Finally, someone explained this. I've watched different videos for this but nobody explained why it's dangerous

There is a sign, or signs.

Our tour guide there warned us about it multiple times, telling us not to turn our back to the ocean. Then there were the signs.

There are actually loads of signs. Many tourists, however, ignore them. It's a running joke among guides that the nickname for this beach is "Chinese takeaway". That's because Chinese tourists in particular, are notorious for ignoring the signs and going into or close to the water for IG photos.

@@__Queen_of_Hearts__ they do that a lot….get up close to elk in the rutting season in Banff…and the charges them….I wonder why..

Why need to be sad about it when they like to tease death for the sake of likes.

@@rafaelpayumo9066 true........

I think what you are really saying is that it is a really, really dangerous beach, I don’t know how to say it, something to that effect it is a very dangerous beach. Oh, you will say, “Many people have drowned there.” What about all those who have died in automobile accidents on the road? Also don’t underestimate some of these places in the tropics (I call it in paradise) such as blowholes just as one example.

@@rafaelpayumo9066 I think what you are saying those that I don’t know how say it such as those who like playing with the waves like the kids in the video in their bare feet if that is one way to say it are a bunch of ....... (I can’t think of the right word), that those like them deserve to die. I think that is what you are saying.

Happened to a Chinese tourist Nov 2021

Not a problem you will ever need to worry about

@@chumleyk dammm lmao

@Joshua Simmons ... an idiot also dies only ones ;). But of course an idiot will never understand this ;). The difference is that a hero dies/survives while doing something heroic .. an idiot dies while doing something idiotic .. look at these images and judge for yourself.. if your brain is even capable of doing something like that. Without knowing them I would bet quite a lot that these guys would completely fail when it's actually about being a hero and standing up for others when shit goes down .. and you know what .. I am fairly certain you do too ;). Heroic people are actually very rare .. and on this beach are way to many people for them to be all heroes. But you know what this world is full of ? ... Many people thinking there are all heros and big shots...and when it's about to get rough their gone. You talk to much for knowing so little .. which is yet another definition of stupidity. If you would actually have any knowledge about this corner of the earth you would know, that running around with scissors would actually be saver. But of course your ego will always protect you from this realization .. Btw .. since you obviously know so much about being a hero and what a hero does/ is .. tell me ... What is your hero story .. what makes you a hero and talk like that? Jun 2019 .. is Joshua Simmons even your real name? ... Btw how old are you?

@@chumleyk wow .. just amazing. Your comment .. just .. so smart and so crass. So .. insightful .. and .. man .... really intelligent. 🥳👏👏👏🎉🎊🎉 .. I bet you must be really proud of it...man .. just wow.

@@chumleyk omg you actually did him dirty LMAO

Maybe they are not aware of dangers

Yes

@@vaishalik9375 ignorance will not save anyone

I believe the rule of thumb is you die in two minutes in freezing water with no flotation device.

What does super close mean?

i didnt know the color of water is white

Yes

Yes

snicker waive??

@I I exactly. i have the mentality of the baltic sea. there may be currents but all is very tame in comparison to actual ocean- beaches. i never heard of sneaker waves before youtube recommended them. :)

@@dunruden9720 they mean a sneaker wave.

Snicker waive, lol

@@ChrisAndCats you don't say.

You should come and visit inchadoney beach and inch beach in cork and Kerry, Ireland. Incredible

@@emu9520 I would Love to! I was in scotland a few years ago and desperately want to come back to explore northern scotland with the Orkneys , the Hebrides, and for Sure Irelands coast, too! 🥰 Maybe, one day...* Sigh *

I’m a winter swimmer!

@Therese A. Judith Izzo-Davis If you do a search on winter swimming, you’d be surprised how many do it like in Finland and then there are groups like the ice mile club and then you ones like Wim Hof who has spent almost 2 hours in an ice bath.

Can’t resist water at all even been in the Nordic fjords and a Norwegian dam again the cold doesn’t bother me it just calls me

I suffered from anxiety watching them, kids and waves so close equal heart palpitations.

HUH?

So true . Irresponsible

Can anyone tell why it's so dangerous?? I'm from a tropical country of Asia & I don't think the waves are so huge as compared to those in the Pacific... :)

@@sreeja4683 I spent my childhood ocean beach time on a very boring looking West Coast USA beach. People died there yearly. I wasn't allowed over my knees at a couple of spots, ever, no matter how calm it looked - the rips are just that lethal. Go down, and that might be your last swim. Furthermore, a lot of west coast beaches have logs being tossed in the surf. Can't swim if you're knocked unconscious.

Death, I'd say.

Well, most of us do go around thinking "Bad things not gonna happen to me or my family"

I think that's the whole appeal for the people on that beach. I can totally see why a photographer would want a picture of the energy in those waves. This group seems pretty smart with the exception of the parents with the kids. I've seen other clips of groups where their all up close and like 10 people get swept away.

I've been seeing videos of iceland and people keep talking about the danger on this beach but is 3 in 10 years even a high number? Don't get me wrong, I sure find it sad to imagine, but as a person who lives in a tropical country I'm pretty sure normal beaches here have taken more lives and people still bathe in them

@@AliceP. Yes but people haven't died from bathing in these waters, they died from walking along the beach

Most dangerous cause 3 people died in 10 year? In my place, hindia ocean it s more than 3 people dies a year

@@xya8948 but as Sarah said, people died just from walking along the beach.

You are wrong, people die trying to get into the ocean when they are drunk or when they don't know how the ocean moves

Bin laden has to

Good joke, at this time Complete lock down

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Or maybe it’d the fact that it’s probably 10F

I think this is beat up lava and very new so not much chance of gold. The black sand you are thinking of is mostly iron and does accumulate in streams where gold is.

I think they are quite unpredictable and can drag away your feet when you don‘t expect it (just saw a video from a beach in france where that happened to an elder couple, don‘t know whether they survived, but they didn‘t manage to escape the water in that video). What makes it worse in this case is that the beach doesn‘t actually consist of fine sand, but of tiny black pebbles. So the waves transport all those stones and if you get hit by a wave, you‘re likely to also get hit by tons of stones.

@@TheRoyalNopeness 😲 Wow!

the tide you clown

Not if you are a winter swimmer

@Therese A. Judith Izzo-Davis I used to be an excellent swimmer, but I wouldn't go anywhere near that frigid water. Just look at those waves-holy cow!

@Therese A. Judith Izzo-Davis There are too many people around that have the attitude, like, “the water is too cold”, “oh it’s too dangerous”, “oh it is too risky”, etc. They have a certain attitude I don’t know how to say it. They say it is subhuman to let their children do anything that even involves a slight amount of risk. Everything involves risk, even stepping out your front door or entering your garage.

@@gregorymcgee100 The only place you probably ever swam in was a swimming pool. There are many really good swimmers who never swam in any other place than a pool main because they were only competition type swimmers.

@@vernoncooke7348 I understand what you are saying, but Iceland? I wasn't a competitive swimmer but back in the day I could swim really well, but give me 90 degree Florida and 80 degree water temps because I want to swim to relax and not fight hypothermia.

Isso é próximo ao polo norte

reynisfjara, I think, in iceland

There is one on the big island of Hawaii.

Tenerife, and quite a few beaches in New Zealand, west side of the North Island

There is one in Maui Hawaii too

The Pacific in Guatemala and the Caribean of Costarica

Many in Fiji

Cause they want to live?

Lol

I cant decide if you're serious or not....

Bcz of the waves... They are so strong and as you can see a huge wave can reach the beach at any time unexpectedly and carry whatever there are. There's a specific name for this kind of waves too I'm not aware of it.

The big waves come in unexpectedly further than previous waves, there is a strong under current, and the shelf drops off very steeply. People get knocked down, then dragged out to sea, and will likely freeze to death in minutes, long before they can get pulled from the water.

@@cbpd89 When you say the shelf drops swiftly, do you mean the continental shelf itself has a steep slope or are you talking about the continental slope?

Well, it's ice land ;)

Because of the waves and ice cold waters? You can easily loose your footing and be dragged out into the sea where you will die within a few minutes of hypothermia.

Look up sneaker waves Oregon.

maybe they weren't. not all countries are close to the sea / ocean. some people only saw the sea in movies and photos.

Because of sneaker waves. People get injured here every year because they ignore the warning signs and go to close to the water. Some people have died in the past. If you get pulled out into the sea you're dead.

Tourists get too close and get swept away. You wont last long in freezing waters like that If you were lucky enough to remove your clothes and boots, the currents and temperatures would still probably get you before you could be rescued