Horror moment freak waves smashes tourists, injuring two

This is the awful moment a massive wave from a passing ship hit a tourist beach leaving two people injured, including one with broken bones.

This is the horrifying moment a massive freak wave caused by a passing ship smashed the shore of a tourist beach – leaving two people injured.

Sunbeds, slides and beach umbrella were all seen being washed away by the raging sea as horrified beachgoers scrambled to take cover in Agios Mykonos, Greece.

Shocking footage captured by a beachgoer shows the massive wave sweeping two tourists off their feet, The Sun reported.

Two people and a boy who appeared to be much younger scrambled to get out of the sea as they watched the freak wave approach.

The wall of water then smacked a woman who was on dry land before knocking her down to the ground.

The moment the freak wave smashed the coast injuring two people. Picture: Takis Papadakos/Facebook

Onlookers were then seen rushing towards to woman in a bid to help her get out of the water.

Takis Papadakos, who filmed the dramatic incident on the Greek beach, said that the injured woman “was hospitalised with two broken ribs”.

Two people were then seen rushing towards to woman who got severe injuries. Picture: Takis Papadakos/Facebook

They helped her out of the ocean. Picture: Takis Papadakos/Facebook

The ship that caused the massive freak waves belongs to Fast Ferries Andros – a ferry service used for local transportation.

The captain of the ship was arrested for “violating regulations related to reckless operation near other boats and causing negligent injury”, Greece news site Protothema reports.

It is understood the Mykonos Port Authority has now launched an investigation into the matter.

Beachgoers were hit by the raging sea as they rushed to find cover. Picture: Facebook

It comes after a huge “meteo” tsunami left tourists scrambling as it rocked up in the holiday hotspot of Menorca.

The freak weather surged onto the port of Ciutadella in Menorca, submerging rows of sun loungers under the water. At least five large meteo-tsunamis with oscillations around 1 metre were witnessed, say Spain’s national weather agency Aemet.

Tourists were seen running across the beach trying to find higher land as the waves start to crash into the shore.

The water quickly pushes up the sand dragging in giant inflatable slides and pieces of wood into the sea.

It came less than 24 hours after another meteo-tsunami crashed into the shores of Majorca.

The sea level rose sharply and flooded parts of Puerto Alcudia, on the northeast coast of the popular holiday island.

In 2018, a meteo-tsunami devastated several holiday resorts, with waves crashing into bars and terraces by the coast in the island’s Port Andratx.

A German dad-of-two died after being swept to sea in Majorca – just hours after the tsunami laid waste to the holiday island’s beaches. Yacht owners were filmed desperately trying to stop their boats being washed away.

The strong current broke the ropes of a historic sailing boat used by the Majorca Island Council – which had to be rescued by sailors and brought back to port as it drifted out to sea. One shocking clip showed desperate boat owners battling to keep their yachts from being washed away as the wave pounded a jetty in Port Andratx, Majorca.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and was republished with permission.