At a very primal basic level, I find the ocean terrifying beyond words.

I put on a life jacket just to watch this.

This is at Teahupoo in French Polynesia. Known as “End of the Road” which wasn’t widely surfed until the nineties. The bottom drops to more than 1,000 feet deep just 1/3 mile offshore, and more than one mile deep just three miles offshore. As a result, swells don't feel the ocean floor until they are about 1/2 mile from shore, allowing the open-ocean energy to march virtually unimpeded into the reef at Teahupoo.

I love the ocean with all my heart. It's my favorite place to be. But she's also absolutely terrifying and people should never forget that.

The color of the water is gorgeous

Just remember - if you are the cameraman, you are immune to death.

New fear unlocked- the sea folding over me while I'm just minding my business..

The ocean is making croissants and we are just the butter.

This looks exactly like the place where I wouldn't want to be.

That sure is a beautiful place.. to watch on my phone, from the safety of my sofa.

Curls like a wave. Looks like a wave. Sounds like a wave...probably a wave.

Anyone who has the balls to get anywhere near this has respect in my book. It’s absolutely terrifying. The ocean is powerful. One of the most powerful things on earth

KZfaq has taught me, that in situations like this, you always want to be the guy holding the camera.

I just imagine there's a shark underneath going "Weeee!"

I believe this is Teahupo’o in Tahiti. Look it up! The topography of the sea floor in this spot makes gigantic, crazy waves. The boats are floating just feet from the curl of the wave. It’s intense to say the least.

Being lifted up by the wave chillin right behind the edge of it like that sure must be cool as hell to experience 👍👏👏

This looks incredibly beautiful and fucking terrifying at the same time.

The color of the water is just mesmerizing

Where is this? The water is a beautiful blue! So beautiful.

This brings back memories of Oahu.. --- esp.. Waikiki & Diamond Head. It's splendid there all year. Pearl Harbor is a must see & I recommend it to be added to the to do list too.

The ocean, something I both fear and admire.

“Those aren’t mountains, they’re waves” always gives me chills 🥶

I feel bad for that person surfing, my ears would pop so badly under the pressure of that much water.

Talk about a "you ain't shit" realization. MAD RESPECT for those out there . YOUR BALLS ARE ON ANOTHER PLAIN OF EXISTENCE!

The ocean is literally so terrifyingly scary and beautiful at the same time.. I’ll stay home thank you

For those wondering, this is at Teahupo'o. One of the "heaviest" waves in the world.

This is definitely just a beautiful wave not even scratching the surface of the ocean

That lone surfer 🏄‍♂️ still plummeting to the bottom of the ocean 🌊

What’s lurking beneath that dark blue water is what scares me the most.

"They're not mountains. They're waves!" -Interstellar

It's called a swell and happens when you're off shore. Sometimes the swells are massive.

No matter how confident or comfortable I feel when swimming…..it never escapes my frame of mind….that I need to respect large bodies of water. It’s incredibly intimidating yet Beautiful 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🏊🏾

"Those aren't mountains. Those are waves." - Cooper

terrifyingly beautiful

That surfer is pure beast

That wave, which you believed folded the ocean over, would've definitely knocked us over if we stood on the shore. Nice work on the Shorts Video. Keep up the good work.

Why isn’t anyone talking about the guy that just got consumed in the fold 😭😂

that dude in the beginning either had the best surf of his life or the last surf of his life

I love deep sea fishing (1) 8-hour span at a time. Yes, I get seasick (I call it "chumbing" for fish), but I often win the cost of my ticket back with a good catch day. I got a 125# Amberjack (with crew's help, and a 28# pregnant shark last time out. The kids on board got to see neat science stuff, too: Flying fish, sea cows, merfolks, huge turtles, porpi, & sharks being live born; & all kinds of jellyfish, incl. living Portugese Man of War, which has deadly stinging tenticles!) But I have to admit If the weather is fair, I can float & sleep at same time without extra devise! I think I'm skinny til I get in salt water. (Fat floats!😂😂😂😂). Fishing, even off a dock, is my next to favorite thing to do. Horses are my lifelong passion, though I had to give them up after falling & fracturing my neck in 1964. Now, writing children's short stories & illustrating them is my passion. I'm pushing 80 & I want to leave my stories to my 11 great grand kids in a Trust they can share $USD from in years to come. We need to leave our stuff & stories behind for family.❤❤❤❤😅

Johnny straight comatosed Dave and even I feel bad. Brutality 😂

That one guy: -peacefully surfing- The ocean: C H O M P

This the kinda stuff we watch in admiration from a DISTANCE 😂

So many people saying ‘never turn your back on the ocean’ as if it’s going to behave any differently when you are facing it. The assumption is that you would know what to do when you see a swell approaching and whether you have options - dash to shore, dash to sea, dive, ride … If your options are limited or you lack the skills or knowledge, it won’t matter whether your back is turned or you are staring into the mouth of the monster.

The guy surfing never came back sunken to atlantis 💀

RIP: The guy who pissed off nature so much that the ocean formed a mouth for a few seconds just so it could eat him.

I’m no waveologist, but I’m pretty sure that’s still a wave!

God I wish I lived close to areas like this. Fuckin Beautiful!

That person right in the middle of it, hope they made it out safe

**guy gets engulfed by the ocean never to be seen ever again** Camera guy: HHooHAHOoHOo

That's why I love viewing the ocean from my phone screen.

That water 🌊🌊🌊 is absolutely beautiful. And I hope the surfer 🏄 at the start got out okay 🥺

This is home. If you are viewing this video, you live on a blue planet that is mostly sea and ocean. It is oddly named “Earth.”

*camera man never dies.*

I have so much respect for our ancestors who braved the ocean to find distant lands. They had real courage.

The folding ocean just swallowed that surfer. Gulp ! 🌊🏄‍♂️

Spectacular,That look like North shore Oahu, Even more beautiful from this advantage out at Sea looking towards shore.

“You know what? You just lost land privileges” **ocean literally folds over**

People who can swim in the ocean or surf have my deepest respect. It can never be me.

That is incredible just on a screen, what a sight to see in real life! Lucky people 💯👍🙏

Heavy waves from out deep meeting with shallow reefs causes the waves jump up way higher that's why we stay far from shallow waters at sea in high winds most times.

My anxiety level - 📈

bro surfed right into it's open jaws 💀

Te Ahu means The Wall, Po'o means Head..Put together you get Teahupo'o, a well deserved name!

It’s a normal (large) wave viewed from the back. The part that is folding is towards the shore. I think the surfer 🏄‍♀️ survived. Although I know this, I’m good on land 😅

Remember folks, the ocean hates you

As someone who once almost drowned due to high waves and rip current, this is absolutely terrifying to me now.

God’s Creation is simply magnificent! Praise Him Holy Name! 🙏

My mother told me that when she and her siblings were kids, they used to swim a mile from island to island (she grew up in Trinidad). When I visited in 2015, my aunt showed me where they used to live and where they swam.... the water is so deep, it looks BLACK. People who are brave enough to just be swimming in the open ocean are just built DIFFERENT.

everybody gangsta till water starts sinking into water☠️☠️

I love the ocean but that puts a real fear in me. Those rip tides will kill you. If you are close to shore or able to, turn parallel to the shore and go with it until you can get out of it. Of course, I mean a much, much smaller one.

🤔🧐🧐 that is indeed a wave..a really big one 😆 gorgeous water!

In 1970 Santa Monica California I was 10 years old it was around midnight me and family members and friends were walking along the shore I felt a little bit behind everybody started digging in to the sand a big wave got me and drug me in I was spinning in circles being pulled in I I didn’t know what was up or down but somehow I felt my feet hit the sand so I started crawling like a crab and I was able to break the viselike grip of the water that was holding me down and eventually I crawled out of the water spitting out sand seaweed and salt water I don’t know how long I was under but I couldn’t see my family I only heard their faint voices Way far ahead of me I eventually caught up with them. It’s pretty frightening nobody knew that I was missing I believe if I didn’t survive they probably wouldn’t have noticed that I was gone until the next day because all the adults were drinking including my mother. Since then I’ve always had respect for the ocean and even though my kids can swim and my grandkids I don’t allow them to go anywhere beyond above their waist in the water. One thing I learned You don’t have time to be afraid when you’re fighting for your life

this is the moment the nature tries to tell you "oh I could if I wanted to.. but not today...got yah!!" 😅

This is what my nightmares are made of. Sunny days and running from unexpected beautifully blue, terrifying tsunamis.

Not "Wow," but "WOW!!!" 😳😳😳 That is one impressive view of ocean swells smashing together!!!

The surfboarder riding the wave: 💀

We all gangsta until the ocean folds over-

Adios to that surfer at the beginning.

I can't get over the eerie sound it makes

This makes me feel cozier in my bed under my warm safe blankets

I have an extreme phobia of being in massive bodies of water, so to me these guys are warriors.

Beyond awesome, the ocean just swallows them whole. Love Mother Nature. 😊

Pov: im straightening my carpet and you are a germ on it

"This isn't a wave, the ocean is just folding!" -Continues to record at the top of a wave

I have a lot of respect for the ocean. But, most of all I fear it. It’s beautiful, it holds so many secrets, most of all, it’s treacherous.

I hope the surfer that got folded in the middle could hold his breath really long and came out okay!😮

Praise the Lord, sachai nai sarai blessed generation, har koi euta shaktishali destiny, euta conform udesya bokera yo place ma bhela bhako cha, though i miss my kats, very much, still i bless you two to go ahead with your callings, ❤ . May God bless and use you for his purpose.

Just a gentle reminder by nature how powerless you really are

I hope the surfer is okay.

I used to ride the waves in the Atlantic many times. It was really very cool, I will never forget it

probably multiple men eating sharks swimming below them

Having major anxiety for the surfer at the bottom 😕

Is nobody gonna talk about the guy that never came back up after going into the folding ocean

I hope that surfer’s 🏄‍♂️ ok. He was in the fold and that amount of water could crush someone. May God protect and keep everyone in the water safe

I drowned 2 times before I was 10, and refused to swim until I was 15, then in order to conquer my fear of deep water, I taught myself how swim. 🏊🏻‍♀️ Myself and my kids are all expert swimmers 😊

I have total respect for nature at its finest and the brave cameraman.

The ocean decided to make a surfer omelet.

This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. It looks menacing as it gets closer.

When I was 12- my family and I were boating, off the coast of Cape Cod. On our way back in (we were out super far, couldn't see land), we dropped into a gulley of water....we literally "dropped down" DEEP, and then the ocean literally went over our boatI!!!! (I thought it was awesome, my Mom did not agree!!!) . Our boat was drenchrd, and stalled out, it took my Dad quite a while to get her started again!!! The worst part at THAT time was listening to my Mom yell at my Dad... LoL But, NOW, as an adult, I can see how bad this could have turned out.... Yikes... 😬😬😬😬😬😬

Being confused, terrified, and disoriented all at the same time is the worst combination of feelings that this video has given me... 👀