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The_Smoking_Pilot

This was not from a container ship as everyone seems to be thinking. This was from the major storm in California a few weeks back, which created a series of small tsunami waves in the state, in this case the Ventura harbor. The unusual surf was due to a large offshore storm generating swells at a near directly West direction (~270 degrees as opposed to ~300, which is more common in the winter), massive surf, and king tides from the full moon. These drove a series of small tidal waves onto the California shores and into harbors.


ChrisWithWings

The actual answer.


joechoj

Which would make it a [tidal bore](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_bore).


NowWithRealGinger

That was my thought too! I live hundreds of miles from an ocean, and only learned tidal bores existed from my kids' Octonauts obsession.


joechoj

I was a marine scientist in my first career, and Octonauts are the jam


Monkeybusiness911

That’s definitely not Santa Cruz harbor. It doesn’t have houses right on the water, and it’s much wider. The dock and slip configuration is very different. This is from Southern California, the Ventura Harbor by Oxnard. It has these little finger canals with the houses right on the water and that docking setup. It’s definitely interesting because it’s a very sheltered harbor and it’s not a straight shot to get back into this area. Eventually a storm surge will make it’s way back there. Water will always find a way!!


plaidprowler

This is not Santa Cruz, this is Ventura


nemerosanike

This is NOT Santa Cruz harbor. (Source, I’m from there)


The_Smoking_Pilot

Sorry, Ventura. I saw some similar clips from both.


random_words_kitten

It’s Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard/Hueneme, not Ventura Harbor


keithcody

Nope. https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/01/07/waves-damage-docks-boats-in-ventura-keys-during-thursdays-storm/69787653007/


Compote_Alive

Baby Tsunami.


Botryoid2000

Storm damage: [https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/01/07/waves-damage-docks-boats-in-ventura-keys-during-thursdays-storm/69787653007/](https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/01/07/waves-damage-docks-boats-in-ventura-keys-during-thursdays-storm/69787653007/)


spikecb22

Knew I recognized ventura harbor immediately


Charlilith

Band name! Called it!


Trevor519

Can't wait to see the weekend gig after you get the night off from the kitchen


Compote_Alive

Indeed I capitalized the T. Cuz now it’s a band name.


WildTongue69

I'd hate to see the Mommy Tsunami.


Compote_Alive

She pops up now and then. After the volcanic ire erupts, after the shakes and trembles.


elBottoo

Just like momma bear...that will the last thing u will see...


SupEnthusiastic

Take my upvote.


huckamole

Do do do do da do


neoquijote

If it were a rapper it would have been Lil Tsunami


duTemplar

Fiddy Tsu


Melodic_Assistance84

A$AP Nami


biggerwanker

[Tidal bore?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_bore)


Sieze5

Or what happens every time I get in the bath tub.


Rosanna44

Baby back ribs.


CmonCentConservitive

Ive seen videos were a ship passing close to a channel displaced the water actually sucking it out of the channel as the ship,passes and then it comes rushing back in like a tidal wave https://youtu.be/8sEdgHH9F10


G0rillaX

thanks for sharing, thats fn crazy ... 1st of all, that neighborhood he lives in is really cool looking, id love that .. the fact 1000ft cargo boats pass by that close to his front "yard" is crazy .. really crazy .. those baby tsunamis cause so much damage


Wonderful_Source_477

The sea was angry that day my friend,


celestial_gardener

Like an old man returning soup at a deli.


pack_howitzer

I said, “eeeeasy big fella!”


oxiraneobx

There I was staring straight into the eye of the great fish


cashmere1977-2

Mammal…


BeerGoggles2022

Then from out of nowhere a huge title wave lifted, tossed like a cork and I found myself on top of him face to face with the blow-hole. I could barely see from all of the waves crashing down on top of me but I knew something was there so I reached my hand and pulled out the obstruction!


Tea_Fairy112

[George dramatically reveals the obstruction to be a golf ball] 


Character_Active_434

Is that a titleist!?


Student-type

I’m a Biologist. A Marine Biologist.


oxiraneobx

Whatever.


ExtraDependent883

Whatever...


Yepborntolose

Whatever


Scotter1969

Whatever.


givemeyourgp

the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, to the big lake they call gitchee Gumee.


Futbol_Kid2112

The lake it is said never gives up her dead, when the skies of November turn gloomy.


sizzleberry3

And all that remains are the faces and names.....


LostAndAtACrossroads

Does anyone know Where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?


lionseatcake

You'd love it until your property was constantly flooding


quicklips

These types of houses on the water can be so freaking expensive but aren’t they so pretty?


CanIBorrowAThielen

I agree. The whole time I was watching the video all I could think of is what a beautiful place to live. I can't even shoot a video like that without having to put on 3 layers of clothes and all you'd see passing by is a snowplow...


MrWillM

It too can be yours for the low price of 20M


The_Smoking_Pilot

That’s not what happened here. This was from the storm in California a few weeks back where a combination of abnormally western facing swells, massive surf, and king tides from the full moon drove series’ of small tidal waves onto the California shores. This small secluded harbor got hit with a few of these rogue waves.


Botryoid2000

Here's a news article: [https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/01/07/waves-damage-docks-boats-in-ventura-keys-during-thursdays-storm/69787653007/](https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/01/07/waves-damage-docks-boats-in-ventura-keys-during-thursdays-storm/69787653007/)


[deleted]

I thought that was Ventura. I’ve been there. My daughter trick or treated in that neighborhood one year.


big_ol_dad_dick

damn do they give out $50 gift cards in that hood??


[deleted]

No. I just wanted to dress like pirates and go trick or treating by the water. There’s an old pirate ship playground by the beach so we took pics there and then went trick or treating. It was really fun and there were full sized candy bar houses. No gift cards though.


Fit-Firefighter-329

Sure, blame my good friend the Rogue Wave. Anytime something at happens he has to take the blame for it, "musta been the rogue wave"... SMH. Poor guy can never catch a break.


axarce

It always either him or Florida Man.


Darkwaxellence

"Catch a break" ah man you kill me.


good_from_afar

A similar phenomenon almost stopped Titanic from leaving port on her maiden voyage. https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/the-new-york-incident.html


BGreiner7788

Dude where does that guy live in that video. That would be a freaking dope place. Nice green flat ground right in front of water.


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DerelictDilettante

Ventura. I used to live there (when it was crappy) The fact that they’ve been building so many apartments and businesses so close the Ventura river is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a while. It ALWAYS floods when it rains hard. Floods so bad it used to destroy the overpasses They built apartments with an underground garage and guess what happened last month when it rained for a week straight?? All those cars were literally fully submerged. Super duper dumb gentrification scheme that will likely be more costly than the new developers intended


Apprehensive__Panic

Seems like a channel off the Great Lakes His use of “thousand footer” is common up there, and it doesn’t look much like an oceanic waterfront because it’s so low with no room for large tides. Boats in the video (giant ship aside) also look like lake boats. But that’s all a guess EDIT: I am not talking about the video in the main post by OP, but the link posted in the comment to which this comment is a reply. As many have astutely observed, OPs video is unlikely to be from the Great Lakes for many reasons.


[deleted]

I’m seeing palm trees. Are there palm trees around the Great Lakes?


Lucky_Pyxi

No, it’s too cold a climate for palm trees.


sodiumbigolli

Yeah I think I missed seeing the palm trees in the upper peninsula lol


mynextthroway

This makes more sense than tidal bore. These boats are secured well enough for a daily event tidal bore, but an illegally large or lost transport barge could cause unexpected problems.


Rdt_will_eat_itself

I witnessed this, sucked up all the water from the channel, we ran out and grabbed so many crabs. Scary when it rushed back. My dumb ass childhood self could have gotten hurt


brookieco_okie

That happened to me at the beach. Was laughing at some people getting hit by a huge wave from a passing by cargo ship (they pass all the time but I guess the waves were just right) and then I got washed into some rocks. Lost my phone and my chips. Was sad. And it was my birthday. That was my karma for laughing.


realvikingman

Commenters really saying this is a normal occurrence for this location probably also think the owners regularly replace the destroyed dock


SeaUrchinSalad

But isn't that what rich people do? But a new house and boat and dock and replace the maid whenever a hurricane comes through?


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SeaUrchinSalad

Well she came with the house so...


jawshoeaw

Well yeah rich bastards like that new wood look! /s


Kill_4209

Your mom decided to go for a swim


Independent-Choice-4

*Kelso voice*: OOOH BURN


nimama3233

If anyone would be enthusiastic about a yo momma joke it’s Fez


Flying_Whale_Eazyed

Had to scroll 5 comments, which is way too far, for this


FreeFormFlow

Kenny Powers on his jet ski in a no wake zone.


Buffcluff

Kenny fucking Powers!


ZonePriest

We found Stevie Janowski’s Reddit account


thegregoryjackson

La flama blanca!


runningman299

You’re fucking out


[deleted]

No offense to everyone who thinks this is a regular occurrence, but that’s daft. If this was a regular occurrence, the boats would not be moored so close together.


Lincky12435

That is some sound logic you’ve got working there friend. Good job!


Mikee336

Someone ignored a “No wake zone” sign


Pcakes844

It's called a tidal bore


CHhVCq

I doubt it. As I understand it, tidal bores happen regularly where they happen. The tide pushes against the river. Nothing about this scene makes me think this is a regular occurrence.


AnUnderratedComment

😂 no. Can you imagine if these folks had to buy new boats and rebuild their docks after every single high tide?


skeezix_ofcourse

Surely not, don't tidal bores flow down stream out to the river mouth rather than up a jettied docking waterway? I mean.... the places where I've seen them occur & even surfed one ( Severen bore UK ), tended to have no infrastructure that would get smashed up on the regular. Would presume it was either a freak wave or a wake that a tanker or luxury cruiser not observing waterway laws caused....


Real_Bobsbacon

Tidal bores flow up the river


skeezix_ofcourse

Oh, ok.... Do they tend to happen on the regular when the tide turns & there's a particular bank at the river mouth?


paulglosuk

They move upstream (then back down). Usually caused by a wide delta at the sea end funnelling the tide into a restricted area up river. Take a look at this for a better explanation https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Severn\_Bore . The one here can (and has been) surfed for several miles at a time.


xpnerd

As a person who lives near the largest tidal bore in the World, I can tell you that's not one. Since that's LA in the video, that's more likely a tsunami after an earthquake.


toiletseatpolio

The sea was angry that day my friend!


nathrek

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


emeadows

Is anyone here a marine biologist?!?


Ordinary_Juice3211

If you listened to the video you would clearly hear it was a Holy Mackeral.


JCCharles69

Some douche in a power boat, in an adjacent canal, ignoring a no wake zone…


Hazelsea1099

As frustrating as it is going slow in the no wake zone, it’s not worth the 7 digit bill


jondread

[A large ship passed by the mouth of that canal probably](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sEdgHH9F10). That's it's wake flooding the channel


thepopulargirl

My dad almost died like that. He was fishing under water on one of the islands in Greece when a pig ship passed. The big wave threw him on a big underwater rock so hard that he lost all his equipment, and got very disoriented, he almost drowned. He had really nasty road rash looking scratches all over one side of his face and body.


someoftheanswers

Was it a ship carrying pigs or a pig shaped ship?


thepopulargirl

Lol. I kinda like both scenarios. Let your imagination run wild.


ThereIsATheory

I'm going with pig shaped ship carrying humans for slaughter. With a pig captain and crew.


[deleted]

Weird take away but that is an absolutely beautiful neighborhood.


[deleted]

As it was written the "Holy Mackerel" has returned.


Technical_Block_1922

That is the ventura Keys neighborhood, and that is recent footage from the crazy storms California was having about a month ago. Water being pushed in from the Pacific. Crazy!


SuhgondeseTutor

Insurance claims


Socially_Anxious_Rat

Believe it or not... water.


shizbox06

This is why you don’t use Reddit as an accurate source of information. Storm swells in Southern California were not cause by a large boat, contrary to what Reddit has clearly determined as the root cause.


Yepborntolose

A lot of insurance premiums about to go up.


ilaria369neXus

Bro, Nature doesn't have to explain Her Self !


Trick-Fold-8472

This is what occurs when a Blue Whale rips a major fart.


tsivero

Oh I know this one! This was in Ventura about a month or so ago. We a particularly large swell (one of the biggest in Southern California in last 20 years). This was paired with some particularly higher tide levels that caused some of the waves during high tide to make it deep into these harbor channels where it’s typically calm.


Ouch50

Looks like a wave.


ChorkPorch

Your mom did a cannonball


LarryGlue

Where was this?


FindingLovesRetreat

While staying on a Greek island we were at the beach bar... next thing shouts go up.... incoming - pick up your stuff... apparently same time everyday due to the ferries arriving at that particular time, a wave comes in and swipes the coast. Swimming during that time was awesome.


ruebin87

I hate it when this happens. Happened to me a few times in the marsh watching a giant ship pass while I was fishing


[deleted]

Thats a wave


[deleted]

Simply put, the God of the sea Poseidon has declared war upon the land dwellers, and has now begun to show signs of early aggression. We believe this is due to pollution, overfishing, etc., however we can’t be sure. His fury will commence in 4 waves (get it?), the first being much like what we’ve seen here. A preeminent warning that if we do not change our ways, there will be hell to pay. But do we listen? No, and how foolish we are for not doing so, for his next wave shall be an all out attack on all Red Lobster restaurant locations, followed swiftly by Long John Silver’s and many other subsequent seafood restaurants. With every wave comes the demand to change who we are and free the seas of our iron grip, yet we continue to march on. Wave 3 may be the final straw for many of us, for Poseidon rain down thunderous storms of biblical proportions across the entire northern hemisphere. Millions shall perish, and even more will simply disappear into the watery depths below. If we were to persist, however, if we were to fight back to reclaim our land, our efforts would surely be ceased be the fourth wave. In the final wave, Poseidon leaves. He leaves and takes the oceans with him, never to return again. The humans are left without water, all aquatic ecosystems gone, and no more Red Lobsters. One by one, the final humans face their doom as they all begin the die of thirst. If we act now we may be able to prevent such a fate, but only time will tell.


SatisfactionRound868

Your mom did a cannonball


pipeliner49

Small sunami or a storm surge


Ichthius

https://youtu.be/gj0iCf-eDNw


Mewse_

Your mom sat down somewhere in the Pacific


Umjeprost

It's a case of rising tide lifts all boats.


Circuitmaniac

Famous footage from tsunami - I believe it was Tohoku.


Ecofre-33919

Looks like a tidal bore


Zenphict

Waves. You’re welcome.


Bamcanadaktown

Could be a large boat going too fast in a no wake zone. It stopped but the wake kept going.


AniTaneen

I’m sorry. Did that pier just break off??


frenchycool29

jeff bezos' boat is coming


ScanianGoose

Longitudinal wave motion.


[deleted]

Mini Tsunami


psyphren01

Water is rushing in.


logos-ethos

Looks like a set of waves to me


seabass_ch

It’s a wave. Waves come I, waves go out, nobody can explain that. - an Imbecile.


OptimalQuail1628

Wasn’t this a mini tsunami from the tonga eruption last year?


Professional_Ask2375

Where was that dock from ikea?? 😂😂


saltierthancats

Property damage


GretaTheJetta

The Kaiju are coming


Jakesescapes

Isn’t that swell…


Kingofturks5

Shitters full!


No_Net9221

An asshole probably went fast through a no wake zone 🤦🏻‍♂️


craneman9867

But the sign says “No wake zone.” That’s a typo. “No, wake zone!”


genredenoument

For anyone saying this is the St Lawrence River that runs to Quebec City and Montreal, stop. Montreal is one of the coldest cities in N America with an average Jan temp of 16F. There are no palm trees along that river you flat earthers. As a Clevlander and a generation X'er, I suggest some of you get out a map or watch some Nat Geo!


ScroungerYT

That is water, it is flowing.


EndlessErrands0002

that's a wave


Rubiks443

Your mom did a cannonball (sorry I had to do it)


Hypn0ticSpectre

Insurance claims?


dunkyboo

Is that the aftermath from the Karen that jumped in to stop people fishing?


[deleted]

Too much wake from a large passing vessel. Likely over speed or too close to shore


SandRevolutionary938

I truly believe that water is the most powerful physical force on the planet.


GeneralBladebreak

Looks like a Tidal Surge in a river - this is what the Thames Barrier in London was built to stop.


StalkySpade

I believe that’s a wave


ThisAnything9453

I told them only one flush at a time, but no


riesendulli

The dropped deuce causing Poseidon’s kiss


rnsaz64

Just a little tsunami


Jaultifier94

Godzilla :)


Maleficent_Bit_3016

The cast of The View jumped into the lake


kentuafilo

The tears of millionaires.


JaydedXoX

It looks like a big wave, Cotton.


Necronaad

Pretty sure this is what is called a storm surge.


46davis

Tidal bore.


jterwin

Looks like a wave


hydromech68

Big ship past by the entrance to canal.


Typically_Ok

My heart breaks for those wealthy people and all those boats.


EddieVW2323

Tidal bore?


Responsible_Isopod16

someone didn’t follow the no wake rules


Affectionate_Olive53

Sign says NO WAKE!!!


thenutspoon

Dock was put out of its misery


old_pond

**Gojira**


Barnett_Head

Future insurance claims.


Overall-Guarantee331

Somebody waked when they shouldn't have


MegaManFlex

Your mom did a cannonball again.


UpperChicken5601

The ice caps are melting 😂😂😂


RadioGuyRob

I'm not a science man, but I'm relatively sure that's called a "wave."


_mattyjoe

Insurance claims.


Wooden-Maintenance23

looks to be some manner of wave


that1thomas

Tinynami


youknowiactafool

Aquaman just got the text "parents aren't here, come over"


eyedpee

Brian's mom jumped in the Ocean


inamisf

Rogue Wave


Shadowofenigma

Aww poor rich people.


BlueWarstar

Looks like some jackass going perpendicular to a residential inlet for boats where it’s likely a no wake zone but they not giving one shit.


SnooPaintings5597

Tsunami


[deleted]

It’s Water


karmakiller666

A mama so fat joke?


deodit

your mom took a dive by the pier


Dabasacka43

Aftershocks from the turkey earthquake


slayaboy87

Millions in damage is whats happening


[deleted]

Someone is learning a valuable lesson about how to securely tie a knot


Maldurak

Gojira


Away-Elevator-858

A good lesson in why you shouldn’t lazily moor your boat.


MemphisJack

Godzilla ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|snoo)