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Originally Posted by valo403
This is also an example of the surf at Big Lagoon, so it's not always that intense. According to the official reports what caused this was a 'sneaker wave', which suddenly and unexpectedly reaches much further up the beach than the rest of the surf. |
You actually justified polak's position with this picture. They said it was a steep beach, you can tell from your photo that there would be a massive current even with the surf in the picture. Where the waves are crashing there will be a 1-3ft drop with a large under tow. You'd have to be a life guard level swimmer or have a board to get out of it on the day you have pictured, let alone if you got caught by a wave that "doubled up" on you.
Worst part is there were more than likely signs posted everywhere that the surf/beach are dangerous.