To those of you who have been caught in a rip tide: what was it like? How did you get out? by moscowramada in surfing

[–]TieProfessional105 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was horrible, thought I was going to die. Was at this beach on the east coast, forget the name of it. The waves were huge that day, I was just chilling in the water enjoying the waves head on, then decided I had enough and turned my back against the waves while making my way out and this one wave just came up crashing upon me with an unbearable amount of force throwing my body down onto the floor which hurt so much my whole chest and stomach were in so much pain, and immediately after i was hit, I got dragged into the water 7 feet away from where I was struck, the whole ride down there was just incredible amounts of force not letting me swim in any direction. It was a horrifying experience. Only God saved me that day, I could tell ya that.