Video showing enormous waves breaking at the Spanish coast.

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When the sea attacks the coast.

In recent months the northern coast of Spain has been " shaken " five times by towering waves (red alert warnings). Apart from the damage to buildings which in general have been erected too close to the shoreline (not much fun for the people involved), it also offered an unusual spectacle of nature. Red alert is given when waves reach a mean height of about 8 meters, but two of the storms had waves with a mean of 12 meters, which means that occasionally there are waves of more than 22 meters, often arriving  in "wave trains". The following video is a summary of the last storm of March 3. This storm was of a 12 meter waves quality and with a special addition of arriving just when there was a spring tide at the highest point. As a result, the water depth increased by several meters so that also be the big waves could come much closer to the shoreline before breaking, often hitting the limestone  cliffs with full force.

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The video begins with smaller waves which arrived some 2 hours before the big waves. The big waves are filmed at  the bufones of Pría ", located on the coast of Asturias (Spain). At this point the coast consists of high limestone cliffs leading to a real "exploding" of the waves. At this site also exist lots of bufones (treated in previous posts). A bufon is a hole, crevice or even a small pothole that is connected to the bottom of the cliffs, allowing the waves to enter these holes with force and expelling the seawater in large fountains. On the video you can see many bufones, although this time they have been surpassed by the violence of the waves.

The video lasts about 7 minutes, but I think it is definitely worth the watch .

At the time 3:02 min of the video there is someone visible on the edge of the cliffs (at the left, contrasting with a wave), directly before a huge wave comes over the cliff. Eventually, that person was not hurt, although I have seen how he was beaten to the ground at least two times. The picture blow the video gives the exact place of this person on the cliff (in a red circle).

Video showing huge waves breaking at the Spanish cliffs.

Daredevil on the edge of the cliffs, compare with the video at the time 3:02 min, just before a huge wave comes over it!