1 hour video of big ocean waves crashing into sea cliffs - HD 1080P

Big ocean waves - some 20 to 30 feet (6 - 9 meters) high breaking and crashing into cliffs along South Africa's Western Cape coast (often referred to in history and on old seafarers charts as the Cape of Storms).

The power of a rough and stormy sea is incredible to watch and listen to as massive waves crack like thunder, collapse and crash into the side of the mountains sending spray high above the cliff ridges.

Further down the coast as well as behind where I was positioned, the mountainside was hammered as far as the eye could see, with white water exploding skywards and raining down over the vegetation.

I had a bit of fun with the title in the video "Africa Under Siege" because at times it really seems like the sea is preparing to launch an invasion as it scales the fortress-like cliffs. :)

Just a quick note on the color of the foam for those who are not familiar with different types of sea foam. This video was shot in a pristine marine nature reserve with excellent water quality. The type of foam produced by diatoms is usually cream to caramel in color and in this area is due to the up-welling of nutrients after prolonged windy conditions when their populations thrive. It's because of the up-welling of nutrients and resulting phytoplankton blooms that the sea is able to support so much life and is therefore a sign of a healthy and productive ocean. Foam is produced when the phytoplankton are torn apart by the crashing waves and their spilled cell contents acts like soap, trapping air as it's churned up in the surf.

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