Viewer video of close calls with King Tides on Oregon Coast

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1. that first clip was my business partner.They all got blasted

2. WAY more close calls to see here coverage here https://youtu.be/AR144TOO2XA

3. Oregon needs a FLAG system like Florida!! It would saves. All these people that do not understand can't say they didn't know if there is a RED FLAG UP. RED flag means stay off the beach. In FLORIDA, RED flag means stay out of water. Purple means caution wildlife. Yellow is warning and green is a go. Obviously the flags are for tourists whom underestimate mother nature

4. Yeah he almost died

5. 1:19 stay high everyone

6. The King TIde was safer to watch at Depoe Bay yesterday.

7. The sea floor is littered with the bones of those who disrespect her,respect the sea,she can heal you.i spent 45 years at sea.navy and merchant marine,most of the deaths i witnessed, bodys recovered,were people playing games with the ocean.it is the most effective human body processor there is,the fish eat everthing except your shoes.my grandfather who spent most of his life at sea 1916 to 1955 was full of sea storys,some now i realised are true.

8. When are you inlanders going to learn?t

9. Stay high people, stay high. lol

10. morons

11. I surfed it this day in the river, Check my channel!

12. Mother nature IS a force to be reckoned with.

13. Cannon Beach Oregon 1-11-2020 father and two children hit by a sneaker wave. One child remains missing while the other just died at hospital. Father is still alive and being treated. Sneaker waves kill without warning!

14. People must be informed of the following things that can occur, and what things to look for when at the beach. Wind blowing offshore and a high tide's apparent delay sets up extremely dangerous conditions. Once the wind changes direction and the 'surge' is released onto the shore, you will have a 12mph wave, at apx. 4-8 foot depth increase that you can't outrun. Remember, the high tide is an average of the depth, and doesn't include the crest of the wave. Wind speed has an influence on the wave's crest. The crest of the wave can reach up so high as to knock you off your feet. A steep sloping beach sets up an additional EXTREMELY dangerous condition. The back rush will have you in 15 feet of water within seconds. The back rush resulting in "rip tides" are going to be in areas that have a steeper sloping beach, and/or where two intercepting waves meet on shore. When you are climbing up on logs and/or rocks, or in sand that slows you down when running, this sets up a 'perfect storm' of conditions that WILL take you out to sea. Once THIS occurs, you've got about 10 minutes (or less) before hypothermia locks up all your muscles.

    Here's what happened to me some 40 years ago:
    When I was a kid I was clamming with my parents at Newport & when my parents started walking back onto shore, done with the clamming outing, I ignored them and continued digging in the sand, looking for clams. By the time I got near shore the tide had come in such that I was unable to cross a little 20 foot wide sandy river. My mom went into hysterics, yelling at some guy in a little row boat to come get me. I remember him having me sit at the back of the row boat, hanging my legs over the back of the boat (guess he didn't want me to get sand/mud in his boat). That was a scary day.. once the tide came in fully that sandy island part was completely submerged. Offshore wind that eventually changed direction would explain the speed of the in-surge. Also, this being near a bay/river would create extremely quick changes in water depth.

15. Some people never learn.

16. Idiots. Kids died from this shit.

17. They didn't mention a historical killer: logs . The smallest log can drown you in 6 inches of water. And winter clothing will drag the strongest man to the bottom in seconds

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