CAPTAINS TRAPPED IN TERRIBLE STORM WITH IMPRESSIVE WAVES | BOAT ZONE

Would you dare to navigate these waters in a boat less than 30 feet?

I grew up on the beach (west coast - Redondo Beach) and I surfed from a very young age. I respect the ocean immensely, having had my share of close calls. One time that I remember very clearly was when we had some storm surge in San Diego due to a hurricane passing by back in '95. It caused a very large northern surge, and I thought I would take advantage of it. I was wondering once I got out there why nobody was outside. Well I soon found out why. First there was no form - it was like a washing machine - and secondly it was way more powerful than I had anticipated. Not only the incoming waves, but the back flow too. There were rip currents everywhere, and at one point I really got scared and realized I was way out of my element. I started to fight to get back inside, and had one especially large wave close out on me while I was trying to catch it to try to make some progress inside. That was scary because the wave was so tall - there is a unique break at Mission Beach due to a sandbar - and it closed so fast that I actually hit the sand bar as the wave closed above me and started rolling me around like a washing machine. I will never, ever do that again.

I spent the summers of 2016 and 2017 working at a surf camp in Moliets (which is a region very close to Capbreton, you can find it on Google Maps), and I traveled along the entire coast from Bordeaux to Cantabria (Spain). My job was as a driver, shuttling people from the camp to various cities. Those were the summers of my university days when my only responsibilities were studying and these summer jobs to afford some luxuries. I got to know the entire French coast and the Spanish part (I am Spanish, from the Canary Islands). I also visited this city, and watching this video brought back many memories since, as a driver, I used to pass through all those towns and cities countless times. I know that probably nobody cares, but in a nearby town called Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, during the summer of 2016, I met a French girl, and we had two months of summer love. I am writing this because I want to share it as it fills me with so much happiness to have experienced that time, and it has brought back many memories (those summer nights at the camp with people from all over the world). I won't take up any more of your time. If you can, take the opportunity to travel and meet people from other places. After university and my master's degree, I am now fully immersed in "adult life," living with my girlfriend and working. But how beautiful those two summers were :)

So fun to watch the sailboats and fishing boats that were designed for rough waters actually in rough waters and to get a side and 3/4 angle views of how the boats reacts to the larger waves , very cool

Suddenly, staying home on the couch for the weekend doesn’t seem like such a terrible idea.

The Evok captain definitely has experience. Great job!

Those are some excellent boat handlers. It isn't easy to do that and the consequences of making a mistake can be disastrous.

Just experienced a rough breakwater at the entrance to Ventura Harbor last week in our 38’ Morgan Sailboat. The waves were smaller but the harbor entrance was clogged with boats making it tricky getting in.

Some truly excellent captains. Been there. Done that. The skills demonstrated in this video,, including the first one where the captain declared a 'go around',,, excellent,, incredible skill.

these are legit waves and it makes haulover look like a lake compared to these breaks

@BoatZone, the canyon was not created by tectonic plates. Capbreton was the old "Adour" outlet, later diverted to Bayonne by man.

Been running various POWER boats over 40 YEARS. NEVER let your speed get below that of the waves; especially with a small keel or you face broaching.

More Capbreton please, I love all the sailboats and working boats!

Those little rubberducks are amazing. Here in South Africa they are also very popular when i used to scuba dive the charters always used them, often doing beach launches through sometimes very heavy waves. If you have skilled skippers they can handle surprisingly rough seas.

Awesome content. Thank you as always, for the amazing video's.

There is nothing quite so satisfying as watching the life and death struggles of others, while sitting comfortably a'shore.

I wonder if the first yacht might have benefited from hoisting maybe 1/3 of foresail to combat the roll? Thoughts?

Entering Capbreton is obviously easier on the flood tide but the disadvantage is that you are carried up the canal by 6 knots of current with fishermen hurling abuse, and other things, at you as you run over their lines, even though there's nothing you can do. No wonder the harbour master gives visitors a complimentary bottle of wine.

Looks like we got the Cape Horn of inlets right here

This just shows the seaworthiness of a good RIB , having had one I always felt safe in any sea and supprisingly dry as also shown in the video , a basic seamanship rule your boat In a following sea must be capable of going faster than the waves to avoid broaching.