Yall do not play with the Icelandic weather when they tell you too be careful its no joke, nobody will come help you

@gunnargislason5221

9 ай бұрын

Björgunarsveitin Landsbjörg og/eða landhelgisgæslan hjálpar fólki sem festist, týnist eða slasast í óveðri. Hættu þessu bulli.

@teamjessss

9 ай бұрын

real

@Upndouin

9 ай бұрын

So true!!! We were walking around and it was sunny, suddenly we had the strongest wind ever and all became dark, there was a hailstorm and snow started falling. We had to huddle up in a corner 😂 - 20 min later it was sunny again. I LOVED IT!!! Such an amazing place and people.

@RightOnYourDoorsteps

9 ай бұрын

​@@Upndouin sounds a lot like Scottish weather 😅

@Upndouin

9 ай бұрын

@@RightOnYourDoorsteps actually very similar 😂 but way too frequent. It’s beautiful!!! Probably one of the reasons I love Scotland too!

Went there in March. Almost died, as the waves have a strong current that pulls you in. Those people were lucky. 10/10 would recommend to an enemy.

@sophies_diarys

9 ай бұрын

How’d you almost die?

@mistyvk

9 ай бұрын

@@sophies_diarysthe waves pulling them in

@cnote459

9 ай бұрын

@@sophies_diarysyou probably would face your back at the ocean 😂

@sophies_diarys

9 ай бұрын

@@cnote459 😂

@MrColalaco

8 ай бұрын

same spot, saw a guy lost his very expensive camera. cross that corner, there is a cave.

This is such a good idea. Please attract more influencers to this location.

@captainmorgan123

8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@remcovanvliet3018

8 ай бұрын

Please, send in ALL the influencers! And take down the sign...

@b.c.4902

7 ай бұрын

💀

@chasesmom14

6 ай бұрын

Lmaoooooo

@rasalasblack

6 ай бұрын

The way she shouts "oh my gosh" with fake emotions. It's cringe af.

First a few tourist drown, they put up a sign. Then a bunch more drown and they had to install that flashing monstrosity of a sign. Still people continue to drown there taking selfies.

@JesusChrist-dv2zu

9 ай бұрын

and this guy wanted to be victim #15

@Robert-bu6ux

9 ай бұрын

why you wearing with shoes

@f87115

9 ай бұрын

I say good😂 there needs to some sort of weeding out process at some point, and I think they have figured out how to do it to themselves, finally natural selection is real

@anonymouse527

9 ай бұрын

natural selection for real.

@voxac30withstrat

9 ай бұрын

It thins out the gene pool and for each twat that dies the average IQ of the planet rises just that little bit.

I have surfed for over 50yrs and I can personally tell everyone that when u are close to waters edge at ANY ocean DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK on it cause it WILL take your life in a second !!!!!! Anywhere, anytime, any conditions!! Stay safe...

@Robin...222

7 ай бұрын

How can i walk out of the sea then? Backward?

@phumimabanga962

7 ай бұрын

​@@Robin...222I was about to ask the same question

@dizzymindy6024

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. Longtime surfer here, and like you, I said the same thing. Never turn your back to the ocean, to any ocean.

@koitmuremaa8449

7 ай бұрын

Better backwards than not at all

@HSK.Lerner

7 ай бұрын

But what is the sense? To know which stone to hang onto? If the wave is that strong you will be pulled in anyway, but yeah I get the point to not completely be taken by surprise.

As a surfer of 55 years, I can assure you that if you got pulled into that shore break with your clothes on, you would drown. Period.

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for that perspective. Sounds like you’ve seen many waves!

@miegravgaardxoxo

9 ай бұрын

What if they didn’t have their clothes on? 😅

@Burnerx

9 ай бұрын

Probably your body would go numb from the cold water(or experience a thermic shock - muscles lock up, if you're not used to it) and you would also expire.

@SatumainenOlento

9 ай бұрын

Yes! It looks bad! It looks like the ocean floor dips very low suddenly. This looks extremely dangerous to my eyes. (not surfer, but visiting beached regularly and we have one beach where swimming is prohibited as so many currents and it has a similar look.)

@tomriley5790

8 ай бұрын

There's a great film about surfing in Iceland, worth a watch if you get the chance :-)!

“You are not supposed to have your back facing the waves” *back facing the waves*

honestly those people should not be sp close to the ocean, an Amber light means you should never have ur back faced those people were being careless going so close, could've easily been swept out by a sneaker wave

@eliserenee4219

9 ай бұрын

I live in the US at one of the most popular summer vacation spots and never turn your back to the ocean is something I stress to my children...the amount of tourists I see letting their toddlers play in the surf out of arms reach is always wild to me...

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

@eliserenee4219 yes, definitely. roughly where do you live?

@eliserenee4219

9 ай бұрын

@@QuenchYourAdventure the first state

@gringa978

9 ай бұрын

@@eliserenee4219Pennsylvania?

@paddyanami684

9 ай бұрын

Same thing in all Hawaiian islands. Tourists don’t believe & respect, so they have to find out the hard way when things go wrong.

I'm Icelander - been there so often have no idea how often .... ! I don't remember hearing so many died over there until we had all these turist and more to come ... And now we have to have signs red, yellow & green .... As I like turist and to be a turist - I'm so sad that we are destroying our little beautiful places with signs, coffeshops, turist shops and and and .... But I'm so sad how many turists have died here at our beautiful island only this year ! 😔 Drive carfully and respect the nature please - enjoy 🇮🇸

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Yes, it is sad. Nature can be quite dangerous, especially in Iceland. We loved visiting your country. Thank you 😊

@gudrunerlingsdottir4590

9 ай бұрын

@@QuenchYourAdventure Thank you too. Love your videos ❤️✌️

@veronicaat.3784

9 ай бұрын

I think you are helping the place with the coffee shops as with them there are toilets with them. Believe me, with so many tourists - your nature would have been full with napkins and dirt, midly said.

@7krys

9 ай бұрын

I've been there two weeks ago. That beach has lost its natural and pristine beauty with so much tourists making noise, climbing on the rocks for selfies, so many cars parked everywhere, and the restaurant nearby serving so expensive airport like food. And I don't mention the drones flying around you. Time will come for regulation. It's not Disney land there.

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

@7krys yes, the cons of tourism. It’s a tough balance. Amazing place and great that people are getting out to explore, but there are costs and maybe it won’t be free access forever

People willing to die for an Instagram story

I guess you never been to the Big Island of Hawaii. Black sand beach is pure volcanic sand. And yes, never turn your back on the ocean. Hawaii has some very dangerous beaches and blow holes. Quite a few tourist have drowned here because they don't listen to all the warnings, signs and all. If a local don't do it, then that's saying something.

@Xoxotho

7 ай бұрын

I was going to say what about hawai’i lol 🤙🏻

@SoLuVaBle299

4 ай бұрын

The boiling pots are super sketchy, but I think people see locals swimming there and assume it’s okay. Or they assume that every body of water around the islands is calm and safe. But the trick is the ocean is always ready to kill you 😅

I was there a couple of years ago and not 20 minutes after we left a Chinese teenager was on the beach that is on the other side of the cave. That beach is even more dangerous than the already dangerous cave side. She was hit by several waves, dragged out to sea, and drown. Do not ignore the signs. Do not ignore your guide. The group with the teenager had a guide who warned them. When you get to the beach my advice is to watch the waves from a safe distance for several minutes. Within 5 to 15 minutes you will see a sneaker and then it will click why they have signs. You've never seen waves like this. You are conditioned to believe all waves are relatively regular and predictable as seen on most beaches. When I was on this beach a couple more things I noticed. 1) the sand is part of why the beach kills. When the water comes over it will turn into quick sand. If you go down from a wave you might still be stable, but trying to push to run away is like running on ice. 2) sneaker waves tend to come in multiples. You get knocked down by one, then another comes, then another, and you just keep getting rolled down the beach until you are in the water 3) volcanic islands without coral meet the water at steep angles. Once you are in the water there is no chance you are getting out because you are looking at a 15+ degree angle. The beach on the other side of the cave has such a rip current after sneakers that the water level drops 5-10 meters below where a calm sea would be. You are in a giant swirling bowl and you cannot get out. The angle might be 45 degrees in the bowl 4) the water is very cold. You get cold shocked while trying to save your life. Saving your life is not happening.

@Jules-bf2wu

7 ай бұрын

Appreciate you sharing your knowledge ❤

@ImaMes888

5 ай бұрын

I learned something new today. Thanks for the info!

The black sand are lava old rocks that have broken down by the weather or sea into little peices 👍

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

So cool

Ive been to this beach a few times because I live in Reykjavík which is the capital of Iceland. I think it's so pathetic that even with the warning signs the tourist some how seem to almost be trying to get them selves washed away. I understand that they don’t have those sort of waves in their country’s most likely, but at least I’d think it’s general knowledge to stay away from a furious ocean and having even read a warning sign about it on the way. Idk maybe I’m just crazy. Tourist, you tell me

@robmcguckin7605

9 ай бұрын

You are not crazy. I started visiting your country in 1993 when there were virtually no tourists. My friends and I climbed down the cliff onto the black beach and although the cliff was a little bit dangerous the beach was awesome. I also remember the blue lagoon with only 1 wooden changing room and since I did not bring a bathing suit, they rented me one for $2 usd. There were only 3 people there at the time and this was December 30th. Is there still a revolving restaurant built on top of the water tank in Reykjavik ? Grindavik was also a cool little town. I love Iceland but now stay away due to too many tourists. Hafa a mikill dagur!

@tomasFL

8 ай бұрын

Let the natural selection do the job, you don’t need to intervene this process nor be surprised

@HydroSnips

8 ай бұрын

😀 Tourists, man. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em, eh? Fools

@rocketleaftherlfreestyler6151

8 ай бұрын

@@robmcguckin7605 im not sure I went to the lagoon when i was 6 and now im 17

@robmcguckin7605

8 ай бұрын

@@rocketleaftherlfreestyler6151 I'm sorry, my comment wasn't clear. The restaurant I am referring to is or was in Reykjavick and it was built on top of a large water tank. It also rotated slowly (360 degrees) so the guests could see a different view during dinner. Very nice place but expensive. As far as the Blue Lagoon, I hear that it is now so popular with tourists, reservations need to be made month's in advance. I love Iceland, I just don't like crowds of tourists and I own a hotel in Cusco Peru near the ruins of Machu Picchu ha ha. Maybe this is why? Some travelers are hard to please. Thanks for your reply.

Excuse me mam, yellow means caution. Red means the beach is closed and green the beach is open, it’s a calm day… there are no color coded sections of sand where you can go and cannot go.

In New Zealand Taranaki all the beaches Have black sand and living In Taranaki we go along its really cool

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Very cool! We’d really love to visit New Zealand someday

@BIGGYNORRISHASRIZZ

9 ай бұрын

@@QuenchYourAdventure You really should

I've had a family member swept away by a sneaker wave. We never saw him again.

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Oh my God. That’s really really sad. So sorry to hear that.

This beach is called chinese take away

@wyzolma99

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Watch out and...Oh my gosh? People not following the signs are the sort of people Icelanders do not like to visit their country. They also climb and walk the heaths and glaciers almost barefoot and the rescue people that are not getting paid for it, come and help those twits. Many tourists have also not made it.

@piiinkDeluxe

9 ай бұрын

I do not feel sorry for people like that.

@remcovanvliet3018

8 ай бұрын

Please, take away the signs, and stop sending in Search&Rescue.

I love when American tourists show up and become instant and intense experts on the place they’re visiting. Probably yelled at everyone and told them what to do while they were there…

@JasonVoorheesFriday13th

8 ай бұрын

They're American they know everything, just ask them.

@PraiseOnMyLips

8 ай бұрын

Yes this video is very anticlimactic

@obryn

8 ай бұрын

You don't need to be an expert to know things. It's called educating yourself. 😂We live in the information age bud, not in the dark ages. Just by reading your comment we gained the knowledge that you aren't so bright, without being an expert of your whole life story 🤣

@tothehilt

8 ай бұрын

@@obryn i enjoy your arrogance. This will take you to magical and boring places in this realm. The ‘knowledge’ you’ve gained here is merely self satisfaction, and surely fleeting.

@BwInNewJersey

8 ай бұрын

How do you know shes not Canadian? You dont. What perfect population of people are you from?

Number one rule of fight club…errrrr…ocean beaches, never turn your back on the water. She will beach slap you. That’s how people drown. They don’t see the wave coming, it knocks them, and sucks them out.

@juliebudd9673

9 ай бұрын

"She will beach slap you!" Absolutely Perfect ! ! Oregon & Washington state beaches kill people every year

I’ve been here and watched a group of Japanese tourists nearly get swept out to sea. The difference between the previous set of waves and the sneaker wave was about 50 metres. Very very scary

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Wow, very scary and unpredictable

Icelandic Darwin awards being presented monthly

@nancylenander5646

9 ай бұрын

😂

@helennichols6531

9 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment!

Go to Santorini in Greece, the sand is even black and at least it will be warm and sunny!

@helenbunnehmummeh5154

7 ай бұрын

Yes, my mind went to Herculaneum beach - also volcanic / black sand.

Adorable: three signs! "Danger. No, really, danger." Flash flash. "What did we say about danger?". (bunch of people half way in the water) These are natural selection spots on Earth. Thank you, mother planet.

New Zealand has blacker sand on the West Coast.

Went in Jan 2020. And as per normal many people ignored the warnings and went close to the waves and got soaked.

makes an English beach look like Bora Bora :)

As an Icelander I find it kind of weird that they call Reynisfjara "Black beach" because I think it makes it sound like it's the only black beach in Iceland, when literally almost all of them are black 😅

The irony talking and explaining about the signs and the lights and still no one paid attention 🤦‍♀️

Once you go black with the waves at your back, you'll never turn back i guess

There’s black sand in Hawaii but it’s not as coarse as the sand at this beach.

Oh, I've been there. Had to run away a little from those waves. There's a narrow part under the cliff down there where you can run if you're fast enough to a further part of the beach, where it becomes quite rocky. Really interesting and inspiring place, something out of this world.

@QuenchYourAdventure

10 ай бұрын

Very cool. Yes quite the rush! Amazing place

That’s what happens here every year I live on the Oregon coast and we have more tourists dying and having accidents not going home. They don’t pay attention to anything they just get swept away by the beauty.

Tourist: Am I an A**hole Nature: Yes, you are

Ppl never seize to amaze how stupid they are to stand there and run like there's no tomorrow as the sign wasn't big enough for them to see.

@JLDReactions

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, exactly. I'm not jumping in to save you because you wanted a selfie.

@MikeBrown-dk7or

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. I hated the shrill screaming from people who shouldn't have been near the waves.

I'm icelandic. And here is my hot tip for tourists in Iceland: when Icelanders tell you that the current weather or the nature forces at your destination are dangerous, you better understand that this means It's incredibly DANGEROUS. We are used to extreme weather and an unforgiving nature. Don't be dumb and ignore Icelandic people's warnings. If you do, you'll understand the meaning of 'fuck around and find out.'

@QuenchYourAdventure

4 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely true!

Go to Aksa beach near Mumbai. Many people have died because of shifting sands...It's got so many deaths that people believe it's haunted... black sand go to Devka beach in Daman on India's west coast..sand is black

Even with signs out, people in general just don't heed. That's why they get in trouble throughout the Islands of Hawaii. (As well as elsewhere)

@phillydisco

6 ай бұрын

It's not that they don't heed or can't read, they take it as some sort of challenge. They think that they've seen it on youtube, so those people survived, they will too.

the worst thing is that people come there who can't run even 20 meters without getting tired, they stand on the edge staring at their phones like donkeys, not seeing what's going on around them, pathetic, no responsibility and no brains😂

Thanks for showing us. A place, well I didn't know about. Believe it was on the island of Maui. They also have a "Black sand" beach. It's made from black volcanic rock. That been crushed by the ocean, over time. So if you've seen pure black, black rock? That's what the sand is. Like pure black rock, that has been ground up in a mortar/pestal. That black.

We went there while the sign was on green and it was absolutely beautiful! 😍

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Amazing

@christopherwellman2364

9 ай бұрын

Was the beach beautiful, too?

These black sands can also be find in some of the beaches of the Canary Islands and Hawaii but with a "slightly" better weather

No matter which coast you are on, never turn your back to the water.

I'm from Iceland and I can confirm that this is so butifull❤❤❤

You should go to Tenerife Spain because the sand there is so black probably blacker than there

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

That sounds great

You should visit Paignton in Devon, UK, it has a red sand beach.

@bookworms77

9 ай бұрын

Same with PEI and parts of Nova Scotia in Canada.

@martiangod

9 ай бұрын

​@@bookworms77theres a red beach in menorca too

There is a beach with black sand in St. Croix.

Woman's voice was more dangerous than the waves

Never turn your back on the ocean

It’s amazing! we have been there twice, once on a beautiful sunny day with massive waves and a cloudy day with calm water, this place is magical. Iceland is one of those countries you just can’t get enough of.

@QuenchYourAdventure

3 ай бұрын

Truly a fascinating place!!

THE OCEAN IS NOT JOKING!!!💦💙

In South Africa there is a much better and prettier black beach that is also way safer it's in Kosie Bay

@pallelvis

9 ай бұрын

Just googled Kosie bay, couldn't see any black sand 🤔

@Shockwave0099

9 ай бұрын

@@pallelvis Same for me. This black sand is super yellow.

Damn even the seagulls were like " hey shut it ! Ya screams are busting our eardrums !

I thought it was taylor swift's snow on the beach💀

That’s the most exercise some of those people ever had was running from those waves at the start of the clip

Th e black sand beach in Hawaii looks darker than that sand

Always the slowest folks who need to get closer to danger

@QuenchYourAdventure

8 ай бұрын

Lol

When she screamed " watch out watch out!" All i could hear was "bbb-cah bbb-cah!!" Like a chicken. Go back and listen. You’re welcome 😂

I loved the little cafe there behind you! Coffee and cake was so lovely while we watched wild horses running in the snow

The part they didn't tell you is the sand is crushed lava rocks and they are hard to move in. Adding to the risk of being dragged in.

I live in iceland and ive seen sand that is literaly 10x blacker

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

Oh wow, where?

I really really wish they would have shown the actual WAVES a bit more. Cuz its about the waves...

I live in iceland and i hate only having Black beaches

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

I could understand that. We often want what we don’t have 🤷🏻‍♂️ 😁

@michaelaozuka5179

9 ай бұрын

what about Radisandur? A red sand beach in the westfjords

@QuenchYourAdventure

9 ай бұрын

@michaelaozuka5179 we almost visited the Westfjords, but the weather was rough and we stayed around the Snaefellsness Peninsula around the that time. Would love to visit someday

@mssms8930

8 ай бұрын

go to xxxbeach near reykjavik

I was there, it is amazing

When people like this get swept out to sea i understand that evolution never fails.

Them:"That's so black". Me: That's so rascist

Treat the sea with absolute respect or you will pay with your life. 🇬🇧

I went here last summer for my 34th birthday. Such a beautiful country.

“ waaatch ouuuut Waaatch ouuuut” 😂

Sand: Grey Her: “that’s SOOOO BLACK” 😂

Check out the blackest beach of the world in Costa Rica puerto viejo,playa negra

This beach is perfect for a Gothic summer vacation

For stupidity there’s not enough warnings.

Loved this place!!

That watch out 😂😂was like bachao bacho(help help in India)

When your usual normal beach has a ton of gorgeous looking lifeguards then the most dangerous beach has none. You know it's real dangerous

OMG, the beach isn't dangerous, is your nature, only this!😏

Him: The most dangerous beach☠️ Him also: Let's try..

"WATCH OUT,WATCH OUT!" Gurl it's just water 👁️ 👄 👁️

Subbed!!!

@QuenchYourAdventure

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Bethells beach is like this in New Zealand. I lived there for three years. Beautiful black sand and man, the freak waves and sudden onslaught can be pretty dramatic. You have a beautiful country that reminds me of my own

Was there September '23....amazing place! Beautiful!

"Don't go near the beach" everyone- near the beach

Yeah after watching this, I don’t understand why one would even go near the water here. There’s prettier black beach sands in Hawaii ❤

That looked like a regular beach wave lol

@QuenchYourAdventure

4 ай бұрын

Trust us, there are some dangerous waves

If I get hit by a wave, I'm definitely dead... I get winded just taking the trash out.

Owh mwy gwosh owh mwy gwosh"

That is soooo true. We were there last August of 2022.

Iceland: LISTEN 👂 Up humans I Do Not Babysit

Survival of the fittest playing a big role here

Experienced black sand in Tenerife I can’t say that I am a fan .The pure white sand of the Caribbean is my favourite

If you want to go to a beautiful black sand beach there is one in saterine the black sand beach

Madeira island (portugal) has the same black sand even tho mostly its rocks

ooohhh mmmyyy goooshshhh

Come to Big Island Hawaii, they got a Black Sand beach too, and it's not a cold climate place (instead they're Tropical) and more safe to swim.

The ocean floor shelves sharply up to the beach, so you've got a huge amount of water squashed into a shallow beach. That's what makes the currents so strong.

looks like one of the scene from 'lost in space' where the family gets stranded on a planet that looks like this

There are black sand beaches on Lanzarote, canary island, due to the volcanic eruptions, the sand is volcanic.

I’ve experience these first hand! Lucky enough to visit this beach twice, beautiful both times. The first time we visited the weather was horrendous!! Massive waves and strong gusts of wind!