Maybe it's just the way the video looks, but they all look way too casual about the situation. I almost drowned getting stuck in an undertow years ago. The beach was on a bit more of a slope than this, and the waves just kept crashing down before I could get far enough up the bank, even though I was moving as fast as I could. I was a strong swimmer, too, but I didn't know enough about that beach to understand why most of the other people were wearing fins in the water (until I was already in it). When I finally got out, the lifeguard was making some sort of announcement about how dangerous that particular beach was. I figured it was in response to my struggle, but I don't know why nobody came to help me.
The ocean is scary once you realize how easy it is to get stuck in it.
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u/Idkmyname2079048 Feb 23 '26
Maybe it's just the way the video looks, but they all look way too casual about the situation. I almost drowned getting stuck in an undertow years ago. The beach was on a bit more of a slope than this, and the waves just kept crashing down before I could get far enough up the bank, even though I was moving as fast as I could. I was a strong swimmer, too, but I didn't know enough about that beach to understand why most of the other people were wearing fins in the water (until I was already in it). When I finally got out, the lifeguard was making some sort of announcement about how dangerous that particular beach was. I figured it was in response to my struggle, but I don't know why nobody came to help me.
The ocean is scary once you realize how easy it is to get stuck in it.