TOP 5 MOST DANGEROUS WAVES IN THE WORLD PT. 1
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Your descriptions on what's underneath these waves while watching was heart thumping,thank you.
Koa - To hear your expert POV/opinion on these 5 waves is sincerely invaluable! Further emphasizes the notion of paddle fitness and breath hold survival. Love these educational videos that expresses your personality! Well done!
On small days I been practicing for long hold-downs by not immediately taking a breath after surfacing, but waiting till the next wave washes over me, so a simulated 2-wave hold-down. Thanks for this video!😊
Such a detailed, eloquent description of Pipe. I had no idea. Gives me even more admiration for the likes of Michael Ho and others who have mastered the place.
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Thank you, Koa…a lot of good information about those breaks. I’m fascinated by how many factors there are in determining the danger of an area and how they all can combine differently on different days and sizes and swell direction and sea life, bottom contour and makeup, and you nailed the experience of rough waters and nicely broke down the experience of surfing tough breaks near shallow reefs and rocks, which for me was mostly my local breaks East O’ahu breaks like Chinawalls, but when also on days we had a car, Pipes especially and Makaha are some faves (partly because of the fun of the backwash), but you did a really nice job of the detail about Pipes, and that current, and the lineup…astounding. So that analysis, the only one I really know of your 5, was right on, which gives me great confidence about your other 4, which is a fascinating gift for me with my deep love of oceanography in general, so thanks so much for that. A really nice breakdown. Mahalo fo’ dat.
Awesome one Koa - love to hear your expertise about these world class big waves 🎉
Yes keep these kind coming , appreciate... I think there could easily be other super dangerous waves, especially those that have shallow reefs and cause the waves to fold over each other where the only rideable section is a 6ft part at the bottom of the wave and with 15 to 20 feet of water above you creating another 2 waves, footage from those breaks can be next level surprising that people survive those wipe outs. But yeah really appreciate your take on these 5 spots, it's very interesting for surfers like us who will never ride any of them 😂 Bless
Awesome breakdown Koa! Thanks for taking the time to rank the waves. Those of us who have tried to bodysurf the country (Log Cabins), learn very fast about the currents and deadly reefs. So dangerous...back to Sandy's!
What about shipstreans
love these vids!! can you do each one seperately with more of your footage and knowledge? thanks super valuable knowledge and breakdown
Great job bro and I love these videos!🤙
For those who are unaware I'm going to explain nazaree in a way that Koa either chose not to or maybe just simply is unaware of. Nazaree is unique because of a offshore deep water canyon that not only comes to a pinch point near off the cliff but it also significantly rises in elevation to get incredibly shallow comparative to its offshore depths of well over a thousand feet. This causes those deep water ocean swells in the North Atlantic to increase in speed significantly and up to between 60 to 85 miles an hour at times. But there's also one other part to it. Because of this canyon it's splits the swell in two and then focuses it right back together right off the cliff which causes that massive wedge effect that we see at Nazareth and in places like Newport Beach and California at the wedge. Nazaree is not only dangerous because of its size which it can produce wave faces upwards of around 110 to 115 ft at times But again as Koa mentioned the cliffs which are razor sharp with Jagged rocks as well as underwater caverns. He also touched on the inside currents. Because of the size and speed of the wave in the colliding currents from different angles This creates a condition which is unique to nearly every other place on Earth because it creates a massive inside zone of an oxygenated water column that is anywhere between four to 8 ft deep at times and spreads over the course of a 10 to 15 acre wide window. This makes it impossible for people to be able to swim to the surface because it completely upsets your typical degree of buoyancy in the ocean and as Koa touched on a bit It makes it incredibly difficult for jet skis to properly function. That is why I kind of disagree with Koa's assessment on placing it at number 5. That is entirely dependent upon the conditions. Nazaree on a relatively above average big day would register somewhere between 5 and 10 on the most dangerous waves on Earth scale. But when Nazarees at its max well that a whole other other Beast which no wave on Earth compares to and it's not even close.
Nazaree the single most overrated wave in the world. Boring.
Cool story brah
@@Jason-TheChad-Muska_circa1995 As a local, the way you write Nazaré fries my brain off
@John-lg1vf cant beleive he didn't throw a dragon in there 😅
also....Nazare. when its big its actually a tow surf that is boring to watch. Boards are still horrible...everybody is going straight....The only people that surf the wave are Twiggy and Lucas...the rest is survival... Best big waves, where people actually surf are Teahupoo, Cloudbreak, Mullaghmore, Jaws, Mavericks and Pipeline....
great vid Koa thanks for sharing your knowledge
Great job Koa tuff choices well done 🤙🏼
Cool videos mate, like the day by day vlog and this one about your faves waves
Great job Koa!! Your list is an excellent one. Very well thought out and hard to argue with your choices! By all means it would be great to see more episodes like this one. I’m all for it 100%!!! Please do more of this type of awesome subject matter.
Thanks, Glad you liked it!
Excellent video! Yes, that Mavericks undertow/current that you discussed got Mark Foo #rip. Non surfer here, and have massive respect for what you guys do - riding mountains.
@@KoaRothman hi, why dont you guys carry rescue air for surfing waves where hold downs are a problem , ive seen rescue air tanks and they are literallt a mouthpiece on a soda can size tank that give a few minutes of air ? Could easily be strapped to the waist or leg and not be a burden and if you get a hold down you have a goto situation leveller . There is an answer sitting there waiting no reason any surfer should die from drowning in a hold down .
Great vid, did you ever check out Cyclops in South Australia? That place for me looks like the most dangerous wave due to how remote and heavy/shark invested that ocean is.
That was a great summarisation of reasons Koa & yourself having personal experiences at each wave provides an awesome appraisal of risk 🤙
Glad you liked it!
Go to the sw of western Australia and surf the Right on a 6m swell and north wind. Hands down up there with the most heaviest wave in the world. Even if there was a major city on the coast with hospitals etc it is still so dangerous with its size and force, shallow reef, sharks. For those that don't know, the Right is extremely isolated and if something went wrong you would be air lifted to Royal Perth hospital some hours away.
Whereabouts are you talking about ? Margs ?
@@QuakingShaka... It's a few hours drive further south than margs brother ... Isolation factor is high
Obviously haven't surfed cyclops 😅
Dazza . . . . Quite obviously son. Quite obviously ! ! ! ! !😊
This wave isnt dangerous because its mainly surfed by australians which makes it actually dangerous for the great whites and the reef when some hard cunt head butts the reef
The picture behind your head of you surfing is amazing...crazy huge wave Koa!!
Great analysis Koa! Love your channel, keep up the great work!!
Thank you!
Well done, man! Thanks for sharing!
Loved this video Koa having someone that can speak on experience with these insane waves gives us a perspective you can’t see from a photo/videos 💯
Great video!! Would love to see your top 10 funnest waves you've surfed and why
Definitely love the informational videos 👏 then again, always stoked when there’s a new vlog
Glad you like them!
Great video, need more of this
Thanks for the great content brah
Thanks. I'm an old San Diego surfer,but I've not surfed since the 1960s. Still love watching and I'm amazed at what is done today.
Me too Too old and to cold 😜 🇦🇺 And a bit decricd
Love this style video! So great, getting the insight of what it's like to surf these waves from someone who is indeed surfing them.
Was ! Those locals dont want him visiting their waves anymore after he said.... "Dont come and surf here in Hawaii", ....in his last video !!
@adambane1719 that's not what he said at all!!!! He basically said if you're unsure about it then don't surf pipe!
Glad you liked it! well start making more!
Great list and video! Would have love to hear your take on Shipsterns
Awesome Koa! Really enjoyed the video and would love to hear more about the other waves you mentioned at the end of the video - maybe part 2 next week?
Sequel, Koa, next week yeah?
That's a really good idea!
PT. 2?????
@@KoaRothman We need to read about and listen to you talk about the other waves you think are damn gnarly.
Well done! I was lucky to grow up with Mavs in my backyard, very heavy, and lots of things to deal with as you mention. Great job on the vid!
Macs is sooo heavy!
This is fire 💥 thoroughly enjoyed it ❤ Ohana 👊🏽😎🤙🏽
Love this vlogs information thanks Koa. Excellent job
Outstanding! Love it. Well spoken. Great description from someone who knows. Tnx
Love these style of vids
Went to pipe once on vacation on an average winter day, maybe 8-10ft (californian) and got a couple of short barrels was feeling good. About to catch a wave in as the crowd was picking up and it must've been that backwash because I was vaulted, last thing I saw was everything upsidown as I did a frontflip in the barrel. Did about 3 cartwheels instantly and then just pinned on the bottom water rushing downwards for like 3 seconds. Came up, went to shore and vomited out of my eyeballs. Never surfed pipe since.
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Damn im glad your ok!
Great video! Your experienced analysis makes this truly watching. Hope you can do some more like it.
Thanks, will do!
Most of us will never get anywhere near waves this big and heavy, so the more info we get from experienced surfers really helps. There was an article in the New York Times on February 17, 2023 about 50 year-old surf photographer Sachi Cunningham. She swims (with her big camera) around at Mavericks, which sounds really interesting because the break is pretty far out with a lot of water is moving around. She said when she is dodging a big wave she tries to go to the very bottom, where it is usually calm. I love ocean swimming, and any info on the reefs and bottom terrain at these legendary spots is helpful. I am always amazed that more people have not been killed slamming the reef at Teahupoo when you see those mind-boggling wipe-outs. Big Waimea looks terrifying to me because the lines of massive waves just keep coming. I guess the jet skis at Waimea help a lot.@@KoaRothman
Great video , appreciate you bruh
Great video Koa.. not an easy thing to do they’re all frightening waves with serious consequences. I lived on the North Shore 1970 for a few years when I got there in January, a big swell, tore up most of the houses. They were just starting to build the first hotel Del Webbs hotel. I recall nobody wanted it pipe and those days was also the same scary place at that time Lopez made it look like an easy ride. Unbelievable where guys like you have taken surfing. Blessings
Super interesting! Thanks Koa
Long time fan and subscriber here, and long time Celsius drinker(thanks to you!)..My fave flavor is Lemon Lime and Passion Fruit Mango. This video was so interesting, and I couldn't imagine the massiveness or danger of these waves. WOW!!!!! Awesome video!
Incredibly well explained from expert personal experience. This video is hard to fault !!
Most information I've ever heard about those waves, thanks, john
Instant like...nice work
Loved this video. I hope you make more videos like this. Maybe a top 5 most deadly shorebreaks
Thanks! Will do!
Like the new location. Even more I liked the first 7 seconds of the video hitting play/pause/play/pause 😂. Always entertaining and a pleasure to ride along. Thanks, and be well.
Koa you are a legend!
Well done Koa 🤘
Nice video mate, especially with your experience!
Great video. I would like to hear your opinion of Puerto. That wave, on a huge day, is freighting.
Well done. A most humble and talented young man. World class talent and big wave maestro.
Thanks, enjoyed the video and your expertise
Great video Koa. I'm not a surfer and the ocean scares me. And yeah you're qualified to judge these places having surfed them. You, and surfers like you are very brave people imho. Stay safe Sir.
Cool video bud🤙Puerto Escondido is also pretty gnarly huh? 🌊
How would you compare these to some of the nutty Australian waves like The Right, Shipsterns, etc.? Just curious to hear your perspective on those ones, as I'm just an armchair surfer :D (My wife used to surf a lot (from Hawaii) but I grew up in Seattle, so not really the greatest surf spot. :) Oh, and very nice video!
Great video Koa
Keep these kinds videos coming. Cool to see you make these type of videos as you are the man. Remember seeing the video of riding xxxl Tahiti at like 16🤯
Thanks! Will do!
Reall enjoyed this video , great content, humble Guy , yeh thumbs-up 👍. Btw . Can I borrow one of your Pyzel Boards for the winter 😅 Just kidding
Teahupo'o is such a GORGEOUS wave😍
really good video. appreciate you sharing your insight
Great discussion, thanks for sharing,keep them coming, maybe you can do the same per region, that way you can cover Puerto Escondido and others in Aus.
That's a great idea
Great vid! Cheers
Admire your courage and athleticism….but you guys are absolutely nuts! I have been dribbled across the bottom and slammed dunked by small waves. I can’t even imagine what you’re doing out there. The first time I watched big wave surfing I thought it was the most amazingly terrifying sport possible. The only immediate comparison I can think of is those skiers who helicopter up to those vertical chutes in Alaska and ride the avalanches down. It’s hard to watch sometimes. Love your channel and laugh a lot when you and Nathan do your You Tube channel!
Love to see that Puerto was close to making the list, especially with a big swell on the horizon!
Thank you for the list and the reasons for your choices. Two notable exclusions: The Right and ShipSterns.
I like it Koa.. great video, so is filming while surfing in the water. Lineup Politics pecking order ect. all great content.
loved it great to hear your view bra
Love this content
Your videos are great.. full of interesting content insights . .. thanks and keep safe!
Good job bra. Make some more. Stay safe. Aloha.😎🤙
Cool video. Great to hear how Pipe compares to other places in the world. Sad what's happened there over the decades too with crowds etc. And yeah, as a teenager I washed up at Backdoor after going over the falls. I was very lucky that day. I like how you point out it's more than just the size of the wave that makes it dangerous. If you don't get KO'd, and can swim, you can survive a lot, or not. Full respect for the waves you've surfed.
Such an intense place. im glad you liked the video!
Wow, the reef ant Pipe looks like an explosion in a cement factory, only thing worse would be sharp living coral to give you a nice laceration and subsequent nasty infection.
Brah I’m proud for you Keep doing what you do! Some peeps can’t handle the mellow
Hey bra, dont harsh my mellow bra, mahallow my brudda🤓🤓just playin hahaha love hawaii❤️❤️from the mainland
It is awesome to hear it from you an experience veteran! Respect ✊
Thanks for sharing. All those waves so intense! 🫣
They are!
I wouldn't mind watching more content like this. It is cool to hear your opinion considering you've surfed all these places
I love Koa's opinions on things, his sense of humor on Nate's podcast just breaks ridiculous things down. His North Shore pedigree puts him a unique position to say things.
You got it!
One of my favourite videos from you, Koa. Love your content, Brah. Longtime subscriber here. Chopes (Teahupo'o) would be my #1, because the water is so shallow and the reef is so alive and coral-ridden. You wipe out there you are falling out razor blades. Mavs is #2 because the water is always so damn cold and the waves are so unpredictable and steep. Oh and plus the paddle outs are do damn looooooooooooong. Pipe is further up on my list, I think but the greatest Tahitian surfers have died there as well which I attribute to just bad luck and not the dangerousness of the wave or break. And no, the reef you fall on at Pipe is not as gnarly as Chopes reef. As for backwash? You got Waimea and Makaha for that, Dude.
its really tough to put a number on these waves but I tried haha im glad you liked the video!
Excelent vídeo koa ... from Argentina 👍👍
Great video, good to see your perspective…!!!
I really enjoyed your video
Cool one Koa thanks
Nice video! you should check out el Gringo in Arica Chile ... pretty gnarly wave as well
I don't know if Nazaré is the 1st or 5th most dangerous wave in the world, because it doesn't have sharks, but I'm sure it's by far the biggest and fastest wave in the world.
Great video!!!
Great video - thank you.
Great video mate! What about Shipsterns bluff here in Tasmania? That's a grinder.
Ok, as I listened to the end you did Recognize us down here in the Tas. Be wll my brother.
... nice breakdown Koa .. worth my sub at least mate.
Fully agree on Pipe because of the unpredictability, it's just shifty enough to disrupt timing and the shallowness and closeness to the beach make no margin for error. It may not look to people as physically impressive of some of those other waves until you actually go out there and stare it in the face. It hurls like no tomorrow, pure raw violence. And then the crowd, what are you people possibly thinking, making yourself a hazard at the world's most dangerous break for selfish and immature reasons? I've surfed practically everywhere on Oahu for years and years but leave Pipe to those who have had the dedication and love to make it their break day in and day out, the takeoff zone is narrow and don't clutter it.
Your Narrated greatest hits clips from this list . Also another video detailing your honorable mention list and then greatest clips
Cool vid bro. Gracias
Koa you've done many videos in the So Cal area, have you been out at the Wedge?
Great vid. Im sure many have their own scary experiences. My scariest was a 3 wave hold down at cronulla pt 20ft. I had to push my ribs to get my lungs going when i finally came up. I had a reef suck dry on take off 1 time at 10ft but fortunately made the drop
Bring held down is the scariest. I nearly drowned paddling out at Trestles on the biggest day I've ever seen.
When you saw the reef suck dry, you must have avoided a full bottom turn !
I was about to get lip launched but there was about 10ft gap of deep water i was aiming for before the reef so i basically dropped straight down but somehow was still standing then got barelled. It scared the daylight out of me
Do a Vid talking about your stop 5 Favorite waves in the world👌🙌
Great video Koa . But how is Puerto Escondido Zicatela not a top 5 ?
Went to pipe once on vacation on an average winter day, 1-2 ft and onshore. About to catch a wave when a guy with pink softtop and a gopro orderd me out of the water.
Wow, that was really enlightening. I liked how you took the time to really describe it, like- "landing on razors" really drove the point home for a novice like me, super interesting. I kept wondering if Shipsterns was going to be 1st lol. You make Pipeline look easy. Thanks so much Koa.
Same here, I've always thought that Shipsterns would be the number one most dangerous wave to surf... I don't even know why, it just looks so scary :)
@@ToX82 Same here!
Glad you liked it!
@@ToX82 It looks too random to surf. I don't surf, did a lot of bodysurfing though. I have a primordial fear of rocks that kept me from surfing. Listening to Koa talk about rocks in this video makes me think "maybe that wasn't a phobia after all, maybe it was common sense". I love watching big wave surfers though it is a terrifying sport.
Great list, when I was a Grom, it was just Waimea, Todos Santos, outer reefs, (I’ve never surfed them just bought every magazine) then later Mavericks, now so many new XXL wave spots, really wild.
Great video. Im surprised the wave in portugal by that lighthouse that attracts the crowds isnt in here.
Perfect list too. The honorable mention answered the other questions.
Great episode.