The variation from these blowholes was huge – here’s a waveform grab of a four minute sequence:
Having been there for a while you could predict how big each blast was going to be, by the height of the approaching wave…. And you will notice in the video, there was a sequence of big, bigger & really freaking BIG waves came crashing in and @0.42 just before the third blast, the camera does a bit of a lurch, as I momentarily feared for my life (or at least my recorders lives) and ducked down to get a good solid hold of my recorder bag, ready to run like hell! One of those moments I shall never forget….
Alofaaga Blowholes from tim prebble on Vimeo.
Recorded at the Alofaaga Blow Holes, Taga, Savai’i, Samoa
who is that guy, and what’s he throwing in there?
He was a local who appeared out of nowhere & requested I pay him, for throwing coconut husks into the blowhole – seems its his party trick. I happily paid him – I was on private property etc but had to ask him to please be quiet, as he would shriek with laughter each time a big wave came in & his coconut husk went flying
Oh coconut husks! I thought they were big rocks and that you were a complete nutter. 😉
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