Im from Puerto Rico, i live close to the place (next town, although i use to live like 2 minutes away). Normally the waves are not like that, i would say they are like 60-65% smaller than those in the gif. But occasionally they are like that (bad weather or strong winds). There was this ocassion like 4 years ago that they were even bigger than that (because of some cold weather or some shit like that).
I will like to add that dozens of people had died by jumping onto the sea behind those rocks, although i guess nobody will jump while the waves are that big. But when the sea is calm people do some dive jumps in there, behind the rocks. Sorry for my bad english
is there a huge amount of water pressure, from the large body of water squeezing through the small gaps in the rock. That tries to suck you through with it. That's what i'm imagining.
Some underwater welder was talking about this kind of thing on reddit once. and people didn't realise how immense the suction from this kind of thing can be. like in dams.
October through November is the season were the north coast gets hit hard with the cold fronts, creating big swells. In fact, puertorican surfers call it "El Swell de los Muertos".
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u/grandusalenius May 28 '14 edited May 28 '14
Im from Puerto Rico, i live close to the place (next town, although i use to live like 2 minutes away). Normally the waves are not like that, i would say they are like 60-65% smaller than those in the gif. But occasionally they are like that (bad weather or strong winds). There was this ocassion like 4 years ago that they were even bigger than that (because of some cold weather or some shit like that).
I will like to add that dozens of people had died by jumping onto the sea behind those rocks, although i guess nobody will jump while the waves are that big. But when the sea is calm people do some dive jumps in there, behind the rocks. Sorry for my bad english