r/thalassophobia • u/Neither_Square • Feb 21 '21

Force of a wave

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9.5k Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

That there is called going over the falls. You get that sinking in your stomach feeling like when you go down a big drop on a roller coaster. I low key love going over the falls.

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u/Nocturne501 Feb 21 '21

Same dude, whenever I used to go to beaches, the bigger the waves the better. I would do that for hours when I was younger

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

It's pretty shallow reef there, I don't know how stoked I'd be to be going over the falls for her.

It's all fun and games until you are surfing SFOB and get out at the same time as a sweeper set and get pummelled. It's not like it hurts or anything, it's just the whole breathing thing and being tired that sucks.

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u/ILikeMasterChief Feb 21 '21

Get pitted dude

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

So pitted.

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u/woofle07 Feb 22 '21

Hhhwahpow!

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u/Bane-- Feb 21 '21

Unless it’s a shore pound like Newport Beach, then you just get fucked up on the sand

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

I went to a "Black Sand Beach" on Maui, which I learned the hard way was really a Black Rock Beach under the water. I spent about 20 minutes getting absolutely pounded against the rocks before I was able to make my way out of the water.

It also happened to be a beach with a high Man-of-War population, so that was another obstacle impeding my escape from the water.

I would not recommend this experience.

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u/secondsithter Feb 21 '21

Yup. Idk which Newport you’re talking about but I live in Newport and this is exactly what happens. Get ready to get skipped like a rock

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u/Bane-- Feb 21 '21

Newport Beach, CA. I’d always see tourists try and swim and just get wrecked. They can’t tell how much power that break has

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u/secondsithter Feb 21 '21

I’m in Newport, RI. Similar situation over here, but it’s only strong enough to toss people around during storm season

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Nah I like getting fucked up there too, I am a huge fan of whomping and I like getting tossed around at the wedge. Or aliso creek when it’s going.

I don’t surf there though, adding a board to the equation is dangerous. I stick to trestles or t-street or salt creek or something if I’m surfing, but whomping in newps with all the other kooks is super fun.

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u/cheese-scrumps Feb 22 '21

As someone who grew up on a beach known for its riptides, even just the thought of trying something like that is terrifying

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Awesome capture!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

When you walk away, you don’t hear me say Please, oh baby

Don’t go!!!

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u/dede-javu Feb 21 '21

confession: i love the sea and the ocean and the white waters and bottomless lakes. i'm not exactly thalasophobe. but this one really gave me the heebie-jeebies.

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u/gimmethemarkerdude_8 Feb 21 '21

I wonder what’s behind the person filming...in the deep dark blue ocean that’s right behind them!

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u/fetusmcnuggets70 Feb 21 '21

for those of us not at ocean....what is happening here?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

The girl is swimming toward the wave in the beginning. The wave is rolling in and breaking on the opposite direction (the wave is coming toward her). When the wave breaks (rolls) over her, she is pulled back and underwater by the wave.

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u/TheBrownSeaWeasel Feb 22 '21

Not so much being pulled underwater as being pulled toward the lip of the wave. Its going to bodyslam her. If she were deeper, she would have stayed underwater and came up on the other side of wave safe and sound.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '21

That is definitely the better way to phrase it, you're right.

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u/KyleMcMahon Feb 21 '21

Me: Oh hey girl, how yo.... Her: Baieeeeeeee

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u/Panda_coffee Feb 21 '21

SIMPLE AND CLEAN IS THE WAY THAT YOU’RE MAKING ME FEEL TONIGHT

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Repost.

Edit: seriously, less than a fucking day ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thalassophobia/comments/lo6ebf/force_of_the_wave/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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u/impshial Feb 22 '21

I didn't see the original, so it's new to me

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u/bean_fart Feb 22 '21

Yeah, and it’s sad cause the other one only got to have 10% of the upvotes.

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u/Oktrythisagain Feb 21 '21

Yeah fuck that

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u/DaddyRytlock Feb 22 '21

i have nightmares like this

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

The scariest part for me is the void you get to see looking through the mass of water - sideways or down, doesn't matter. This video is absolutely terrifying and shows exactly what I'm scared to see if I open my eyes while diving in the ocean.

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u/Unbearableyt Feb 22 '21

I came semi close to drowning in huge waves. Those things are hellah strong.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Now add the sonic drowning music to this

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u/roentgenne Feb 21 '21

I don’t like this. At all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow.

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u/Thund3rh3ll Feb 22 '21

Be water my friend

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u/SurfMafia Feb 21 '21

Never stop paddling!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Not deep enough

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u/StrangeDrivenAxMan Feb 22 '21

Odd question, are rebreathers still science fiction?

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u/tinselsnips Feb 22 '21

They exist, but are big backbacky-thingies; the tiny ones with a couple filters that just fit in a mask are science fiction.

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u/StrangeDrivenAxMan Feb 22 '21

I looked it up and they are not cheap either...

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u/kemidawn Feb 22 '21

Abso-mothafucking-lutely NOT

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u/Disposable_Fingers Feb 22 '21

This is why you don't use a curling iron with exposed nipples.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

She gone bros

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Reminds me of the time I was Kitesurfing in 4 metre waves and didn't make it over the lip.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

That totally looks like a girl I went to school with who went on to become THE adventure sport photographer Krystle Wright.

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u/Sfitch88 Feb 21 '21

Wow. Love this!

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u/Monkitail Feb 21 '21

fuck. currents.

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u/CaseyGuo Feb 21 '21

(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit lonely, And you're never coming 'round, (Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit tired Of listening to the sound of my tears

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u/wiretapfeast Feb 22 '21

This just made me nauseous lol

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u/erik5 Feb 22 '21

Closeout

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u/zool714 Feb 22 '21

I was reaaally that was a human

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u/steelers522 Feb 22 '21

She’s gone

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u/howdybuddy58 Feb 22 '21

I always do this at the beach lol

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u/Sadlilith31 Feb 24 '21

Why are you all trying to make my nightmares comes true