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Water is calm one minute, but it can be a very different story the next. >> people come here, they watch the waves. they'll see a few smaller waves thinking that it's okay to get into the cove or the tide pools. and they don't understand that every few waves or so, two or three very large waves larger than normal that they're watching will come in. then they're in trouble. this is a very rocky area. >> it's referred to as the cheese grater by the lifeguards. the lava rock is extremely sharp and very, very dangerous. >> we've watched many people get hurt here. >> as the wave hits the base of th...

Headfirst, backwards. the woman being a little bit more prepared ended up in a seating position and sort of skipping across the rocks and down the ledge in a seating position the whole time. >> the conservation group watches helplessly. >> my initial concern was that the guy who went over headfirst and backwards was probably going to have suffered a serious neck injury and possibly broken bones, spinal injury. >> seconds pass as the man disappears into the tide pool. when he emerges, it's clear he's in tremendous pain. >> when he came up out of the water, he was screaming. i knew at that point...

Pair of tourists, mother and son, will get more than a view of the waves. >> when i first saw the couple walk out on the rocks, i initially tried to warn them, as did several other people on the shoreline. >> our first instinct was to yell at them and warn them because the waves were crashing over the rocks, but they, of course, couldn't hear us. >> the tourists are unaware that the waves in this area can be extremely unpredictable. waves are generated miles away and travel over the open ocean to hawaiian shores. they are large, powerful and spread far apart. for people on the beach, the water...

>> on this particular day, a pair of tourists, mother and son, will get more than a view of the waves. >> when i first saw the couple walk out on the rocks i initially tried to warn them as did several other people on the shoreline. >> our first instinct was to yell at them and warn them because the waves were crashing over the rocks but they of course couldn't hear us. >> the tourists are unaware that the waves in this area can be extremely unpredictable. waves are generated miles away and travel over the open ocean to hawaiian shores. they are large, powerful and spread far apart. for people...

>> our first instinct was to yell at them and warn them because the waves were crashing over the rocks but they of course couldn't hear us. >> the tourists are unaware that the waves in this area can be extremely unpredictable. waves are generated miles away and travel over the open ocean to hawaiian shores. they are large, powerful and spread far apart. for people on the beach, the water is calm one minute, but it can be a very different story the next. >> people come here, they watch the waves. they'll see a few smaller waves thinking that it's okay to get into the cove or the tide pools. an...