to greatly deter them.

@veganskillz 2 жыл бұрын

There has never been a documented white shark attack in San Francisco Bay. There are white sharks that periodically enter and exit The Bay but most shark activity is out in the Pacific Ocean.

@sherryhannah9262 2 жыл бұрын

@@veganskillz that was an urban legend

@veganskillz 2 жыл бұрын

@@sherryhannah9262 says who?

@welcometoorefuge 2 жыл бұрын

@@veganskillz I just watched a YT vid that captured a breaching Great White devouring a seal right next to Fisherman's Wharf !

@veganskillz 2 жыл бұрын

@@welcometoorefuge wow !

@TrapMint 3 жыл бұрын

I’d probably rub against someone’s leg and freak out and have a heart attack

@jamesford2160 Жыл бұрын

😂 for real me too

@trevmac8362 6 жыл бұрын

*outstanding* i would love to do this and thanks for the great video..Motivates me to get back to S.F one day

@klaus8910 3 жыл бұрын

Those waters aren’t ACTUALLY infested with sharks. It was as just a myth told to prisoners to prevent them from escaping. I love the idea of this, and definitely would wanna do it!

@JT_Trys 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6yloLiVqLnLf4U.html

@joshua6200 2 жыл бұрын

You're right the waters aren't "infested with sharks", but there're sharks in the bay, including Great Whites at times.

@jimmykarlsson2567 2 жыл бұрын

The are some Great whites there for sure, i have seen some

@asap5629 2 жыл бұрын

aint no myth and thats a fact

@zcadn 2 жыл бұрын

people have accidentally caught great whites

@Kjboiii 4 жыл бұрын

Sharks couldve had a buffet😂😂

@avcxaq_8327 3 жыл бұрын

ong

@Thatoneguy-ro1sj 2 жыл бұрын

@@avcxaq_8327 Bar none, shark attacks are rare, you are more likely to die from a seal...im not joking

@jamesford2160 Жыл бұрын

@That one guy Yeah if you don’t put yourself in that situation. Because if that’s true, explain the attack on those marines back in 1912 or 1916 when they were all eaten by sharks because their ship was blown up and they had to sit in the sea and wait for help.

@HetsAndTails 19 сағат бұрын

This lady sucked

@jeffjohnson3620 3 жыл бұрын

Did it really only take 46 minutes!? (From the countdown clock) If so, its definitely not impossible to escape Alcatraz.

@arthurbrumagem3844 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Mark-fr7yv 2 жыл бұрын

But the prisoners had to do it at night and weren't swimmers.

@LettuceLand 2 жыл бұрын

They picked a day and time with good conditions. Low wind speed, current, and slack tide

@humanchannel7825 Жыл бұрын

@@Mark-fr7yv and sharks hunt at night

@ICXCIsLord Жыл бұрын

@@Mark-fr7yv yes they were the brothers were the best swimmers in their family they were reported to be skilled swimmers don't know about Frank Morris but the brothers were skilled swimmers they also swam in ice water in Michigan frozen ice in lake Michigan

@supreme_jake8328 3 жыл бұрын

“I’m not that great of a swimmer”

@maleekpate6770 3 жыл бұрын

Right 🤦🏾‍♂️😂

@ryohn5468 3 жыл бұрын

I waded in the Pacific Ocean and it's very cold in the Summer too! the currents are very strong and undertows would be something to fear swimming in the bay.

@chipsachoy99 8 жыл бұрын

if there wasn't sharks, i would

@pandagirl8973 6 жыл бұрын

Alex Choy there is

@desmondcampbell7377 5 жыл бұрын

@@pandagirl8973 no shit he said "if there WASN'T sharks"

@alwayzpinchycs4236 4 жыл бұрын

Sharks don’t like cold water

@ProGaming-cw1qy 4 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me sharks will not get you it will be the tide that does!

@James-ip5gz 4 жыл бұрын

@@alwayzpinchycs4236 Lol keep telling yourself that

@CommanderGraves32 3 жыл бұрын

Sharks: a blessing from the lord!

@jaredflores5550 3 жыл бұрын

How do i do this ???

@adampress9788 5 жыл бұрын

Fins are not allowed?

@Thatoneguy-ro1sj 2 жыл бұрын

Guess why dude XD they will defiantly look like seals with flippers

@Kayla-ty9kc 5 жыл бұрын

This is a big reason why I think The Anglin’s (I think that’s how you spell it) and Morris made it after the escape from Alcatraz

@generalzod7959 4 жыл бұрын

Those swimmers did it during the day. The prisoners did it at night. The sharks are more active at night.

@atlantasportsfan7196 2 жыл бұрын

@@generalzod7959 there are no sharks it was just a myth

@galvinstanley3235 Жыл бұрын

@@atlantasportsfan7196kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6yloLiVqLnLf4U.html

@shellyatton4102 4 жыл бұрын

If I'm going to swim I am not going to go with SHARKS

@cbskwkdnslwhanznamdm2849 4 жыл бұрын

I don't like going to a place and lowering my standing on the food chain.

@JM-jz6yy 3 жыл бұрын

Some people are just bigger risk takers

@bellagonzales5704 7 жыл бұрын

My freind swam Alcatrez and he is the youngest one

@mybluebelly 8 жыл бұрын

I wouldn`t volunteer for something like this, no sir. Not for a $1.000.000, No thankyou.

@JoeCnNd 5 жыл бұрын

Well if you volunteer then you wouldn't get a $1,000,000.

@marcshields3677 5 жыл бұрын

I’d do it for a grand

@hash8944 3 жыл бұрын

I would do it but I’m afraid of sharks and i need to improve my swimming first

@Premiumjack_ 3 жыл бұрын

I gotta do this one day

@liamdugdale 7 жыл бұрын

"ten times more likely to get kicked in the face or ribs" that's because there's loads of people in the water and if a shark did come it would likely pick one person, small chance of it being you

@anthonymartinez9624 5 жыл бұрын

@jouxpane True. Since 1900. But who are we humans to say that it can never happen

@magnusb.20 3 жыл бұрын

I’m supposed to do this event this year if it isn’t cancelled again and I’m really scared. What if I can’t swim fast enough to get out of the current!

@dylanmoran9922 3 жыл бұрын

There like 50 boats they picked you up if you go to far

@magnusb.20 3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanmoran9922 that’s reassuring, thanks

@erikleith4670 Жыл бұрын

Ima do it this year

@danielofinan5071 3 жыл бұрын

There is a video of a great white killing a seal literally yards away from that area all the seals hang out in Fishermans wharf.

@AJ-bu4yv 3 жыл бұрын

From what I've heard about the bay area and former alcatraz swimmers, most sharks prefer the salt water and it's a mix of salt and fresh water in the bay. You will most likely only see tiger sharks who are scavengers and won't bother people. Any other shark would stay deep in the salt water.

@markmontana90 3 жыл бұрын

Tiger that won’t bother you? You sure about that

@AJ-bu4yv 3 жыл бұрын

@@markmontana90 I watched a recent interview with someone who did the swim this past year. I believe it was through myswimpro's KZfaq channel. This is what they stated in the video... they're mostly scavengers.

@markmontana90 2 жыл бұрын

@@AJ-bu4yv tigers are known to attack humans and one of the more aggressive shark species. I wouldn’t take my chances anyway not sure if you would.

@cyrussoltani9420 2 жыл бұрын

No tiger sharks, just big sevengills but those guys are chill

@jakep1979 8 ай бұрын

Tiger sharks are the 2nd most dangerous shark behind great white!

@maddoxthediehardbillsfan 3 жыл бұрын

I swim there, im only a kid (12) so its pretty easy with practice but first time is really hard, also nobody has been killed by a shark on that swim

@jamesford2160 Жыл бұрын

Be careful

@galvinstanley3235 Жыл бұрын

That's because there is allot of people in the water at once,would you be so confident if you were alone with a black wetsuit on?

@idontknowteachmeplease3154 5 жыл бұрын

shark: humans Smh o well ..... lunchtime

@risalockwood1978 3 жыл бұрын

My dad knew someone who participated in this.

@MrLee-qz3gy 3 жыл бұрын

great murky water shark haven.

@maddoxthediehardbillsfan 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah some days you cant see your hand

@enpjnk3288 7 жыл бұрын

Woah I thought nobody would survive to do this

@risalockwood1978 3 жыл бұрын

my dad knew someone who died during this

@dylanmoran9922 3 жыл бұрын

@@risalockwood1978 what happened like how he died

@maleekpate6770 3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanmoran9922 drowned duhh

@Dept246 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t look too far of swim from Pier 39.

@jakesullivan2944 5 жыл бұрын

That shit doesn’t even look that far from land tbh

@bellagonzales5704 7 жыл бұрын

9 years old Mason whitner

@noahandino2984 6 жыл бұрын

Bella Gonzales not true

@RuffRyder2011 5 жыл бұрын

So once your in that water it's pretty piss easy to escape from Alcatraz 😂

@strungjam9355 3 жыл бұрын

When it was in use the water was covered by sharks 🦈 so yeah it was nearly impossible to escape via water

@simplysavyyy 3 жыл бұрын

I could jog that distance in about 15 mins. But swim nope I would die.

@dasa7921 4 жыл бұрын

WAIT THAT WATER IS SEA???????? LOOKS LIKE A RIVER OR LAKE WTF! Come to Croatia to see real BLUE sea

@fantastixfilms5372 4 жыл бұрын

da sa water here In America is never blue man. But I would love to visit Croatia one day.

@Ryan-jx4vh 4 жыл бұрын

That part of the pacific has a lot of algae and makes the water more murky.

@Thatoneguy-ro1sj 2 жыл бұрын

Lol someone needs to get out more

@WantonMyth 3 жыл бұрын

Ok, let's do a head count ...

@applestrudel2491 3 жыл бұрын

“Alright I got 40 of us” “There were 170 of us” “..............”

@bobbyshmurda8447 2 жыл бұрын

Where’s nick? Oh he’s swimming back 💀

@noworries12 3 жыл бұрын

would be interesting how many GW are lurking under water

@5280AcoGs 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck that! Fuck that!! -Wiz Khalifa

@snoozeking7497 3 жыл бұрын

She is in remarkably good shape. So was I, a few decades ago.🤠

@davybrazell5895 3 жыл бұрын

We all know prisoners had done this way before, no big deal.

@needlemonkey6009 3 жыл бұрын

Watch the video of a great white shark attacking a seal just off the Alcatraz dock in 2015. Then reconsider this.

@ChameleonMD123 6 жыл бұрын

It's lunacy. There is nothing to gain putting your life on the line in such a manner.

@jimwade7680 6 жыл бұрын

Aglin race...

@icedcoldbrew 5 жыл бұрын

okay but why do i highkey wanna do this?!

@walterbank2728 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody got a wet suit but her....she must be from outer space.

@user-br6od2qq1f 3 жыл бұрын

Shark!

@matthiasheimel2367 3 жыл бұрын

Happy meal for all Sharks 😂😂😂

@nickm8874 6 жыл бұрын

There’s literally no logical reason to swim through shark infested waters like that. One of them gets munched and it’s their own damn fault

@jamesford2160 Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@sarzootashoota351 9 ай бұрын

You realize they do this all the time for years now and no one's ever been bit right? Calm down with the misinformation and wishing death on people 😂

@WolfvineGaming 5 жыл бұрын

Oh hell! I'm not swimming there! Swimming in shark infested waters while wearing black wet suits, fuck that!

@LeoWhalen1933 6 жыл бұрын

Her little factoid about getting kicked in the face doesn't sound too comforting.

@ashleyblair9009 7 жыл бұрын

FUCK THAT !!!!! Someone is going to get eaten one day !

@mrdel7776 3 жыл бұрын

No thank u when u have sharks in the water I stay in the bay to watch not get eaten by a shark lol ha ha

@CycoSven69 2 жыл бұрын

Darwin Awards

@fergman300 6 жыл бұрын

It was so amazing....well up until the point where got stuck by a hypodermic needle buried in the sand on the beach...and then stepped in a pile shit that on the sidewalk heading back to my car.....San Francisco...its not what it use be.

@ellencatalina2219 2 жыл бұрын

Give me "things that never happened for 300, Alex"

@mAKtre47 6 жыл бұрын

Nope Haha

@gonstotwriter 3 жыл бұрын

She is a woman but she spells her name “Lindsey,” not “Lindsay,” which is the feminine form. Why is that?

@Thatoneguy-ro1sj 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, English must not be your first language huh.

@snoozeking7497 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thatoneguy-ro1sj LOL

@pandagirl8973 6 жыл бұрын

Alcatraz is the worst jail by the way only 3 men escape so ya

@viscoproductions521 6 жыл бұрын

@maegancooper250 6 жыл бұрын

Visco Productions well she meant people who escaped that lived

@Randothol 6 жыл бұрын

I would rather boil my own head,

@shutupandtakethisjab 2 күн бұрын

Imagine screaming SHARKS desperately.

@gregoooa 2 күн бұрын

Sharkfest

@fosta4243 Ай бұрын

Feel free to look up this vid that was the same year…”Exclusive video: the first hunt by a great white shark ever recorded in San Francisco Bay” . I think not. Ma’am your braver than me 😂

@HarkeG Ай бұрын

Of course they all made it, look at distance, probably even trained for it before in cells

@jamesgibson3242 Ай бұрын

A buffet for sharks.

@carltonation 4 ай бұрын

not one black person in sight

@charliecook-pt6gu 4 ай бұрын

it really annoys me i know the great whites are there i have seen them yet you morons can seemingly swim with them without being attacked. its a real waste i might go chumming before the next race make it worthwhile to watch such a pointless activity

@TJ-xt6pc 4 ай бұрын

Apparently none of them watched that sealnget hammered by a great white on pier 39.

@dpelpal 5 ай бұрын

They do it on an incoming tide. I want to see them swim across the bay on an outgoing tide.😏

@againandagainau 6 ай бұрын

So they drowned in the bay theory is busted. Hundreds of people swim this thing every year?

@chrisbauman2562 6 ай бұрын

It's not shark infested when you have boats riding around fighting them off and spotters looking for them

@slifer0081 8 ай бұрын

I would love to do that

@daviddonohue665 9 ай бұрын

Yep I got kicked by my swim buddy when I did the 20th annual

@M_eye_d_s_tinks 9 ай бұрын

Cape cod Massachusetts has the highest concentration of great white sharks in the world.. They must like fish sticks 🧐🤨🤣

@snelgrave101 10 ай бұрын

The one thing Frank Morris and the Anglin's had on their side for this swim was FREEDOM plus the fact they were no doubt high as a kite on adrenaline at actually busting out beyond the walls in the first place, this must have heightened their resolve, glad they made it, they were bank robbers not sadistic killers like most of D block.

@alasdaircampbell1863 10 ай бұрын

Not the smartest idea.

@jonathannuamah3296 11 ай бұрын

How long does it take to swim that far?

@CarlCunningham360 Жыл бұрын

55F is chilly! No wetsuit? Wow! #Respect #Arizona I’m going to register in September for the race in June 2024.

@slifer0081 8 ай бұрын

55f is not bad at all - especially when you are moving.

@leadsolo2751 Жыл бұрын

They recognize the risks and do wht they do - Don't blame the sharks if something bad happens

@skeletonman9838 Жыл бұрын

Wonder if they lose a few people to sharks every once in a while

@Bailey12300 Жыл бұрын

She was doubting herself too much

@AB-kq7lf Жыл бұрын

NDA

@martymcyourflysdown6872 Жыл бұрын

I doubt I’d make it out of the jail but do think I would make it to land because I’m a sick monster, A fish outta water. 🐠

@galvinstanley3235 Жыл бұрын

There is no proof that they successfully escaped,it's believed that they made it to Angel island,but no proof they made it to Angel island or California.