Patrolling the Most Dangerous Beach in the World
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- The "Seven Mile Miracle," a stretch of coastline on Oahu's North Shore, is the holy grail of big wave surf spots. It is also one of the most dangerous surf breaks on Earth. The lifeguards who patrol the beaches make upward of 1,000 saves per year, sometimes as many as 30 in one day. Tau Hannemann, a 15-year lifeguard veteran, is known as one of the best on Oahu. For Hannemann, lifeguarding is more than a job, it's a calling.
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One of the most underrated jobs, and it is getting even worse when a lifeguard can be sued for not making a good enough rescue. What a shame!!!
RESPECT TO YOU GUARDS!
I wish you did longer videos..you pull me in and I want to know more!
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Amanda Nichols Just binge watch. More variety.
Amanda Nichols that's kinda the point of these videos
I want to see more!
ocean man
take me by the hand
I meet this gentleman years back in Costa Rica. Know this , his surfing is big boy Zen
Haha why do people feel the need to dislike virtually everything. i would love to know their reason behind it.
because the video is boring as fuck
Donald then don‘t subscribe to a channel like that
I never have and I never will subscribe to this channel.
Donald just don‘t watch it - if the title doesn‘t even seems intersting to you then just ignore it
The title seemed interesting but then the video appeared to be totally boring. So that downvote is well deserved.
And now the law makers are gutting these guys and making them vulnerable to personal lawsuits.
This kept reminding me about baywatch
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Bless your hearts! And thank you!
As a lifeguard from Maui (Not Oahu) I know how tough these guys have it.
Oh my his body and his tan 😭❤️💕
I go there every summer to visit my grandma. I think I waved to you once when I went to look at the waves. Hi!
Life Guards and US Coast Guard are the most under-appreciated professions in the USA. Too many people have no respect for the power of moving water. Playing in the surf is not for dummies.
Who else lives in Oahu?
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Beautiful beach
I love this beach i go 1 time a week
this is legit Baywatch in real life
damn their skin is so smooth and teeth so white...they all look like models
1:55 Nice view :)
Good man
Eddie Would be Proud.
In the description it says that he's 15 but in the video he says he has been working on the beach for 14 years
LOGIC
Alex Park it says 15 year working lifeguard buddy
i was preparing to hear: "Bondi Beach Lifeguardss" lol
Bondi Beach takes over 20,000 rescues a year. Also has many dangerous areas that more people would get rescued or injured on in a month, then this beach gets in 1 year
Rescues does not equal danger. 99% of people surfing pipeline are world class, the other 1% are surfers that are in over their head, or inexperienced tourists.
www.kitv.com/story/37465045/civil-beat-lifeguard-liability
I hope they fix this liability issue! Lifeguards deserve more!
anyone think he looks like Tosh?
Tanned tosh maybe
Ya he looks like an old tosh exactly exept fit
Video Game Squad And tan. lol. Tosh didnt come from a beach area though. He came from Indiana.
Noplay bus
Noplay who is tosh
#EddieWouldGo
Keiki shore break is deadly
Any relation to Hans Hannemann ? ( Gold Medalists Rower for Germany and incredible old school Waterman).
Pipeline Jaws Nazare Mavericks and tuheapoo are the most dangerous in my opinion
There are two types of people who surf Pipe: Those who have gotten injured, and those who haven't yet
This is the real life baywatch
Been there
Rayden!!
R.I.P. Currents.
Where and when drownings happen the most?
What is the typical profile of a rescued person?
What is the worst forecast for swimmers?
Tracking and gathering data about interventions could help save lives.
Adrien Chauvet kids . You can use my channel for and reference.
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and following simple common sense advice such as "When in doubt don't go out!!" That'll prevent a dozen or so needless rescues for sure!
In the water when idiots don't know how to swim and don't have respect of the ocean. 90% of the time it's just stupidity.
joanna freedom yeah true but this is the north shore and I’ve been living here my whole life and I see amazing waterman nearly die! It doesn’t matter what skill level you are. That ocean claims lives
Bruh I have lived on Oahu my whole life grown and raised and I haven't heard any single thing about this beach until now. I don't go North Shore that much anyways :P
Cause you stay inside all day.
I've heard of it but never went to it.
It'sRonaTime! I went to oahu for a few days or of my 2 and a half week long holiday last summer, didn't know if was that dangerous but it was beautiful as hell!
Never heard of pipe? Or off the wall? Or backdoor? That's the same area
lolololol i live in town here but hardly go north shore so i don't know all the places there too
1000 rescues ident much on my beach we get up to 40 thousand people most of the days in summer
Sweet im a girl from australia and im 11 i do this all the time lol
Natalie Frost do what all the time
I don't see you in the lineup natalie
I have a feeling the 2018 North Shore season is going to be heavy
That's a nice beach though
Living like Larry
How do you even run with flippers on?
Bondi is
I love these beaches and they are so magnificent and beautiful but one thing that surprises me every time I visit is how not swimable they are. Way too dangerous for even average swimmers or novice surfers.
I learned how to surf here hahaha
Yeah bro everybody believes you learned to surf at the most dangerous break on the planet
and then theres bondi
The real Baywatch
Beaches that a beginner should never go to is like Sandys and watch for stupid Portuguese manowars, but what they should really talk about is edie aikau the first lifeguard at Waimea
Why do they put the lifeguard hut so far from the sea. That just makes it more difficult to get there on time. Like just think about it.
It has to be far enough back from the highest tide, which will make it look far during low tide, and it provides greater visibility of the whole beach area. On most beaches, individual lifeguard stands are dragged down & positioned closer to the water and spaced all down the supervised shoreline.
You’re set to your own place
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1000 people a year mate look up Bondi
Oahu, and Hawaii in general, have the biggest most powerful surf in the world, you need to be world class to work here
Bondi? Pleeaase!
Why do people intentionally put themselves in danger to have to be rescued in the first place? 🤷🏾♀️
Their idea of “fun” I guess. Lol
Most of the people that surf Pipeline do it because the wave is nearly perfect, and for the adrenaline rush. It's only a stupid idea when tourists decide to go for a swim there or take a rental board out because "it can't be that hard."
Obviously these people have never heard of Bondi #BondiRescue
If it’s so dangerous, Why go?
Irl baywatch
mate look at bondi beach or go to hawai
Oahu is hawaii and bondi beach is like a bathtub compared to pipe.
Baywatch anyone ??
Get dwayne Johnson on the scene
Why don’t they where like a small life jacket themselves
Because they could easily get swept out or swept back in, they wouldnt be able to dive under the waves.
Not so sexy version of Baywatch
😂😂😂 me and my 9 year old friends swim there it’s not dangerous
puff please, the title ¡¡... you have to travel and see other beaches, like the s. pacific, cold and big waves. that beach is nothing
It is shallow here, if you take a wipeout it can be bad