--- title: Sneaker Wave in Oregon: Video description: Everyone on the beach hightailed it to high ground as the forceful wave flooded the sand. canonical: https://time.com/4195702/sneaker-wave-oregon-video/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T18:08:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:18.211Z og:title: Watch a Terrifying Video of a Rogue Wave og:description: Everyone on the beach hightailed it to high ground as the forceful wave flooded the sand. og:url: https://time.com/4195702/sneaker-wave-oregon-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Terrifying Video of a Rogue Wave twitter:description: Everyone on the beach hightailed it to high ground as the forceful wave flooded the sand. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Terrifying Video of a Rogue Wave by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 27, 2016 6:08 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 27, 2016 6:08 PM UTC A man casually filming a day at the [Oregon](http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1975826%5F1975753%5F1975576,00.html) coast documented a terrifying moment from Mother Nature–a massive “[sneaker wave](http://www.upi.com/Top%5FNews/US/2016/01/26/Video-shows-hazards-of-sneaker-wave-near-Coos-Bay-Ore/7691453807149/)” that crashed down on the beach right where he was standing. The video comes [courtesy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPypT9dOvSY) of Steve Raplee, a business owner in Coos Bay in Southern Oregon, who was enjoying watching the surf from the safety of the sand when he glimpsed a giant wave heading his way. Everyone on the beach hightailed it to high ground as the forceful wave flooded the sand. So-called “sneaker waves” can strike without warning, knocking people over and pulling them out to sea. They are responsible for numerous deaths. “For much of the West Coast, sneaker waves kill more people than all other [weather hazards](http://www.livescience.com/32410-whats-the-deadliest-natural-phenomenon.html) combined,” said Troy Nicolini, a forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Eureka, Calif., [according](http://www.livescience.com/43567-sneaker-waves-forecast.html) to Live Science. The videos serves as the perfect reminder that your mother was right when she told you to never turn your back on the ocean. \[H/T [_The Oregonian_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPypT9dOvSY)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4195702/sneaker-wave-oregon-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4195702/sneaker-wave-oregon-video/"},"headline":"Watch a Terrifying Video of a Rogue Wave","datePublished":"2016-01-27T18:08:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:18.211Z","description":"Mother Nature does not mess around","url":"https://time.com/4195702/sneaker-wave-oregon-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","Oceans","Science topic","nature","oregon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4195702/sneaker-wave-oregon-video/","name":"Watch a Terrifying Video of a Rogue Wave"}}]}] ```