Dramatic footage of Big Beach BIG waves, Maui August 2011

Big Beach is getting flooded with huge (for this beach) waves. Waves are washing all the way up to shore. Taken Aug., 30, 2011. The day before also had some unusual wave action.

[superdboy_]

SO DRAMATIC. YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE HAVING FUN.

[markg]

Dramatic no, but these waves are bigger than most of you think.

[SunDance]

I could sit and watch this all day, amazing.

[vegasjill]

Me and my friend, and a lot of people that day, face planted and rolled around and couldn't get out of there!! Because of the pretty steep incline out to the ocean, and it's a long way out there to get past the beakers!! It really IS a fight to get back on shore!!!! Thanks for uploading. I sure do miss

[Meefy]

dear people swimming there. you've got some balls !!!

[cobyrussell]

People don't understand how big of waves these are... Especially for Maui beaches!

[pyrohawaii]

I surfed here once, the waves are way bigger than you think, these are about 8-12, my dad never went after he dislocated his shoulder taking on the big shore breaks at big beach. It was about 12-16 foot shore breaks on the right side of big beach when he dislocated his shoulder.

[teacup]

I love that scream as the wave comes in, I've heard it before and it speaks of joy and life and a little bit of fear.

[foamcollector_]

I have been here before! The snorkeling is amazing! There are so many turtles! And the waves are actually massive! You can't really tell because of the filing angle!

[barrierjohn]

I swam there as well. The surf may seem benign but it commands respect, even from strong swimmers. The beaches of Maui are beautiful, especially at night.

[jordemort]

why so many dislikes? these waves are huge!

[ridhwaankhan]

I'm from South Africa and these are normal size waves yes? 
It looks like those waves are forming a rip tide which means waves crashes and forms an under current pulling you out to sea. 

[Mauijungalow]

The waves are erratic and yes, can be bigger - this really is about how far the water goes up the shore.

[liquidalloy]

@0:30 cameraman on the sand hill, oops 🤣

[tylermau]

why are there so many dislikes? these waves are pretty decent size ive been to this beach before about 5 years ago. ive had aunties and uncles die at this beach. i myself have been injured from being slammed on the bottom of the beach by the waves. the riptides are strong and there's a sharp drop off about 30 feet away from the shore line. you either ride the rip and go straight in or you get dragged in and sucked under the drop off, picked up and slammed haha thats the worst part. 

[angelinadolce]

I used to be a pt resident in Maui... You can't tell by this video the power of the waves.

[TRRTIAN]

I've been here, the waves tend to come in cycles. Like every 2-3 hours there will be a huge wave that clears the beack

[joeshmoenumber]

I liked the guy doing yoga at 00:29 getting wrecked hahah

[wishbeter]

Kept waiting for the dramatic big waves...

[sgtskiddz]

Did they really just say that the "Waves are washing all the way up to shore"?