Well, that escalated quickly.
A small motorboat attempting to cross the Brunswick River bar in northern New South Wales, Australia, was launched skyward by breaking surf before being overwhelmed by another wave and capsizing, throwing all three occupants into the ocean.
The shocking video captured from shore shows the vessel heading straight into a churning entrance, where waves are detonating near the rock breakwater. The bow rises steeply off one crest, drops back toward the water, and charges toward the next.
“Oh, he’s off his head,” an onlooker can be heard saying, according to news.com.au .
Then the ocean takes over.
A wave crashes into the boat, flooding its interior.
“Yeah, it’s under, is it?” the witness asks.
Within moments, the vessel rolls, leaving its three occupants scrambling in the water and onto the overturned hull.
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Thankfully, everybody survived.
According to Marine Rescue Brunswick, all three…