whipped ocean in Sydney

amazed · Post time 21-12-2007 04:52 PM

Suddenly the  shoreline north of  Sydney  were  transformed into the Cappuccino  Coast .. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the local lifeguards' centre, in a freak display of nature at Yamba in  New South Wales

One minute a group of teenage surfers were waiting to catch a wave, the next they were swallowed up in a giant bubble bath. The foam was so light that they could puff it out of their hands and watch it float away .

Let's take a look.

Caranthir · Post time 21-12-2007 05:03 PM

mak aihhh.. aper kes tuh

hanifjufry · Post time 21-12-2007 05:11 PM

kapal bawak sabun terbalik kotttt??????

audioslavefan · Post time 21-12-2007 05:15 PM

isk3 budak tu memain ngan buih tah mana puncanye.. kene sakit kulit nanti baru tau..

audioslavefan · Post time 21-12-2007 05:16 PM

it was as if someone had poured tons of coffee and milk into the ocean then switched on a giant blender

Caranthir · Post time 21-12-2007 05:16 PM

Originally posted by hanifjufry at 21-12-2007 17:11
kapal bawak sabun terbalik kotttt??????

how stupid can you get la?

tuan rumah tak C&

the whole thing..

It stretched for 30 miles out into the Pacific in a phenomenon not seen at the beach for more than three decades.

Scientists explain that the foam is created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed.

All are churned up together by powerful currents which cause the water to form bubbles.

These bubbles stick to each other as they are carried below the surface by the current towards the shore.

As a wave starts to form on the surface, the motion of the water causes the bubbles to swirl upwards and, massed together, they become foam.

The foam "surfs" towards shore until the wave "crashes", tossing the foam into the air.

"It's the same effect you get when you whip up a milk shake in a blender," explains a marine expert.

"The more powerful the swirl, the more foam you create on the surface and the lighter it becomes."

In this case, storms off the New South Wales Coast and further north off Queensland had created a huge disturbance in the ocean, hitting a stretch of water where there was a particularly high amount of the substances which form into bubbles.

As for 12-year-old beachgoer Tom Woods, who has been surfing since he was two, riding a wave was out of the question.

"Me and my mates just spent the afternoon leaping about in that stuff," he said.

"It was quite cool to touch and it was really weird. It was like clouds of air - you could hardly feel it."

audioslavefan · Post time 21-12-2007 05:19 PM

ala saintis da xplain yg the foam is created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. all r churned up together by powerful currents which cause the water to form bubbles