Wave Flips Boat in Bali, Passengers Swim for Their Lives (Video)

“We just watched people f*cking die,” Hearne said after arriving on the safety of the beach. Later, he continued: “The wave pushed us up, and we had kind of gone parallel to it, and that’s when we went over. It was pretty full-on.”

The Aussies, along with another friend, had been snorkeling off Nusa Penida. They were on their way back to Bali on the boat, Fast Boat Dolphin 2. Then, the boat was struck by the wave off Sanur around 3pm local time.

“It was going way too fast,” Gorringe said. “Terrible angle.”

Speaking of one of the passengers, whom they tried to help, Gorringe added: “We tried saving him. He grabbed onto Liam [their other friend]. We tried to pull him down, but we turned around and he wasn’t there anymore.”

This is the fourth serious boat accident in Bali this year alone. In June, a similar situation unfolded when a ferry boat capsized on the nearby island of Nusa Lembongan. The boat was carrying 100 people, but luckily nobody died. Scenes from the situation, showing humans fighting for their lives to escape the sinking vessel, were terrifying.

As for the most recent boating tragedy, it comes on the heels of the iconic tube-riding contest, the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang. In that event, two local Indonesians took the top honors – Jasmine Studer for the women, and Westen Hirst for the men.

Condolences to the families and friends of those lost in Tuesday’s boat tragedy.