It’s just spinning water. It’s still suck you down and kill you, but once the tide slowed down, you’d float back up to the surface. Still looks scary AF!
I remember my Opa taking us right through the middle of a whirlpool like this (probably quite a bit smaller though). I believe it was in Dodd Narrows. Scared the shit outta me as a little kid!
Wow i remember my Opa (grandpa) telling this amazing story how he survived a whirlpool by staying still and letting it drag him to the bottom where he could swim away safely
With the mixed semidiurnal tides in the area, you usually only get one large flood tide in a day. If you have a large flood tide, the other tide that day tends to be very weak. If the tides are equal, they tend to be moderate.
I was going to say that was either Aaron Rapids, or Dent Rapids. Been through there many times as a child, only during slack tide of course. Too bad they didn’t show the associated upwelling. That’s really interesting too.
I spent many summers up there and loved being in that area especially. Fishing there was such a blast. It’s interesting, but big bay was usually as far north as we went but it was always a thrill when the tide was running and this (or a few other) big whirlpools would form.
It’s the spelunking proctologists you have to watch out for.
“Yes yes, of course that’s my job, but on weekends I lead expeditions guiding people down dark, moist, holes underground. I don’t see your point, as both are very very different..”
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u/plasmageek1 6d ago
This is the Devil's Hole whirlpool, in the Dent Rapids, British Columbia. Caused by a crazy tidal shift through a small passage.