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njaneardude

Venue owner, the waves never reach this far, this is a first!


cervezagram

Where is this? (Venue)


Zmirzlina

Kona, at the Keauhou Kona Surf and Racquet Club. My parents own a condo there and we showed up a few days later and it was the talk of the town. A bunch of town homes also got flooded.


lunchbocks36

This is from Hulihe’e Palace in downtown Kona. Keauhou S & R club was hit with the same swell though.


cervezagram

I thought it looked like Kona. That’s crazy. Was it an isolated wave ? did Kona Inn get flooded? That place sits so low - but it’s kinda protected.


Zmirzlina

I don’t know about the Inn. It was a series of big waves during high tide for a number of days around the king tides I recall.


bmrhampton

It was a ten year swell too. Maui got popped with the biggest waves I’ve ever seen coming from the south. Breaks that guys have never seen in their lives were going off. Guys chased it from Tahiti, to Hawaii, and eventually Cali. https://youtu.be/Z5gWjuW0gQo?si=nEJOQLoigAkQm8-P


shhhSecretTunnels

It was fantastic to watch. Barrels for days


olive_dix

When did this happen?


Zmirzlina

Mid July 2022 - we got there on the 20th and they were working on getting water out of the town homes. Just a few days before that.


bmrhampton

7/16 was the peak and it was building for a couple days before that. [https://youtu.be/Z5gWjuW0gQo?si=nEJOQLoigAkQm8-P](https://youtu.be/Z5gWjuW0gQo?si=nEJOQLoigAkQm8-P) https://preview.redd.it/b4v1yi524dqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f2c2cfd7a29f73ddeff05b4fa84882f11f780e5 Maui was lit too.


TheAmazingHumanTorus

"The sea was angry that day my friends."


TakeTheWheelTV

Correction, they never *used too reach this far. Sea levels aren’t lowering anytime soon


kudatimberline

This. People just keep pretending the planet isn't melting. I wish I was delusional, looks fun.


Fun_Bar5327

I’m willing to bet that someone raised an issue with the venue over this natural occurrence. And they were like “it’s next to the ocean…..”


conquertil

Probably true though lol


MuffledApplause

Definitely not... imagine this place in an actual storm lol


Over-Analyzed

This was a once-in-a-lifetime South Swell. There have never been these waves on South facing shores in 30 years. Restaurants near the ocean were closed down and flooded. It was epic! 🤙🏻


TourAlternative364

Thanks for the perspective. Like...I'm sure the venue would not have set it up if it was a wave over splash area like that. It was a freak unexpected wave.


Over-Analyzed

I’m born and raised on Maui and have never seen the waves on South facing shores have waves like that. You never expect something bad to happen in a place where nothing bad happens. (*Points to Lahaina Fire that wiped out the town that was caused by heavy winds.*)


bmrhampton

They shut down Makena right before the waves started breaking through the entire beach. We were all pissed, but it was a good call. Lifeguards had been begging people to stay away from the water all day and almost nobody was messing around at the peak. Epic days, boxes checked on how far I’ll push the limits in water.


Over-Analyzed

I’m scared of Makena even when there’s not a huge massive swell. That shorebreak will slam you on dry sand. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Fleming’s is much safer. 🤙🏻


bmrhampton

The tourist always scare me on Makena and I constantly tell kids dragging boogie boards this is not the place for that. DT way better as long as you’re not getting sucked into the rocks. Sandy’s on Oahu with the lighting fast curls made me eat the most sand in my life, 100% n no water to land on. Waimea gets scary award for sure. There’s another one on Oahu that’s worse just down the road from pipe, but I never messed with it.


EastDragonfly1917

I’ve been to Makena with 6’ shorebreak in winter. One kid had to be taken away (I warned him). I can’t imagine Makena on a “big” day- deadly


cervezagram

Kona Inn okay? I love that bar.


Over-Analyzed

Not just the Big Island but Maui was hit hard too!


conquertil

I lived there a long time ago and I’ve seen it all .. the beach I lived on was quite a distance from shore to waters edge … now? 25 yrs later? A tall wall where shore was and beach is underwater all the time. It was sad to see that


CarnegieFormula

Climate change! Science, bitch! Seriously though we will begin to see new things we’ve never seen before because the environments are shifting. Thanks Corporate America!


FrankSonata

Ooh, venue owner! I have a question, if you please! Could you kindly post photos of your subsequent hecatomb dedicated to Neptune, and update us as to whether you managed to appease his wrath? Thank you!


londonschmundon

This is Hawaii, why are you thinking they are dedicating anything to *Neptune?* If anyone's getting any offerings, it's Kanaloa.


HappySkullsplitter

Poseidon demands a sacrifice to bless this union!


UsedDragon

Looks like he got the premixed mai tais from the popup bar, so he's probably happy now


audiosauce2017

If anyone here has any objection to the joining of this couple, please speak now... ​ God = M'kay


TheDevilsAdvokaat

God: Waves at them.


Nekryyd

This caused me to ripple with laughter.


Narrew82

![gif](giphy|3Q35chD4bMtEePqr8A)


Strangeronthebus2019

>If anyone here has any objection to the joining of this couple, please speak now... >God = M'kay #0:43 😅


no-mad

The Ocean has spoken


mohishunder

I ordained online to officiate my friends' wedding ... loved saying those lines!


JJ82DMC

Where was he in Miami Beach in March 2013? Just a random date and year I picked, of course.


audiosauce2017

lolol


wraith1984

"The sea was angry that day my friends"


jbwarner86

Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.


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No_Tricky_Spells

https://imgur.com/kHmJQjU


LouSputhole94

![gif](giphy|l2SpR03mURISUc7oQ)


RockstarAgent

![gif](giphy|NiT29gUcZ3IS4)


towerfella

![gif](giphy|80mXWlPqTSU1y)


dasphinx27

I think he said fish


180secondideas

Is that a Titleist?


95ludeman

Hole in one


VRS50

I hope they’re all drunk. Way slow on the uptake.


AdvancedPhoenix

Idk, it's the same when a car goes to you and let you pass on the crosswalk, it's really hard to know if it is slowing down or not.


funguyshroom

Unlike most cars, waves don't have brakes


AdvancedPhoenix

I mean yes..? But waves do slow down, it's just hard to appreciate the speed of something coming to you.


Few-Traffic-786

You’re trying to explain outside to someone whose never been outside, it just won’t work


AdvancedPhoenix

Haha yeah. I didn't go out once this weekend tho... Shit.


Deadhookersandblow

I’ve lived near the ocean all my life, it’ll still surprise you.


THEMIKEBERG

Same here, I'm glad it seems like no one got hurt here. We get some massive waves in certain parts and it's always tragic to hear about someone getting swept away.


Ok_Departure2655

Lucky duck


djchickenwing

They are most likely mainlanders at a destination wedding. Mainlanders seriously underestimate the waters in Hawaii, even if they come from coastal areas of the US. I don’t know why, perhaps they assume Hawaii is a paradise where nothing bad happens and they let their guard down. I only lived in Hawaii for a short time but listened to the Kama’aina early on about the patterns of the waters. My friends that visited me were often careless by the shore and one ended up hospitalized because of it.


whiskeyjane45

It sounds like the Kama'aina didn't expect it either if so many restaurants were shut down from flooding


Unsteady_Tempo

People who have been raised to have an overwhelming sense that everything will work out for them. It's extremely powerful in most modern day situations like college and business and investing, but not so much in natural disasters.


PDXtoMontana2002

Let’s just make a complete generalization. Here’s another. As someone who worked on the Oregon coast, sneaker waves like this happen but unless you’re in the surf, it’s a cool experience to witness and doesn’t have any of the signs of a tsunami.


throwitawaynownow1

> As someone who worked on the Oregon coast, And that's when the experience kicks in. The point was when everything just kind of works out and you go somewhere you're unfamiliar with stuff doesn't always work out. They've never dealt with a sneaker wave on Cannon Beach, a car off the side of the road on the 101, or a tweaker in Lincoln City and/or Newport.


pynktoot

Hawaiian locals: ![gif](giphy|44b1ABtsG7VTy)


SenseisSifu

The locals: Aloha also means "goodbye"


RaccoonVeganBitch

My thought exactly


Over-Analyzed

Yep! Hawaii Locals: “Eh grab da boards! Southside is going off!!!!” 🤙🏻 Seriously, this was a once in a lifetime South Swell with many pros heading to Hawaii for surfing. Look up Ma’alea Surf or Freight Trains Maui to see what I’m talking about.


polarbeer07

'bout to say... lot a mainlanders in this clip...


Any_Roof_6199

Chef : For the main course, we are serving a Hawaiian style surf n turf Drunk Uncle : Where's the surf part? I only got a lousy steak. Lol *Exasperated* Chef : Wait for it.....any minute now


lordph8

*Chef grabs a trident and walks into the ocean.*


Nincompoopticulitus

Love how no one is just grabbing the cake and GTFO. No, let’s stare at a frightening ocean and see what other monster wave can possibly take us all out 🤣 ![gif](giphy|13aSSyJaI5NkTm|downsized)


AmishAvenger

I just wanted to point out that up until the last second, it’s only women who are moving away. Some of them are bailing as soon as the wave is visible. Meanwhile there’s multiple men who move closer.


Apt_5

Haha true that. The women started noping out pretty consistently as each caught a glimpse of those waves building. Some did not back up enough but they had the instinct not to stay put for it.


CautiousDeparture92

Yo salty water on my hair undoes all the hard work a curling iron did. That and dresses / heels - we know we can't get too far in those 


smile_politely

Those people prolly have never lived near the ocean.


pimp_juice2272

Neither have I and I can tell you after that first wave, I wouldn't just be sitting there looking at the next.


Huwbacca

I mean, maybe part of that is that you knew the wave was going to come over the wall and wipe out the wedding because you clicked on a link saying "waves wipe out wedding"?


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MasemJ

Well, it \*is\* Cake by the Ocean...


HappyHappyJoyJoy98

The only thing I was thinking was, “For the love of God, someone move the cake!!!!”


Emily_Postal

There all surfers. They trying to figure out how to grab their boards and get out there.


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

"Hey! That first tsunami-sized wave didn't kill us so let's wait here and do a selfie with this next one"


tordenvaerr

I need you to know I scrolled until I found your comment because my only concern the entire time was the cake and how NOT ONE dragged it back! GRAB THE CAKE


NullGWard

It looks like the cake managed not to get wet.


falbi23

There was even an idiot who somehow got swept away and fell. Lmao


Huwbacca

Moving water can take you off your feet at like, 6inches of depth. If he had one foot off the floor as he was getting away from the water, would be trival to be knocked over.


UnCommonCommonSens

It doesn’t even have to knock you over, just the optical illusion of the ground moving can take care of that!


Double_Distribution8

Don't forget the alcohol helps too!


Kodabey

When it comes to the ocean in Hawaii it’s a very fuck around and find out kind of place. I love all the beaches in Oahu and Maui that say DONT go in the water and there are hundreds of tourists just jumping in like they aren’t there. On one beach in Maui I saw a line of ambulances just sitting there waiting to haul out broken tourists.


Slow-Object4562

Idk, it might seem crazy, maybe it’s just me… but I tend to trust the locals about this shit.


expespuella

I'm from coastal mainland and have family in Kauai. Was visiting about a decade ago and they were SO happy signs like that had finally been posted on a couple crazy beaches. I grew up with a healthy fear of the ocean and I know Kauai isn't the tourist attraction other islands are, but seeing folks still out there knowing no one is within even attempting to save them distance was mind boggling. The safer touristy beaches weren't even packed compared to what I grew up visiting. But newp, gotta take on an empty, dangerous beach despite the literal warning signs. Locals were like, ah well maybe some deaths will scare them away lol. Lots of license plate frames that read "If you love Kauai, tell your friends about Maui".


Shalamarr

My husband and I visited Maui and were chilling on our hotel balcony, which faced the ocean. We suddenly heard coughing and spluttering and saw a guy being helped out of the water by his friends. He seemed okay, albeit shaken up. It was unnerving.


pdxcranberry

Maybe it's because I grew up on the coast and we had Tsunami drills in school, but why were people just standing there as the awesome power of the ocean came barreling towards them?


Frondswithbenefits

Seriously! More importantly, why weren't they trying to save the cake?


jjlarn

I would be eating that cake so fast. Someone has to enjoy it!


Frondswithbenefits

I'm just baffled that no one tried to move it! Even if you don't like cake, as a friend wouldn't you want to save it for the newlyweds?


Telltwotreesthree

No one even likes them, they're just there for Hawaii open bar


4E4ME

Fr. Everyone just stands there filming and not thinking at all of trying to salvage their friends' reception? I cannot fathom that not even one person is trying to help.


willy-fisterbottom2

As a prairie dweller who visited Hawaii I feel like I have some input, we have no idea the power of the ocean until you get in it. I grew up in a place with a giant indoor wave pool and I thought I knew what a wave felt like, cue the narrator to say: He did not


WeeBabySeamus

Probably not from any coast. I remember my college roommate from inner PA would talk about “going to the beach” but was referring to lakeside beaches.


ZL632B

Lmao and half the time those lakes are actually man made reservoirs or old quarries 


Allemaengel

I'm from PA and here a beach can just mean a gravel bar along a river with access from the road, lol.


Bryancreates

We have a cottage on Lake Huron and the water on the horizon truly looks like the ocean. A friend of ours brought her daughter from LA and she’s like “why is your beach so small?” Yeah it’s not the Pacific Ocean with groomed sands of Santa Monica. It’s still a vibe though.


bythog

I assume these were the first waves actually breaking that far. They probably thought they would fizzle out before coming over the wall.


PDXtoMontana2002

Wasn’t a tsunami. The ocean pulls hundreds of yards back from shore prior to the tsunami surge. This is merely a sneaker wave.


Jorge-O-Malley

Destination wedding, they don’t know better.


igrowweeds

Arrgh land lovers like myself have no clue. I experienced my first earth tremor/ shake in japan and thought it was awesome until i saw my student's faces. They scared the shit out of me with their genuine response, while i had only experienced it in the movies as cool. Ignorance is bliss sadly


Robertbnyc

That one guy with the phone filming until the last second face planted


Electric-Prune

Lmao and nobody helped him either


Robertbnyc

Lmao you’re right the girl just slowly turns away and then her and her friends all watch him pitifully still on the ground lmao


Apt_5

I mean they were probably checking out all of the devastation and water around them, not focusing on the guy who is a grown man and was probably laughing his ass off.


Obers022222

I think the guy wearing the pink pants is pointing at him and laughing, then helping him up. That’s what old friends do.


Green_Man_Ro

But now they have a story to tell and a video to show.


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Best Wedding Ever


MarthaMacGuyver

Hotel managers love this simple trick to end a party early.


BigHock-734

It’s a weird trick!


Hippydippy420

The water in Hawaii is no joke - I went in, got violently pulled under and came back up with no top on. I also broke my tailbone in Maui cliff jumping naked off black rock.


No-Falcon-4996

This guy Mauis


revelation6viii

Or, girl maybe? Lol


pegothejerk

Or fish


stephen250

The wedding cake survived. The whole wedding wasn't wiped out. Seems like this was just the reception; not the wedding itself.


Glum_Reason308

Sometimes it’s nice to be poor. I’ll never have to worry about a rogue wave wiping out my wedding in Hawaii.


SchizophrenicKitten

I would take this as a sign..


0ddlyC4nt3v3n

🎶...it's like a waaaaave on your wedding daaay 🎶


CanadasNeighbor

They should have taken it as a sign when two girls showed up wearing close to white dresses.


hudsoncress

It was so unnerving the way they build hotels right on the edge of the fricken Pacific Ocean without so much as a dune in the way. I couldn’t relax.


DoomGoober

Original Hawaiians would move their structures as the coastline moved and eroded and shifted. After Hawaii slowly shifted to permanent structures, which were built as though the coast was static, they resorted to sea walls in order to prevent erosion and the slow shifting of the coastlines. Then, Hawaii basically banned sea wall construction for equity and environmental reasons, and more and more structure owners started facing the wrath of the shifting coastlines as their houses slid into the sea. With global climate change and rising sea levels, the problem will only get worse faster and what Hawaii has built up to the shores, not just structures but also roads and other infrastructure, will have an even worse problem on its hands.


captanzuelo

those first couple of blonde girls that took one glance and noped right out, surfer girls for sure. They knew the ocean’s potential.


BassicallySteve

Hope that didn’t happen right after the “if anyone objects” part I seen how the ocean treats Maui in Moana its gonna keep happening to them


lalat_1881

Mother Nature: *fuck your wedding*


ReyPeligroTX

Aloha bitch!


HalfDomeDome

It’s like waves, on your wedding day


feetMeat93

Mother nature was literally like "lol fuck yo wedding"


born_on_my_cakeday

That’s some shit my wife would blame me for


EbbOverall

All I can think of when I see this is the wedding scene in sonic 2.


Judg_Mentl

If anyone present has reason to object to this union, speak now or forever hold your peace ::Angry Poseidon noises::


Brootal_Troof

Fuck yo wall.


dab745

And no one saved the beer cooler.


ChiliDawg513

Get the fucking cake!


b3achst0rm

sucks for them, but having any kind of event by the sea is rolling the dice.


joethejeeper

Where did I leave that idol we dug up?


warpfield

groom: weird how the waves started just after the priest asked if anyone objected to the marriage


nurgleondeez

I just know that the bride either blamed her father or her husband for the wave lmao


7empestOGT92

You can tell the people that have seen this type of stuff before. They were gone well before the wave hit the wall


Accujack

"At this point in the reception, we're going to start the traditional wet T-shirt contest."


TMacOnTheTrack

This ain’t Rancho Cucamonga. So that wave said cowabunga.


Grand-Ad-3177

Wow. Mini tsunami. Women were smart, started leaving quickly. Guys are thinking how cool it is lol


LiquorBelow

I’d say it looked like 50/50 split between men and women who got soaked.


alexanderyou

As a guy, I will say this falls under the "I could probably fight that bear" train of thought.


disney_princess

There’s a guy who’s recording the wave on his phone and he’s not moving away at all….and then the incoming wave knocks him down and he’s sopping wet getting up lol. If his phone didn’t get fucked then totally worth it.


Over-Analyzed

Not a mini-tsunami just the first set wave of many. 🤙🏻


deenali

Yup, you can even hear the 5-0 theme playing as the waves roll in.


kinda_alright

"Is there a reason why these two shouldn't be wed?" God..."Here's one."


shavemejesus

Welcome to the 21st century, where the sea level is rising and the carbon credits mean nothing!


foxfai

A memorable wedding to be ......


EpickBeardMan

Climate change?


Pale_Bookkeeper_9994

If any man (or God) objects to this union, let Him now speak.


bob_cannoli

God does not agree with the marriage.


phattsrules

“Speak now or forever hold your peace” Mother Nature:


Admirable-Breath-654

It’s an omen.


LordRaeko

Cakes Fine!


hhempstead

poseidon wants the bride for himself


plantmonstery

Poseidon does not favor this union.


RepulsiveRooster1153

A higher power objects to this marrage


Icy-Assistance-2555

“Oh look a giant wave! Let’s all look at it and not run…” 😑


Pleasant-Debate6035

Can someone please save the cake though


Acceptable-Double-98

Get the cake people!


CrazyDuckLady73

Let's take video and pictures. Nobody grab the cake and save the party!! Plus let's just stand there watching the big wave come in!! I live in the midwest. I watch tornadoes but I'm not drowning!! LOL!!


Rose-7260

It seems that the sea does not bless them


WildforagerUK

Tell me you spend no time around potentially aggressive ocean water, without telling me…these people have literally no reaction to a massive wave coming to crash against a very tiny wall.


thehandsomeone782

Thats about a good 30k down the drain 😂


foragrin

Universe way of showing the marriage is doomed


JoyousGamer

If it was my wedding have to say that would be amazing. Everyone would be talking about your wedding forever.


mozgw4

Didn't Bob Belcher do the catering for this wedding?


Aphobica

Its like waaaavvveeesss on my wedding day...


norse_noise

Waves: wedding in Hawaii! Real original!


nevergiveup234

If only they could have foreseen that


El_Dentistador

Can’t imagine paying the $$$$$$ for a Hawaii wedding only to have a wave destroy it 😂


Velkers

Zero survival instincts.


FreakyFreeze

Poseidon doesn't like weddings.


Smooth_Ad_3309

Hawaii is the most amazing place


no-mad

global warming made it happen. Expect more coastal disaster scenes like Venice where the streets are flooded.


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We have two entirely different meanings of the word “massive”.


thebuccaneersden

'If someone objects to this wedding, speak now or forever hold your peace" Nature: "Hold my beer"


lucid1014

"It's like waaaAAAaaavvesss on your wedding day.."


ButItSaysOnline

The ratio of people who look at it and start walking away versus the people who look at it and stand there is astounding.


just-me1995

i hope this was a destination wedding.


Endgame3213

Why did the wave crash the wedding? Because it heard there was a swell party!


hanr86

The amount of people that just watch without moving is astounding. I see this often in video clips where people just watch impending trouble/doom just slowly come.


Lowtan89

You can clearly see the people with survival instincts. They moved early.


keanaartero

For me this was satisfying


ThunkAsDrinklePeep

Good thing that rich people don't like beaches, ski slopes, or anything else that will be ruined by climate change. I mean how ironic if the industries they own destroyed the things they loved the most.


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Clearly god objected…


Simmings

Seems befitting for a white wedding on an island they don’t own


phuktup3

I know right, imagine you’re just a wave, minding your own business doing your typical wave things at the BEACH! and some assholes put their wedding in the way and now you’re the bad guy!