Wild scenes from spring break gathering along Savannah beach show topless fighting and mounds of trash being washed into the ocean

Spring break celebrations descended into chaos at the annual Orange Crush gathering in Savannah when shocking videos showed topless brawls and piles of trash in the ocean.

The Orange Crush is a college spring break party on Tybee Island in the popular beach town of Georgia. One video showed piles of trash being swept into the ocean along the coastline.

Another video captured the shocking moment a fight erupts on the beach’s boardwalk, with several women violently hitting and scratching each other – and some having their tops fly off.

The out-of-control scene prompted some on social media to ask, “When did Tybee Island become such a *** show?”

Despite the shocking videos, local and state officials were quick to praise the 2024 gatherings, saying, “Overall, everyone is getting along pretty well.”

The video of the fight, which has been viewed nearly 65,000 times on X.com, showed the women blasting each other as other partygoers flanked the boardwalk and cheered on the fighters.

During the brawl, some women had their tops pulled down or pushed out of place. Some women stopped fighting and tried to dress themselves. Another woman, in a green swimsuit, could be seen continuing to fight even after her breasts were exposed.

In one horrific moment, a smaller woman with fiery orange hair pulled another woman to the ground by her hair and then began punching her before being pulled away by other women.

Later in the video, the same orange-haired woman threw a punch at a woman in a green bikini, so violently that the other woman’s head momentarily snapped back.

Throughout the nearly two-and-a-half-minute video, men and women applaud and shout enthusiastically as the women on the boardwalk exchange blows.

You could see some fighters stepping away from the fighting, dazed and trying to fix their hair.

Towards the end of the video, it appeared as if a man was running along the boardwalk waving a woman’s torn extensions in the air.

Commenters on the video expressed disbelief at the violent scene. One commenter expressed surprise that it was the women who were fighting: “So what I understand is that girls are more aggressive than boys.”

And someone wrote: ‘I thought that’s why they closed Orange Crush.’

Another video, uploaded to TikTok, documented the amount of litter being spread along the coast.

In the video, empty beer cans and liquor bottles, as well as other trash, stretched along the sand and washed into the ocean. Hundreds of people lined the shoreline with the trash, but few appeared to be doing any cleaning.

The video provoked angry reactions from some viewers, as one commenter wrote: ‘Wow, it’s not hard to use the trash can.’

And someone else issued this stern rebuke: “If you can’t respect the beach, stay away from the beach.”

This year’s Orange Crush drew more than 6,000 partygoers to Tybee Island, the majority of whom were students from HCBUs.

Despite the chaotic images circulating online, state and local officials said Saturday’s event was a peaceful affair.

Speak with WSAV3Maj. Bob Holley of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said, “Behavior was pretty good today. We responded to a few medical calls from Tybee medical authorities and that’s about the extent of what we did today.”

Before the big party kicked off Saturday, the city of Tybee took precautions to prevent a repeat of last year’s Orange Crush, which saw more than 100,000 partygoers descend on the three-mile-long island.

The city’s police force was severely overloaded and struggled to deal with reports of gunfire, fistfights and drug overdoses during the 2023 event.

Chatham County declined to rent the pier’s pavilion, where many out-of-control partygoers gathered last year.

In an interview with WTOC11According to a local news outlet, Tybee’s interim city manager Michelle Owens said the pier was “closed as a law enforcement staging area.”

While the footage of the spring breakers fighting quickly gained popularity on the internet, there were also other videos of revelers peacefully lying on the beach enjoying their holiday.

A visitor to Orange Crush explained to WSAV3 that the violent partygoers are not representative of the entire group.

“We just get together and want to have fun. We throw away the little bad apples,” Bailo Diallo said.

“There are a few people here and there, but that doesn’t define everyone.”

Tybee Island is just the latest beach town to deal with rowdy spring break visitors.

Earlier this year, Miami Beach announced a curfew and other draconian measures in an effort to prevent spring breakers from flooding their city. During the two previous spring break events, deadly shootings rocked the city.

They launched a video campaign breaking the celebration of spring break.

Undeterred by Miami’s rejection, students flocked to Ft. Lauderdale, where they partied and drank despite police surveillance.

Thousands flocked to Florida beaches – many drinking and some fighting for police before passing out.

DailyMail.com witnessed partygoers taking drugs, playing beer pong and encouraging fights between girls – celebrating as they fended off their opposition by twerking amid a baying crowd.

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis welcomed the students with open arms and said, “We want you to come back next year. We want you to come back for years to come.”

Kaiya Washington, a 22-year-old University at Buffalo student, told DailyMail.com she was heading to Fort Lauderdale because of the chaos and fatalities that had plagued Miami in recent years.

“We were here for a week, last year we heard a lot about shootings in Miami and how it was generally unsafe, so we came here,” she said.

“We’re so glad we did that, especially since the curfews and policing are so strict in Miami — and we haven’t really heard of any shootings or many problems here.”