Chilling Footage Shows a Couple Being Unaware of The Violent Ocean Waves: "All It Would Take..."
The tides and waves of an ocean are way more unpredictable than the outcome of a lottery wheel. Sometimes, a wave arrives gently, often caressing the shore and retreating peacefully. Other times, it’s a treacherous swell, driven by fierce rip currents. Despite the precarious nature of ocean waves, a reckless couple in Sydney, Australia, was spotted standing in close vicinity of violent waves rolling in the ocean. A Reddit user, going by the byname u/PuTheDog, who was witnessing the scene, recorded a video of them on their iPhone. People likened the couple’s video to the clip of a horror movie. “Scalpelled by the sea,” someone said.
The short, soundless video shows a couple standing on a rocky outstretch on the beach, at the tip of the shoreline descending from the grassy clifftop. Both seem to be dressed in beach clothes. The shoreline is splattered with rocks, small and big. Here and there, people are wandering about. The couple appears to be immersed in their own world. And despite huge waves rushing towards them in front of their eyes, they keep standing at the same spot, unwittingly ignorant of the danger they could pose for them.
As they stand nonchalant, a huge swell comes spiraling towards them with foamy white waves. Some waves fall in shore break at the tip of the rocky stretch, crashing and spilling around. Whereas, the rest of the swell continues to approach them with a humungous power, undulating vigorously on their sides. The scene left hundreds of people concerned and furious over the couple who, seemingly, didn’t pay attention to the danger that could wash them away in a moment. “It is, all it would take is one rogue wave in that swell to wash them off those rocks. No sign of any flotation devices” commented u/Purgii.
Since the Reddit user wrote that they filmed this scene near the “Sculpture by the Sea,” many users assumed that the couple were standing in Australia’s Tamarama Beach at this time. The exact location wasn’t confirmed by the post writer, but if it is indeed Tamarama Beach, then the couple must have known that this beach is infamous for its dangerous swells and strong rip currents which often break on the shore and consume anyone standing nearby, per OZ Beaches. Others expressed disbelief at the fact that the insane couple acted as if they were actors in a movie and nothing could happen to them. “Why are they acting like they’re in a romantic movie?” said u/mouthful_quest. u/Mundane_Wall2162 quipped, “Two star-crossed lovers whose cruel parents won't let them get married.”
u/lomo_dank, a fisherman, commented, “Can confirm that’s completely insane. The swell is dangerously big today and not only are they not wearing life jackets, but she appears to be wearing thongs, they’re constantly looking away from the waves, and that rock ledge is covered in slippery green cabbage weed. […] This is probably the stupidest thing you’ll see anyone do today.” Many users joked the couple deserved to be nominated for the “Darwin Award,” a tongue-in-cheek honor preferred to people who do a favor to the human gene pool by removing themselves from it and sacrificing their own lives for others.