OMG this is jogging my memory, but I got caught in SOMETHING with a friend several years back! I remember a wave crashing over me and suddenly being dragged underwater. I kind of freaked out for a second when I couldn't get back up for air, but it took me a few seconds (that probably felt way longer then they actually were) of struggling before I realized that I was powerless and just had to give in to this emmence force that was tumbling me around . . . I honestly thought I was going to die . . . But when I finally did feel it let up and finally was able to get a breath of air and swim back to shore I remember both myself and the other guy who got caught in it with me being astounded at just how far it dragged us in such short a time! We couldn't have been underwater for more than 30 seconds TOPS, and yet we had to jog a good quarter of a mile (~400 meters) to get back to the group we were with!
@@isakayyik966 Normally I wouldn't talk about this openly online, but since you mentioned it, I will add on the bit regarding the part where I surrendered to the fact I was powerless over the force around me. The purpose for being there was for a 1 week church "camp" (I put camp in quotes, because it was really just a retreat on a college campus hundreds of miles from home) Anyway, it was a very powerful experiance for everyone! My mother even remarked when I came home that it was like she could se a glow around me! It was also the first time I made the decision to fast! Anyway . . . Back to that moment . . . Part of that feeling that I was going to die was a peaceful feeling . . . I felt in that moment that, if this was God's plan for me to die in that moment, that it was meant to be and . . . Idk . . . It was just, peaceful . . . Because I knew I was in his hands and that, no matter what happened, I was going to be alright ❤ In fact, I think I can say that I have never felt more peace wash over me then in that moment! In fact, now that I recollect, I think I mentioned to that other guy about it and he mentioned having a similar experience as well! Anyway, I just fealt I should share that bit ❤
I lost my best friend of 5 years very recently, due to drowning from rip tides. She loved riding her bike, and going to the beach. I love you so much Bella and I hope your doing well I heaven.
I’m very sorry for your loss. I’m sure you must think of her often. Please remember to take care of yourself and look after your mental health. It’ll be a tough road but I’m sure you can pull through. Good luck, and hang in there
@@ParrotsAccount Ya if there is no one who is there at the beach besides you. You should also read the mood in the atmosphere. And don't try to be heroic infront of nature. It could take a sec of mistake to cost your life as well. Patience is the key and should be with everyone especially you
This helps me make sense of an experience that my bff and I had 30 yrs ago in the Gulf of Mexico. We were only 14. We kept being pulled out further and further by the water, against any effort we gave. Not knowing the exact danger we might be in- instead of fighting, we just laughed at ourselves and kept having fun. We knew something didn’t feel right bc we could not make headway into the direction we wanted, yet pretty soon we were inexplicably able to easily walk forward. Once on land, we ran back to her family, knowing that we’d been through something.
I remember when I was going to Zipolite. I got lost and asked a local for directions. The old man didnt want to tell me where it was, he looked sideways and said "People drawn there". I still went there the next day and got caught by a rip tide. First thing you feel is to panic. Dont panic. Take a moment. Then i swam with all my energies towards the beach but in a 45-degree angle, and stayed focused on that direction. Thank God I was able to make it. My heart was pounding like crazy. After that, I have nothing but respect to the sea. Respect the sea.
You’re supposed to let the riptide take you away first cause they normally don’t take you too far AND THEN swim side ways about 5 meters then go to shore. Glad you made it regardless.
If you were caught in a riptide, it would be important to stay calm and not try to swim against the current. Riptides are powerful currents that can pull swimmers out to sea, and trying to swim against them can lead to exhaustion. Instead, you should try to swim parallel to the shore, in order to escape the current. Once you are out of the current, you can then swim back to the shore. It's also important to keep an eye on the buoy or other safety markers, or landmarks on the shore, to help you orient yourself and gauge your progress. If you are unable to escape the current or if you feel like you are getting tired, it's important to raise your hand and shout for help. Lifeguards or other beachgoers will be able to spot you and come to your aid.
I agree with everything you said except if you get caught in a rip current u shout for help immediately and then swim parallel. U dont wait till exhaustion
When I was 11 or 12(I'm 29 now) I got caught in what felt like an endless riptide. It was at Hollywood beach in florida on a weekend, and unfortunately no one heard my gargled screams. I got taken so far out that eventually I just gave up, I was so tired that I stopped fighting the waves and would just rest underwater everytime a wave would come by, instead of screaming at the top of them. I dont wanna say what gave me the inspiration to do it because I dont fully understand it myself. But I took one last good breath, and used the riptide to dive down to the bottom. As I crashed into the sand my body instinctively knew how to get back again. By crawling back. But as I hit the bottom of the ocean I felt the most excruciating pain in the center of my head and chest that caused me to wince and let go of some breath. Idk how I survived but I truly feel like I was down there for over 15 minutes, I couldn't even do it consistently. Each time the water pulled me back even while crawling, I had to slam my head down and dig with my arms to brace for the current(which sent me flipping back further the first crawl I did). I started in a disgusting slimy area with bugs and fish bumping into me as I crawled out the slime and up these sandy hillsides that were pretty steep but then big flat areas. I crawled up many three or four of these underwater hillside things befor I just knew the next one was where I originally got caught. At this point my air felt like toxic chemicals in my chest, so I released it and it felt really good. But then it felt really weird and just bad, half of my mind was experiencing death, the other screaming at what's left to keep crawling foward. It was like 2 worlds at once, but just as I felt like it was the end, the blinding light and oxygen of the shore burst through the darkness. I took one step and my legs buckled, I thought I could rest but a wave came and splashed my face lmfao so I just got up and started walking. People were looking at me like I was a monster untill I finally got back to my mom. My friend told me something was on my head, I was like it's probably seaweed. But he was like no... it's not. It was a foot long bright orange sea worm with and skinny body but lots of tentacle like things, and a skinny mouth with 3 or 4 pristine white hooked long teeth throbbing in and out of its mouth. And when I threw it off my head it just completely flattened on the ground. Its wierd but in a way I feel like that worm sacrifaced itself for me, in a place it wasn't supposed to see or be, because I almost met the same fate.
That pain you felt in your head might have been the sea worm? It’s amazing to think you crawled back to shore under water through a rip current. Or perhaps the rip current eventually pushed you to the side so you are no longer in the flow? Either way we must always stay relaxed in a rip current and swim parallel to the shore until away from the rip current flow then start swimming back to shore. You’re lucky to have made it back.
Got caught in a rip tide in Cancun once. I knew what it was when I kept getting drawn out into the sea and couldn't swim back. Had no clue what to do so I had to come up with a plan fast. I just bobbed in the water and when the big waves came in, I would thrust myself up so the waves would push me in again. Key is to swim slowly, not to gain distance, but to not keep going out after the wave pushes you back towards land. Stay calm.. it's your best bet.
I live right by the seas in Wales, and the advice from lifeguards is to swim perpendicular to the flow of the rip current. So instead of swimming against it, swim to the right or left of the current until you're no longer being pulled out. At that stage you can swim to shore
That's what my dad said. If you keep calm, you will not die, if you don't keep calm, you have chances you will die. He once got pushed from a bridge to a lake he told me, but he kept calm and swam.
Your not lying. I had to help someone in this same situation. It was scary too. But When I was caught in it. I went under the water While the waves was getting pushed back into the sea & swam towards the beach. Best thing to do is don't panic
Happened to me too in Cancun. I almost panicked and took off my life jacket because it make the it easier for me to be pulled out in the ride. The fish ironically attempted to try to teach me what to do. A school of fish. I have it on camera because I was snorkeling and filming and when I panicked I wasn’t thinking about my phone or go pro attached to me. It caught a lot of the commotion because it was already recording. My friend a local noticed I was too far from shore and was attempting to remove the life jacket which prompted him to come get me and he was an amazing swimmer very used to the water and the power of what it could do. Now I just enjoy wadding when the waters are calm and sitting on the boat or beach and watching when they’re not 😂
"The term rip tide is often incorrectly used to refer to rip currents, which are not tidal flows. A rip current is a strong, narrow jet of water that moves away from the beach and into the ocean as a result of local wave motion."
Yeah, those rip currents man...I was like 10 when we were at one of Hilton Head Beaches having a blast. And I was next to my uncle who is like 6'4 and he was swimming further out at the time. My cousin and I were just playing near the shoreline. Wave jumping and having a great time and then I was off my feet and being swept under. I passed my uncle who managed to pick me up quickly and swam us out of the current. It happened so fast I just had no time to think. So not everyone is lucky to know what to look out for. I thank him every time we visit for the fourth because I would not be here if it wasn't for him seeing me and knowing it was a rip current I was in. I was very lucky to have been on the outskirts where everyone was swimming. Now we just play in the sand but apparently sand is very dangerous too.
My youngest daughter was swimming alone in the water, about a meter deep, while I stood on the shore with my eldest daughter, who was completely unaware of the danger nearby. I kept a close eye on my youngest, glancing back every now and then to make sure she was safe. Everything seemed perfectly normal-just another beautiful day at the beach. Suddenly, I felt a sense of unease. I decided to join her in the water, just to be closer, just in case. As I waded in and reached her, I casually mentioned that it was time to go home. But then something strange happened-I felt the sand shift beneath my feet. We tried to walk back to the shore, but it felt like we were being pulled away by some invisible force. Panic set in. We were being carried out to sea by a rip current, and the realization hit me like a ton of bricks. The water that had seemed so calm just moments before was now our enemy. My heart pounded as I fought to stay on my feet, but it was no use. We were being dragged further and further from safety, and there was no one around to help. To make matters worse, neither of us knew how to swim. The situation was dire, and my mind raced with fear. In that moment, I felt completely helpless. The current was relentless, and I had no idea how to save us. My daughter was right next to me, facing the shore, but terror was written all over her face. Time seemed to slow down, and I knew we only had a few seconds to act. There was no time to think-only to react. In a desperate attempt to save my daughter, I did the only thing I could think of. I grabbed her and, with all my strength, threw her to the right, toward the shore, away from the deadly current. It was a risk, a split-second decision that I hoped would save her life. I watched her splash into the water a few meters away from me, and without hesitation, I lunged after her, grabbing her hand and pulling with all my might. The current was still trying to drag us back, but somehow, we managed to inch closer to the shore. My muscles burned, my lungs screamed for air, but I didn’t stop. I couldn’t stop. Finally, we reached the shallows, and the current began to lose its grip. I pulled my daughter to shore, both of us gasping for breath, shaking with shock. We survived, but just barely. It was only later that I learned about rip currents and how they can turn a peaceful day at the beach into a life-or-death struggle. I had never heard of them before, but now I know all too well how dangerous they are. That day could have ended in tragedy, but somehow, we survived.
Near death experience - I had learnt swimming in my first year of college and within 6 months of learning swimming I along with my 4 college friends went to the beach and we started to swim and play ball 🏈 game in water, we were standing in the radius of 15 meter, for me water was till my chest height. the guy standing deep in water started to swim out without saying anything, within a second the sand under my feet was moved and I started floating. I also started to swim towards the shore. Eventually we all 5 friends started to swim to shore and made it safely. There was one more group of guys playing on our left hand side, when we made it to shore we could see 2 of these guys drowning and unable to swim out, one of our friend in the group was confident swimmer he went in and managed to pull one of the guy out and one drowned unfortunately. When I was swimming out I was feeling that it was taking way longer to swim out as ocean kept dragging me back, however at no point I panicked I was confident that slowly I was coming closer to shore so it kept me going, also I have feeling that our side current was slightly less than the side of those guys who drowned. For next 2 years I never went back in ocean water, swam only in pool. I actually had decided after that I would never enter in ocean again however I changed my mind started to enjoy the sea again.
When I was a kid I wanted to swim so bad that I went alone. Told my family I was going to the toilet (camping site) and went to the sea to swim, however everyone was warning me the weather wasn’t too great. I got caught and couldn’t do anything, I was close to the shore but the waves were dragging me all the way. I almost got lost from my family. I was powerless. When it stopped I got too shore and left. Didn’t want to risk swimming so I walked a mile back. The fact no one was watching still has me shook.
My Brother and I got caught up in one together... nobody saw it either... spooky spooky lol...we grew up in the water tho...I NEVER LOOKED AT THE BEACH THE SAME AFTER THAT THO LOL... RESPECT THE 🌊🌊🌊
almost died from this crap yesterday. luckily I called for help and got a lifeguard as soon as I got scared and didn't wait or use up ally energy or I'd be dead
This just happened to me tonight. Me and my buddy were at jacksonville beach and were having a blast. Today the waves were much stronger than usual which made it even funner, but i remember at some point me getting a luttle nervous and telling my friend that it felt like waves were coming from all directions. We were still waist deep and saw a beast of a wave coming towards us and we were ready for it.. or so we thought. The moment that wave hit us we were suddenly in neck deep water. Then BAM immediately after, two more huge waves hit us. I yell to my friend that i can no longer touch the floor and that somethings going on. We were both still kind of confused but we immediately start frantically swimming as hard as we could, directly towards shore. Instantly I felt the water dragging me backwards and I am beginning to panic. We both swam for about 3 minutes whilst staying in the complete same spot. Thankfully it seems the riptide ended there and qe were able to make it back to shore. The moment we got to shore, my buddy collapsed and tried catching his breath. I somehow stayed on my feet, also breathless though. The absolute scariest experience of my life.
I think the short answer is, our galaxy wouldn’t have formed in the first place. Maybe a more interesting spin would be, what if the black hole in the middle of our galaxy suddenly disappeared.
Unfortunately, not much would happen. The gravity that keeps our galaxy together is collective, or mutual between all of the stars in it. The only reason there are super-massive black holes in the center is because stars tend towards the center of that mutual gravity.
I was caught in a riptide at South Padre Island.I was about 18 years old.I swam as hard as I could and I made NO progress toward shore. Luckily, I had been warned about these “undertows” which is what people called them half-a-century ago. So, I just relaxed, and kept my head above water which was not difficult. Eventually, I got to a place where I could easily swim to shore. I got on the beach and walked back to where I was when I entered the water. I walked for about 1/2 mile -to-a-mile. I never told my parents about this incident. Why worry them? They were the ones who had repeatedly warned me about “undertows”. Walking back to where I entered the water I was overwhelmed with how much easier walking was than swimming. I guess that’s when I learned I was definitely a land mammal.
This is about RIP CURRENTS. Riptides and rip currents are NOT the same thing. A riptide is a tidal phenomenon in an estuary. At least make sure you're not confusing people What If.
Glad i was blessed enough to live throughout my childhood up until now. Had no idea about this and to think when i was a kid, i be goin to the beach, always go out neck deep into the water!! Can't thank faith enough on how far I've made it up to see 38🙏🙏🙏
Honestly. Me too. I think as a kid it happened to my brother and I. We got caught in one but we were so oblivious and used to going out way too far anyways we eventually were able to swim back. Being oblivious to what was occurring most likely saved our lives because we were not fighting it and in turn conserved our strength. Scary to look back on now. Parents watch your kids.
As a surfer rips are my best friend , most time when i paddle out i always look for one to get me out as fast as possible ... but they really not that bad . They just going to take you past the breaking waves and usually when you are at that stage the water will be calm and you can look for waves or white water to take you back in
Was on Oahu and pulled a chick out of a rip tide. She was from Wisconsin and never saw an ocean in her life. And she almost lost it at Waimea. I pulled her out. Her eyes were as wide as I’ve only seen in combat. She was terrified.
I thank god and my father for teaching me to swim, I saw myself super far from shore and people looked like little ants, I swam and swam but nothing. I thought I would die since no one was coming for me and I was to scared to scream for help. But my will to live and never give up kicked in. And I swam and swam and swam and little by little I made it.
@@houseofblues9016 no way, the waves advance you for about a meter and the current will draw you back for 2 meters. You have to swim away from the current the waves aren't taking you back
@@Chl19AK I rode the waves on my surfboard always worked for me just lean forward give it six or so paddles and the waves can move you a bit forward every time
As an island kid,If a wave can knock you off your feet,thats enough power to drag you to the ocean...and when you get caught better swim beyond impact zone,and please master your floating,swim back where you can ride the wave back on the sand,just be ready to stand up before wave slams,enjoy 😆
Can all tourists please watch this video and take notes before traveling to Hawai'i?!?! Drowning is our number 1 tourist killer and if you don't know how to swim or have little experience in the ocean then please stay on shore. Do other safer activities. Take lessons before you come and just be more vigilant. The ocean is powerful and needs to be respected. Never venture out where you don't belong.
I had an experience with rip tide, fortunately it was a good one. While swimming in OC Md with my son we were both separated unexpectedly. I was in excellent shape and I was training my son in the boxing gym. So while we were diving to the bottom of the shore acting like dolphins, at times pushing ourselves with our feet to get some air and quickly going under doing cannonballs spinning in the water. All of a sudden my son was gone. I didn’t see him and didn’t think much of it, maybe he was under the water. I continued to play under and started doing cannonballs again and propelling myself with my feet along the bottom and felt like my propulsion was assisted by something and I was moving much faster and I was enjoying it so I decided to stay under for about 2-3 mins longer to enjoy this unusual experience. When came up for air I was so so far away that it was super quiet but I barely could see the shore do to the waves. It took me an hour to get back to shore. My toes and legs were cramping but I ignored the pain and continued back to shore. When I got to the shore I was so displaced I had to walk down 25mins down the beach trying to guess where’s my family? Finally I saw lifeguards and my ex wife looking for my missing son. Fortunately he made it back and explained that he had the same experience as me, playing with rip currents… 😮🤦♂️
Something like this happened to me, and i did exactly what this guy said not to do and i miracoulously managed to survive, just remembering that makes me have shivers down my spine, the feeling that its most likely over is awful
In Greece as we were kids we used to spring into the sea with high waves that had the power to lift hundreds or thousands of stones from the ground and bombarded you with them if you have jumped into the waves at low level (which you had to or you got pushed really hard to the ground by the waves). The stones lifted had a weight up to 5 kilogram but they are all round, polished by the sea. So you feel the bombardment under water but it does not hurt you much. You got mixed around like you would feel like the inner of a washing machine. :)
I got caught with my son in one of them about three weeks ago, luckily my son who’s a better swimmer made out after a bit of a struggle, I tried swimming straight to shore, it didn’t work, I didn’t panic, and I didn’t know how the idea to swim parallel to shore came to me, eventually I got out, it was an amazing experience, that will help me and my son in the future, if it happens to us again.
Got caught in one when I was 12 and luckily my friends older sister who was a lifeguard came out and got me. Ever since then I’ve learned how to handle them
@@graciedonnelly5909their not attracted to waves that are about to break the noise the underwater turbulence sand being moved into the gills not exactly an inviting environment for the fish or its prey
A rip current is a surfers best friend....swim with it parallel the beach and swim in if your not using it to get out to the lineup Never fight it, pretty basic stuff
Man God is good, my wife took me to Miami for Father's day and while on south beach I saw the double flags go up but didn't know what they meant. My drunk ass waltz into the water, I guessed it wasnt a big deal being everyone else was. They were just as dumb as me 😂😂😂. Now that I know, never again. Thank god my wife and I were safe and made it home to our family
yesterday my best friend i nearly died in a riptide. the day was mega windy and the waves were massive. we ended up getting swept up and we were the only ones there. my friend found some rocks luckily but i kept drifting and i thought that was it but somehow i ended up hitting like the last rock(but it was coral reef which well cut my whole body up) but i made it out alive haha
the sea is both beautiful and frightening at the same time, I love the beach but I never dare to go deeper into the water, I don't even know how to swim so I just stay at the very shallow part of the water, that's what I still do now that I'm an adult
@@tazj4257 thank you, but I've never encountered a shark before, the beach that I swim at here in our province where I live, is not known to have sharks or any shark attacks, but still, I would never ever swim in the depths, better be safe than become a sharks next meal, but even if there is no shark in our beach here, I would still be very vigilant
@@pat-9169 I've never encountered one either. But I think it's safe to say where there's an ocean, lake or river there are sharks. Due to climate changes sharks are going into areas they're not known for being at so just be careful. Once I saw sand fleas and almost drowned from a wave I've never went back in lol
Just got caught in one today with my wife and somehow I was able to get us out. One more pull and we would’ve been pulled out far enough for it to be an issue
No that’s called having a phobia just use a surfboard and you’ll be fine, than you can paddle to where the waves are breaking and ride them back to shore
Wear a life vest!!! For goodness sake. Why do these states not have any type of campaign or education to tell people to do this. It is mind boggling incompetence!
This video is kinda scary. Even the narrator's voice. I get that it is not supposed to make me laugh but damn! It makes me not even want to walk on the beach--much less to get in the water!!! 😱😱😱🥺🥺🥺
Oh the dreadful memories. I got caught in one of these sum a biches and lawddddd I will never ever get back in the ocean again! That ocean ain't no joke! I was at ocean city with a girlfriend and we were standing in the ocean. I'm 5'1 and water came to my belly button. I saw a huge wave coming and I didn't want to get my hair wet so we started running to shore. Needless to say I didn't make it 😂 the wave hit me in my back, I went under water and tumbled around at least 10x, forehead kept hitting the floor of the ocean and I could never open my eyes under water for some reason so my eyes were closed the entire time while trying to find the top of the water to breath 😩 was a horrible situation and I'll never get my blk azz in the ocean ever again 😂😂
that's not a riptide that's just a big wave lol...next time dive under the water under it because a big wave hitting you from behind snd literally kill you and break your back/ neck ...not to mention the possibility of hitting your head on something when you tumble against the floor
I was caught in a current too and I panicked first then I just calmed myself down and remembered watching a similar video before and started swimming parallel to the shore until I got out of it eventually .. thank you for making this video and if it wasnt for that one I watched who knows what could've happened
I’ve been caught in multiple rip tides but it’s really not that bad unless you are further inside where you can get sucked into deep water. It’s best to stay in water where you can confidently stand safely and be able to keep your head above the water even when there are waves.
i got caught in a riptide at playa zippolite a while back...i barely managed to swim out of it...& then my knees were swollen & too painful to walk on for about a week afterwards...fortunately the lady at the hostel had a pair of crutches on hand...
I went deep into the ocean (a hundred or so feet from shore) for the first time. I usually stay in shallower parts but I wanted to ride the waves and they were closer to the middle so I had to cross into some areas that I couldn’t touch the ground. I can swim but I’ve always been anxious in the ocean because of the chance of riptides. Anytime I see a waves with a gap I think riptide and I want to make sure that I know what to do. I hope I never get caught in one however.
I saw 3 teens die at Warren dunes😢 So me and my friends were camping and we went to the beach and it was a yellow flag and we were bodyboarding and then we went on a hike it was a mud pit and when we were going back to the beach from the mud pit we heard sirens we didn't know what was going on.the sirens went off and we got scared so when we went to the beach we saw 3 teens drown from a rip current and the navy came and after that moment I would never go in a yellow flag or a red flag
Beach local: just let it flow and flow with it. It's going to drop you probably further than you have ever swim in the ocean and then release you to swim back. Don't exhaust yourself
the problem is : there are sharks in Florida.....I just cannot understand that fools like you don't get nervous from being floating defensless far from the shore
Marasille 1st day of my honeymoon...get to the beach and i decide to kick my ball just into the water but i launched it much further than expected.... jumped straight in the water started swimming for it. Next thing i know im being dragged and pushed under the water...i started swimming against it but something told me to try to go with it and swim off to the right...worked eventually...my wife was slowly walking towards the beach and got to the shore by the time i got back. She casually asked me "you ok bbay?" Im almost in tears like " Nah princess, im not good at all😦"... Had to just sit on some rocks for a bit then threw up. Went back to my apartment amd slept for about 4 hours. I was pretty much fu£ed for the whole day. But yeah...almost killed myself on the first day of my honeymoon.
That is a nightmare. I have been in a situation where I was whirlpooled just 2 meters from coast. The first wave hit me on the back without noticing it coming and the 3 coming on after the other kept whirlpooling me while standing was impossible and when managed, sand under my feet was dragged like moving floor back in. It was that moment I relasied why people may be drowning in depths up to body waist 😮
It's fairly simple. No matter how strong of a swimmer you are, swimming requires great physical exertion. You are using every muscle in your body to swim. Moreso than running. The more you fight external pressures against your cardio, the harder it is to maintain oxygen. Give yourself to the current until it places you where you are, and then swim back to land accordingly.
One thing though is that the current has been reported to pull people down, so in a panic and getting pulled down making it hard to breathe, the combo probably gets people to accidentally take a large breath underwater, then it’s game over. So it’s not simply.. don’t fight the current.. as if you get pulled under it’s a different situation and you’ll have to hold your breath while under intense stress.
i almost got caught in one when i was about 12 i was just swimming but then i felt sand brush past me and i started to move out but luckily i didn’t really go that far i think i was on the edge
Ive been caught in a riptide... I tried swimming back, just kept pulling me. Im already far out to the point where yelling would be useless. REMEMBER even something as mighty as the ocean STILL obeys the word of the HOLY LORD GOD... I prayed "GOD I dont wanna die out here! Please HELP MEE! and all of a sudden i started floating, muscle dont float... and im carried GENTLY back to the shore...
About like a year ago I visited italy snd there was massive waves but there was locals in it so I thought it was okay but ive never been in smth with big waves but I kinda learned to stay out a bit so the waves dont crash into you… until a big wsve pushed me out the shore and since they come in sets the next huge wave barreled me right in the funnel and crashed me down in the sand spinning and my mind was racing it looked like a blue vortex spinning and you forget which way is up down left or right B it somehow in about it 10 secobds which felt like a minute i got back up with no scratches or anything even when I scraped the bottem tumbling
Swimming parallel to the shoreline is now considered outdated advice. Your best bet is to tread water until it dissipates past the breakers and not waste your energy. Exhaustion is what leads to drowning.
I was playing in Riptides that were like 0.5 m/s and it wasnt that bad maybe because I could swim and I was relaxed. After i was pulled 5 meters by the current i would always swim off the Riptide and repeat the process
I was swimming with my girlfriend and we were so close to people swimming next to us then I felt water so powerful and pulling us inside I knew it's a riptide immediately, I started getting my feet in the ground and push my girlfriend as hard as I can because my girlfriend didn't know how to swim, I kept pushing and pushing but the water was so strong I saw death at that moment the only thing that helped me is that I can whistle with my mouth only, I started whistling and calling people to come help then two young teens come and took my girlfriend out.. this riptide are so dangerous and so close be careful
OMG this is jogging my memory, but I got caught in SOMETHING with a friend several years back!
I remember a wave crashing over me and suddenly being dragged underwater. I kind of freaked out for a second when I couldn't get back up for air, but it took me a few seconds (that probably felt way longer then they actually were) of struggling before I realized that I was powerless and just had to give in to this emmence force that was tumbling me around . . . I honestly thought I was going to die . . . But when I finally did feel it let up and finally was able to get a breath of air and swim back to shore I remember both myself and the other guy who got caught in it with me being astounded at just how far it dragged us in such short a time! We couldn't have been underwater for more than 30 seconds TOPS, and yet we had to jog a good quarter of a mile (~400 meters) to get back to the group we were with!
Horrifying story. Don’t listen to the lucky prize btw.
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
@@WhatIfScienceShow Hey
God Bless you! Jesus loves you, and died for your sins! Repent and trust in him!
@@isakayyik966 Normally I wouldn't talk about this openly online, but since you mentioned it, I will add on the bit regarding the part where I surrendered to the fact I was powerless over the force around me.
The purpose for being there was for a 1 week church "camp" (I put camp in quotes, because it was really just a retreat on a college campus hundreds of miles from home)
Anyway, it was a very powerful experiance for everyone! My mother even remarked when I came home that it was like she could se a glow around me! It was also the first time I made the decision to fast!
Anyway . . . Back to that moment . . . Part of that feeling that I was going to die was a peaceful feeling . . . I felt in that moment that, if this was God's plan for me to die in that moment, that it was meant to be and . . . Idk . . . It was just, peaceful . . . Because I knew I was in his hands and that, no matter what happened, I was going to be alright ❤ In fact, I think I can say that I have never felt more peace wash over me then in that moment!
In fact, now that I recollect, I think I mentioned to that other guy about it and he mentioned having a similar experience as well!
Anyway, I just fealt I should share that bit ❤
I lost my best friend of 5 years very recently, due to drowning from rip tides. She loved riding her bike, and going to the beach. I love you so much Bella and I hope your doing well I heaven.
RIP. I'm sure she is looking down on you, missing you.
I’m very sorry for your loss. I’m sure you must think of her often. Please remember to take care of yourself and look after your mental health. It’ll be a tough road but I’m sure you can pull through.
Good luck, and hang in there
I hope your not traumatized bestie
No worries bestie I'm doin better@@craigieplaysstuff
Rip Bella she sounds like she had a beautiful soul 🖤
As someone who grew up next to the beach in PR, best advice is: if there’s no locals inside the water, STAY OUT!!!
That's just stupid.
@@liberatedentrepreneur149 it really isn’t though it’s common sense
@@lordjj4325 it really is dumb, riptides are just normal things that could happen in life. Your just gonna stay out of the beach because of that?
@@ParrotsAccount after all it’s for your safety you can do what you want but I’d personally feel unsafe alone in a beavh
@@ParrotsAccount Ya if there is no one who is there at the beach besides you. You should also read the mood in the atmosphere. And don't try to be heroic infront of nature. It could take a sec of mistake to cost your life as well. Patience is the key and should be with everyone especially you
RIP Kazuki Takahashi (creator of yugioh) passed away trying to save somebody from a rip current :(
Wow I just went to Google this and I'm in awe of the story. RIP Takahashi
@@takakupowas Yugioh still ongoing under him being an author for it
Yes, he was a legend. May he rest in peace kind, noble soul😢
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This helps me make sense of an experience that my bff and I had 30 yrs ago in the Gulf of Mexico. We were only 14. We kept being pulled out further and further by the water, against any effort we gave. Not knowing the exact danger we might be in- instead of fighting, we just laughed at ourselves and kept having fun. We knew something didn’t feel right bc we could not make headway into the direction we wanted, yet pretty soon we were inexplicably able to easily walk forward. Once on land, we ran back to her family, knowing that we’d been through something.
I remember when I was going to Zipolite. I got lost and asked a local for directions. The old man didnt want to tell me where it was, he looked sideways and said "People drawn there". I still went there the next day and got caught by a rip tide. First thing you feel is to panic. Dont panic. Take a moment. Then i swam with all my energies towards the beach but in a 45-degree angle, and stayed focused on that direction. Thank God I was able to make it. My heart was pounding like crazy. After that, I have nothing but respect to the sea. Respect the sea.
You were given a test and you passed it. The sea respects you too.
You’re supposed to let the riptide take you away first cause they normally don’t take you too far AND THEN swim side ways about 5 meters then go to shore. Glad you made it regardless.
@@thegodseeker6035The Sea is not an entity my man. Thank God and receive him before you name ends not written in the book of Life.
@@Nanami306 Yes, I am a Christian. "The sea respects you" is just a metaphor. I am not worshipping a large collection of water molecules.
Respect for the old man. He was trying to save your a s by not wanting you to go to that beach.
If you were caught in a riptide, it would be important to stay calm and not try to swim against the current. Riptides are powerful currents that can pull swimmers out to sea, and trying to swim against them can lead to exhaustion. Instead, you should try to swim parallel to the shore, in order to escape the current. Once you are out of the current, you can then swim back to the shore. It's also important to keep an eye on the buoy or other safety markers, or landmarks on the shore, to help you orient yourself and gauge your progress. If you are unable to escape the current or if you feel like you are getting tired, it's important to raise your hand and shout for help. Lifeguards or other beachgoers will be able to spot you and come to your aid.
I agree with everything you said except if you get caught in a rip current u shout for help immediately and then swim parallel. U dont wait till exhaustion
Thanks for the recap
Thank you
Man if you get tired while swimming parallel JUST LAY ON YOUR BACK & ENJOY MOTHER NATURES RIDE
When I was 11 or 12(I'm 29 now) I got caught in what felt like an endless riptide. It was at Hollywood beach in florida on a weekend, and unfortunately no one heard my gargled screams. I got taken so far out that eventually I just gave up, I was so tired that I stopped fighting the waves and would just rest underwater everytime a wave would come by, instead of screaming at the top of them. I dont wanna say what gave me the inspiration to do it because I dont fully understand it myself. But I took one last good breath, and used the riptide to dive down to the bottom. As I crashed into the sand my body instinctively knew how to get back again. By crawling back. But as I hit the bottom of the ocean I felt the most excruciating pain in the center of my head and chest that caused me to wince and let go of some breath. Idk how I survived but I truly feel like I was down there for over 15 minutes, I couldn't even do it consistently. Each time the water pulled me back even while crawling, I had to slam my head down and dig with my arms to brace for the current(which sent me flipping back further the first crawl I did). I started in a disgusting slimy area with bugs and fish bumping into me as I crawled out the slime and up these sandy hillsides that were pretty steep but then big flat areas. I crawled up many three or four of these underwater hillside things befor I just knew the next one was where I originally got caught. At this point my air felt like toxic chemicals in my chest, so I released it and it felt really good. But then it felt really weird and just bad, half of my mind was experiencing death, the other screaming at what's left to keep crawling foward. It was like 2 worlds at once, but just as I felt like it was the end, the blinding light and oxygen of the shore burst through the darkness. I took one step and my legs buckled, I thought I could rest but a wave came and splashed my face lmfao so I just got up and started walking. People were looking at me like I was a monster untill I finally got back to my mom. My friend told me something was on my head, I was like it's probably seaweed. But he was like no... it's not. It was a foot long bright orange sea worm with and skinny body but lots of tentacle like things, and a skinny mouth with 3 or 4 pristine white hooked long teeth throbbing in and out of its mouth. And when I threw it off my head it just completely flattened on the ground. Its wierd but in a way I feel like that worm sacrifaced itself for me, in a place it wasn't supposed to see or be, because I almost met the same fate.
Bro that's scary glad u made it
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Dude. That story. Damn. Shit. Can't believe you made it. Thanks for sharing.
That pain you felt in your head might have been the sea worm? It’s amazing to think you crawled back to shore under water through a rip current. Or perhaps the rip current eventually pushed you to the side so you are no longer in the flow? Either way we must always stay relaxed in a rip current and swim parallel to the shore until away from the rip current flow then start swimming back to shore. You’re lucky to have made it back.
The crazy part is, when I finally saw the light of the sun, for a split second I was sure it was the light of another world
Got caught in a rip tide in Cancun once. I knew what it was when I kept getting drawn out into the sea and couldn't swim back. Had no clue what to do so I had to come up with a plan fast. I just bobbed in the water and when the big waves came in, I would thrust myself up so the waves would push me in again. Key is to swim slowly, not to gain distance, but to not keep going out after the wave pushes you back towards land. Stay calm.. it's your best bet.
I live right by the seas in Wales, and the advice from lifeguards is to swim perpendicular to the flow of the rip current. So instead of swimming against it, swim to the right or left of the current until you're no longer being pulled out. At that stage you can swim to shore
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.
That's what my dad said. If you keep calm, you will not die, if you don't keep calm, you have chances you will die. He once got pushed from a bridge to a lake he told me, but he kept calm and swam.
Your not lying. I had to help someone in this same situation. It was scary too. But When I was caught in it. I went under the water While the waves was getting pushed back into the sea & swam towards the beach. Best thing to do is don't panic
Happened to me too in Cancun. I almost panicked and took off my life jacket because it make the it easier for me to be pulled out in the ride. The fish ironically attempted to try to teach me what to do. A school of fish. I have it on camera because I was snorkeling and filming and when I panicked I wasn’t thinking about my phone or go pro attached to me. It caught a lot of the commotion because it was already recording. My friend a local noticed I was too far from shore and was attempting to remove the life jacket which prompted him to come get me and he was an amazing swimmer very used to the water and the power of what it could do. Now I just enjoy wadding when the waters are calm and sitting on the boat or beach and watching when they’re not 😂
"The term rip tide is often incorrectly used to refer to rip currents, which are not tidal flows. A rip current is a strong, narrow jet of water that moves away from the beach and into the ocean as a result of local wave motion."
Bra nice job getting this from google bra lmao
Always has to be one Technical Timmy blabbing in the comment section. Feel important now, champ ?? 😂
@@liberatedentrepreneur149 its true. You wanna be ignorant all your life and take shit at face value. Go ahead.
@@donovanrouse5813 thats all it takes
At least someone knows. Thanks
Yeah, those rip currents man...I was like 10 when we were at one of Hilton Head Beaches having a blast. And I was next to my uncle who is like 6'4 and he was swimming further out at the time. My cousin and I were just playing near the shoreline. Wave jumping and having a great time and then I was off my feet and being swept under. I passed my uncle who managed to pick me up quickly and swam us out of the current. It happened so fast I just had no time to think. So not everyone is lucky to know what to look out for. I thank him every time we visit for the fourth because I would not be here if it wasn't for him seeing me and knowing it was a rip current I was in. I was very lucky to have been on the outskirts where everyone was swimming. Now we just play in the sand but apparently sand is very dangerous too.
My youngest daughter was swimming alone in the water, about a meter deep, while I stood on the shore with my eldest daughter, who was completely unaware of the danger nearby. I kept a close eye on my youngest, glancing back every now and then to make sure she was safe. Everything seemed perfectly normal-just another beautiful day at the beach.
Suddenly, I felt a sense of unease. I decided to join her in the water, just to be closer, just in case. As I waded in and reached her, I casually mentioned that it was time to go home. But then something strange happened-I felt the sand shift beneath my feet. We tried to walk back to the shore, but it felt like we were being pulled away by some invisible force.
Panic set in. We were being carried out to sea by a rip current, and the realization hit me like a ton of bricks. The water that had seemed so calm just moments before was now our enemy. My heart pounded as I fought to stay on my feet, but it was no use. We were being dragged further and further from safety, and there was no one around to help. To make matters worse, neither of us knew how to swim. The situation was dire, and my mind raced with fear.
In that moment, I felt completely helpless. The current was relentless, and I had no idea how to save us. My daughter was right next to me, facing the shore, but terror was written all over her face. Time seemed to slow down, and I knew we only had a few seconds to act. There was no time to think-only to react.
In a desperate attempt to save my daughter, I did the only thing I could think of. I grabbed her and, with all my strength, threw her to the right, toward the shore, away from the deadly current. It was a risk, a split-second decision that I hoped would save her life.
I watched her splash into the water a few meters away from me, and without hesitation, I lunged after her, grabbing her hand and pulling with all my might. The current was still trying to drag us back, but somehow, we managed to inch closer to the shore. My muscles burned, my lungs screamed for air, but I didn’t stop. I couldn’t stop.
Finally, we reached the shallows, and the current began to lose its grip. I pulled my daughter to shore, both of us gasping for breath, shaking with shock. We survived, but just barely.
It was only later that I learned about rip currents and how they can turn a peaceful day at the beach into a life-or-death struggle. I had never heard of them before, but now I know all too well how dangerous they are. That day could have ended in tragedy, but somehow, we survived.
Near death experience - I had learnt swimming in my first year of college and within 6 months of learning swimming I along with my 4 college friends went to the beach and we started to swim and play ball 🏈 game in water, we were standing in the radius of 15 meter, for me water was till my chest height. the guy standing deep in water started to swim out without saying anything, within a second the sand under my feet was moved and I started floating. I also started to swim towards the shore. Eventually we all 5 friends started to swim to shore and made it safely. There was one more group of guys playing on our left hand side, when we made it to shore we could see 2 of these guys drowning and unable to swim out, one of our friend in the group was confident swimmer he went in and managed to pull one of the guy out and one drowned unfortunately. When I was swimming out I was feeling that it was taking way longer to swim out as ocean kept dragging me back, however at no point I panicked I was confident that slowly I was coming closer to shore so it kept me going, also I have feeling that our side current was slightly less than the side of those guys who drowned. For next 2 years I never went back in ocean water, swam only in pool. I actually had decided after that I would never enter in ocean again however I changed my mind started to enjoy the sea again.
I think its impressive you managed to get to the shore without being informed about how to properly escape a rip current. You did great
When I was a kid I wanted to swim so bad that I went alone. Told my family I was going to the toilet (camping site) and went to the sea to swim, however everyone was warning me the weather wasn’t too great. I got caught and couldn’t do anything, I was close to the shore but the waves were dragging me all the way. I almost got lost from my family. I was powerless. When it stopped I got too shore and left. Didn’t want to risk swimming so I walked a mile back. The fact no one was watching still has me shook.
How are you at listening now?
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My Brother and I got caught up in one together... nobody saw it either... spooky spooky lol...we grew up in the water tho...I NEVER LOOKED AT THE BEACH THE SAME AFTER THAT THO LOL... RESPECT THE 🌊🌊🌊
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
@@trenchlife6094 i am aquaman now.
almost died from this crap yesterday. luckily I called for help and got a lifeguard as soon as I got scared and didn't wait or use up ally energy or I'd be dead
This just happened to me tonight. Me and my buddy were at jacksonville beach and were having a blast. Today the waves were much stronger than usual which made it even funner, but i remember at some point me getting a luttle nervous and telling my friend that it felt like waves were coming from all directions. We were still waist deep and saw a beast of a wave coming towards us and we were ready for it.. or so we thought. The moment that wave hit us we were suddenly in neck deep water. Then BAM immediately after, two more huge waves hit us. I yell to my friend that i can no longer touch the floor and that somethings going on. We were both still kind of confused but we immediately start frantically swimming as hard as we could, directly towards shore. Instantly I felt the water dragging me backwards and I am beginning to panic. We both swam for about 3 minutes whilst staying in the complete same spot. Thankfully it seems the riptide ended there and qe were able to make it back to shore. The moment we got to shore, my buddy collapsed and tried catching his breath. I somehow stayed on my feet, also breathless though. The absolute scariest experience of my life.
I always thought riptides were well away from the shore. I didn’t know you could encounter them so easily
Same.
I encounter them everyday ^^ they’re as common as waves in the Atlantic Ocean
This is NOT a rip tide....it is a rip current....this guy is clueless!
I use rips to get out easily for surfing.
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A suggestion: "what if the black hole in the middle of our galaxy suddenly disappeared"
I think the short answer is, our galaxy wouldn’t have formed in the first place. Maybe a more interesting spin would be, what if the black hole in the middle of our galaxy suddenly disappeared.
@@dixonsusa yeah, thats what i wanted to say, "suddenly disappeared" thanks
@@dixonsusa 🤓 missing the point of the question
Oooooooooh!! Thats a good one!!
Unfortunately, not much would happen. The gravity that keeps our galaxy together is collective, or mutual between all of the stars in it. The only reason there are super-massive black holes in the center is because stars tend towards the center of that mutual gravity.
I was caught in a riptide at South Padre Island.I was about 18 years old.I swam as hard as I could and I made NO progress toward shore. Luckily, I had been warned about these “undertows” which is what people called them half-a-century ago. So, I just relaxed, and kept my head above water which was not difficult. Eventually, I got to a place where I could easily swim to shore. I got on the beach and walked back to where I was when I entered the water. I walked for about 1/2 mile -to-a-mile. I never told my parents about this incident. Why worry them? They were the ones who had repeatedly warned me about “undertows”. Walking back to where I entered the water I was overwhelmed with how much easier walking was than swimming. I guess that’s when I learned I was definitely a land mammal.
RIP Tom and Michiel (both 21), victims of the turbulent sea at 15/09/2016. Will always remember you guys.
This is about RIP CURRENTS. Riptides and rip currents are NOT the same thing. A riptide is a tidal phenomenon in an estuary. At least make sure you're not confusing people What If.
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Yeah true
They definitely should have done some research before making this video
Whatever shit that is, i aint never going to the ocean
Glad i was blessed enough to live throughout my childhood up until now. Had no idea about this and to think when i was a kid, i be goin to the beach, always go out neck deep into the water!! Can't thank faith enough on how far I've made it up to see 38🙏🙏🙏
Crazy thing is they can pull you out in knee deep water.
Honestly. Me too. I think as a kid it happened to my brother and I. We got caught in one but we were so oblivious and used to going out way too far anyways we eventually were able to swim back. Being oblivious to what was occurring most likely saved our lives because we were not fighting it and in turn conserved our strength. Scary to look back on now. Parents watch your kids.
As a surfer rips are my best friend , most time when i paddle out i always look for one to get me out as fast as possible ... but they really not that bad . They just going to take you past the breaking waves and usually when you are at that stage the water will be calm and you can look for waves or white water to take you back in
Was on Oahu and pulled a chick out of a rip tide. She was from Wisconsin and never saw an ocean in her life. And she almost lost it at Waimea. I pulled her out. Her eyes were as wide as I’ve only seen in combat. She was terrified.
I thank god and my father for teaching me to swim, I saw myself super far from shore and people looked like little ants, I swam and swam but nothing. I thought I would die since no one was coming for me and I was to scared to scream for help. But my will to live and never give up kicked in. And I swam and swam and swam and little by little I made it.
Suggestion:
1. What if Earth was size of Jupiter
2. What if Earth and Mars switched place
I've heard the "swim 90⁰ to the rip current" tip before. Lifeguard shows discuss it, and those people know what they're saying.
Yeah, but riptides are circles, so even if you just float, it'll pull you back
I've literally never seen a riptide pull anyone under by the way, usually people drown from running out of energy.
@@tander101 Unless a ship passes by and keeps them under, by some lack of luck.
Wow thanks What If that was very interesting and cool to watch!!
Thank you for your comment!
@@WhatIfScienceShow you're welcome!😃
Don’t get stuck in a relationship that are riptides.
This happened to me this summer, almost died, I was saved by two guys who were in my group, Thank God. And thank you to the two guys
Rip currents can sometimes prove to be fatal.
@musico0075if you float the waves will take u with them
@@houseofblues9016 no way, the waves advance you for about a meter and the current will draw you back for 2 meters. You have to swim away from the current the waves aren't taking you back
@@Chl19AK I rode the waves on my surfboard always worked for me just lean forward give it six or so paddles and the waves can move you a bit forward every time
Always always always refresh yourself on what to do when caught in a riptide before taking a trip down the shore.
As an island kid,If a wave can knock you off your feet,thats enough power to drag you to the ocean...and when you get caught better swim beyond impact zone,and please master your floating,swim back where you can ride the wave back on the sand,just be ready to stand up before wave slams,enjoy 😆
Can all tourists please watch this video and take notes before traveling to Hawai'i?!?! Drowning is our number 1 tourist killer and if you don't know how to swim or have little experience in the ocean then please stay on shore. Do other safer activities. Take lessons before you come and just be more vigilant. The ocean is powerful and needs to be respected. Never venture out where you don't belong.
You say it likes it's a bad thing
I’m coming in August, is it safe to stand in the water on shore or could I still get swept in? 😩 After this video I’m scared
I had an experience with rip tide, fortunately it was a good one. While swimming in OC Md with my son we were both separated unexpectedly.
I was in excellent shape and I was training my son in the boxing gym. So while we were diving to the bottom of the shore acting like dolphins, at times pushing ourselves with our feet to get some air and quickly going under doing cannonballs spinning in the water. All of a sudden my son was gone. I didn’t see him and didn’t think much of it, maybe he was under the water. I continued to play under and started doing cannonballs again and propelling myself with my feet along the bottom and felt like my propulsion was assisted by something and I was moving much faster and I was enjoying it so I decided to stay under for about 2-3 mins longer to enjoy this unusual experience. When came up for air I was so so far away that it was super quiet but I barely could see the shore do to the waves. It took me an hour to get back to shore. My toes and legs were cramping but I ignored the pain and continued back to shore. When I got to the shore I was so displaced I had to walk down 25mins down the beach trying to guess where’s my family? Finally I saw lifeguards and my ex wife looking for my missing son. Fortunately he made it back and explained that he had the same experience as me, playing with rip currents… 😮🤦♂️
Something like this happened to me, and i did exactly what this guy said not to do and i miracoulously managed to survive, just remembering that makes me have shivers down my spine, the feeling that its most likely over is awful
Thank you very much for informing people about riptide👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏now i know it and know what to do😋😁👍
Hello , I m From India🇮🇳 ..Your Video is Very Helpful for me..Thanks a lot
In Greece as we were kids we used to spring into the sea with high waves that had the power to lift hundreds or thousands of stones from the ground and bombarded you with them if you have jumped into the waves at low level (which you had to or you got pushed really hard to the ground by the waves). The stones lifted had a weight up to 5 kilogram but they are all round, polished by the sea. So you feel the bombardment under water but it does not hurt you much. You got mixed around like you would feel like the inner of a washing machine. :)
1.30h caught in a Riptide last sunday. My surfboard saved me from sinking. When I finally made it out, I was absolutely exhausted. What a scary time!!
I got caught with my son in one of them about three weeks ago, luckily my son who’s a better swimmer made out after a bit of a struggle, I tried swimming straight to shore, it didn’t work, I didn’t panic, and I didn’t know how the idea to swim parallel to shore came to me, eventually I got out, it was an amazing experience, that will help me and my son in the future, if it happens to us again.
Got caught in one when I was 12 and luckily my friends older sister who was a lifeguard came out and got me. Ever since then I’ve learned how to handle them
Hey What if! Great upload like always 🙌🏻
Can you make a video on :
"What if Venus never lost its hospitable atmosphere?"
As a surfer, we actually use rip currents to paddle out
They make it so much easier😂
Have you ever seen a. Shark? I’d be so scared the tide would bring new to far out and a shark would appear
@@graciedonnelly5909their not attracted to waves that are about to break the noise the underwater turbulence sand being moved into the gills not exactly an inviting environment for the fish or its prey
You'd he surprised how close sharks come to shore lol @@graciedonnelly5909
Happened to me as a kid, but I automatically knew somehow to stay calm and then swim back
Surfers use the rip to get outside, a lot easier than duck diving.
A rip current is a surfers best friend....swim with it parallel the beach and swim in if your not using it to get out to the lineup
Never fight it, pretty basic stuff
Man God is good, my wife took me to Miami for Father's day and while on south beach I saw the double flags go up but didn't know what they meant. My drunk ass waltz into the water, I guessed it wasnt a big deal being everyone else was. They were just as dumb as me 😂😂😂. Now that I know, never again. Thank god my wife and I were safe and made it home to our family
yesterday my best friend i nearly died in a riptide. the day was mega windy and the waves were massive. we ended up getting swept up and we were the only ones there. my friend found some rocks luckily but i kept drifting and i thought that was it but somehow i ended up hitting like the last rock(but it was coral reef which well cut my whole body up) but i made it out alive haha
My friend just died a few hours ago by the current💔 I just wanted to see what he went through
“If you see the water do *this “
* water looks like a normal beach *
Am I the only one holding my breath while watching that !?
This happened to me in Cabo I was drunk and couldn’t get back to the shore it was scary for sure but luckily got out of it
Damn I'm going to Cabo in a month..that's why I'm watching this lol..where'd you stay?
Never go in sea drunk
Just imagining tides pulling inside the ocean makes me uncomfortable...
the sea is both beautiful and frightening at the same time, I love the beach but I never dare to go deeper into the water, I don't even know how to swim so I just stay at the very shallow part of the water, that's what I still do now that I'm an adult
Be careful sharks come up to waist deep water. They've been known to come to 2-5ft
@@tazj4257 thank you, but I've never encountered a shark before, the beach that I swim at here in our province where I live, is not known to have sharks or any shark attacks, but still, I would never ever swim in the depths, better be safe than become a sharks next meal, but even if there is no shark in our beach here, I would still be very vigilant
@@pat-9169 I've never encountered one either. But I think it's safe to say where there's an ocean, lake or river there are sharks. Due to climate changes sharks are going into areas they're not known for being at so just be careful. Once I saw sand fleas and almost drowned from a wave I've never went back in lol
Love these videos
Keep em coming
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Just got caught in one today with my wife and somehow I was able to get us out. One more pull and we would’ve been pulled out far enough for it to be an issue
@daxzion773• Glad you all are ok.
thank you so much for this info
Don’t float parallel. Float with it. Let it take you out. It will release you. Save your energy.
The fun part is as a bodysurfer, I am often looking for them as a quick way to reach the line up.
moral of the story: just don’t swim in the ocean🥰
No that’s called having a phobia just use a surfboard and you’ll be fine, than you can paddle to where the waves are breaking and ride them back to shore
Oceans are fun.
Best answer 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 no swimming in the ocean 🌊!!!!
@@GentleGiant4christ why do you worship a man?
Facts!!💯 Finally someone with some common sense
Wear a life vest!!! For goodness sake. Why do these states not have any type of campaign or education to tell people to do this. It is mind boggling incompetence!
This video is kinda scary. Even the narrator's voice. I get that it is not supposed to make me laugh but damn! It makes me not even want to walk on the beach--much less to get in the water!!! 😱😱😱🥺🥺🥺
Oh the dreadful memories. I got caught in one of these sum a biches and lawddddd I will never ever get back in the ocean again! That ocean ain't no joke! I was at ocean city with a girlfriend and we were standing in the ocean. I'm 5'1 and water came to my belly button. I saw a huge wave coming and I didn't want to get my hair wet so we started running to shore. Needless to say I didn't make it 😂 the wave hit me in my back, I went under water and tumbled around at least 10x, forehead kept hitting the floor of the ocean and I could never open my eyes under water for some reason so my eyes were closed the entire time while trying to find the top of the water to breath 😩 was a horrible situation and I'll never get my blk azz in the ocean ever again 😂😂
that's not a riptide that's just a big wave lol...next time dive under the water under it because a big wave hitting you from behind snd literally kill you and break your back/ neck ...not to mention the possibility of hitting your head on something when you tumble against the floor
I was caught in a current too and I panicked first then I just calmed myself down and remembered watching a similar video before and started swimming parallel to the shore until I got out of it eventually .. thank you for making this video and if it wasnt for that one I watched who knows what could've happened
i just lost my friend to a riptide at jacobs beach two days ago RIP Christain perkins🕊️💔
I’ve been caught in multiple rip tides but it’s really not that bad unless you are further inside where you can get sucked into deep water. It’s best to stay in water where you can confidently stand safely and be able to keep your head above the water even when there are waves.
Been there done that lived in Florida for 10 yrs it was fun !!!
i got caught in a riptide at playa zippolite a while back...i barely managed to swim out of it...& then my knees were swollen & too painful to walk on for about a week afterwards...fortunately the lady at the hostel had a pair of crutches on hand...
I went deep into the ocean (a hundred or so feet from shore) for the first time. I usually stay in shallower parts but I wanted to ride the waves and they were closer to the middle so I had to cross into some areas that I couldn’t touch the ground. I can swim but I’ve always been anxious in the ocean because of the chance of riptides. Anytime I see a waves with a gap I think riptide and I want to make sure that I know what to do. I hope I never get caught in one however.
Swim out of a rip current the same way you walk out of the road: perpendicular to it which means you swim parallel to the shoreline.
That's the best analogy I've heard so far!
@@coco26able Thank you. I hope it helps!😊
I saw 3 teens die at Warren dunes😢
So me and my friends were camping and we went to the beach and it was a yellow flag and we were bodyboarding and then we went on a hike it was a mud pit and when we were going back to the beach from the mud pit we heard sirens we didn't know what was going on.the sirens went off and we got scared so when we went to the beach we saw 3 teens drown from a rip current and the navy came and after that moment I would never go in a yellow flag or a red flag
Got caught in one in Costa Rica with my daughter. Absolutely terrifying. I haven’t gone into the ocean since.
Beach local: just let it flow and flow with it. It's going to drop you probably further than you have ever swim in the ocean and then release you to swim back. Don't exhaust yourself
the problem is : there are sharks in Florida.....I just cannot understand that fools like you don't get nervous from being floating defensless far from the shore
Marasille 1st day of my honeymoon...get to the beach and i decide to kick my ball just into the water but i launched it much further than expected.... jumped straight in the water started swimming for it. Next thing i know im being dragged and pushed under the water...i started swimming against it but something told me to try to go with it and swim off to the right...worked eventually...my wife was slowly walking towards the beach and got to the shore by the time i got back. She casually asked me "you ok bbay?" Im almost in tears like " Nah princess, im not good at all😦"... Had to just sit on some rocks for a bit then threw up.
Went back to my apartment amd slept for about 4 hours. I was pretty much fu£ed for the whole day.
But yeah...almost killed myself on the first day of my honeymoon.
Unbelievable… and happy you got to enjoy the rest of your honeymoon.. hopefully.
That is a nightmare. I have been in a situation where I was whirlpooled just 2 meters from coast. The first wave hit me on the back without noticing it coming and the 3 coming on after the other kept whirlpooling me while standing was impossible and when managed, sand under my feet was dragged like moving floor back in. It was that moment I relasied why people may be drowning in depths up to body waist 😮
Every person should watch this before going to a beach
But no, my fear of the ocean is ridiculous according to some people.
It's fairly simple. No matter how strong of a swimmer you are, swimming requires great physical exertion. You are using every muscle in your body to swim. Moreso than running. The more you fight external pressures against your cardio, the harder it is to maintain oxygen. Give yourself to the current until it places you where you are, and then swim back to land accordingly.
One thing though is that the current has been reported to pull people down, so in a panic and getting pulled down making it hard to breathe, the combo probably gets people to accidentally take a large breath underwater, then it’s game over. So it’s not simply.. don’t fight the current.. as if you get pulled under it’s a different situation and you’ll have to hold your breath while under intense stress.
i almost got caught in one when i was about 12 i was just swimming but then i felt sand brush past me and i started to move out but luckily i didn’t really go that far i think i was on the edge
Scary to be in one. I almost could've been killed in 2000 visiting relatives in San Diego. Thank God I survived.
Thank God❤
Ive been caught in a riptide... I tried swimming back, just kept pulling me. Im already far out to the point where yelling would be useless. REMEMBER even something as mighty as the ocean STILL obeys the word of the HOLY LORD GOD... I prayed "GOD I dont wanna die out here! Please HELP MEE! and all of a sudden i started floating, muscle dont float... and im carried GENTLY back to the shore...
About like a year ago I visited italy snd there was massive waves but there was locals in it so I thought it was okay but ive never been in smth with big waves but I kinda learned to stay out a bit so the waves dont crash into you… until a big wsve pushed me out the shore and since they come in sets the next huge wave barreled me right in the funnel and crashed me down in the sand spinning and my mind was racing it looked like a blue vortex spinning and you forget which way is up down left or right
B it somehow in about it 10 secobds which felt like a minute i got back up with no scratches or anything even when I scraped the bottem tumbling
Probably need to add Panama City to the most dangerous places. A few people have already lost their lives this year.
RIP Ryan.
Swimming parallel to the shoreline is now considered outdated advice. Your best bet is to tread water until it dissipates past the breakers and not waste your energy. Exhaustion is what leads to drowning.
Not may would have the composure to do that
Enjoy the ride
Just a few days ago one of my best friends, Korby Waters, died in a riptide in Costa Rica. 😢
Swim across the rip tide towards the shore was what I was taught.
Their called, "r.i.p." currents for a reason.
I was playing in Riptides that were like 0.5 m/s and it wasnt that bad maybe because I could swim and I was relaxed. After i was pulled 5 meters by the current i would always swim off the Riptide and repeat the process
I was able to.scape from a Rip C. Swimming against the current. Don't así me how but I did not know about Rip C, it was in a pacific beach at Panama
Love what if videos
This happened to me yesterday at Baby Beach of all places in Aruba. Thank God a nearby man told me to get on my back
I was swimming with my girlfriend and we were so close to people swimming next to us then I felt water so powerful and pulling us inside I knew it's a riptide immediately, I started getting my feet in the ground and push my girlfriend as hard as I can because my girlfriend didn't know how to swim, I kept pushing and pushing but the water was so strong I saw death at that moment the only thing that helped me is that I can whistle with my mouth only, I started whistling and calling people to come help then two young teens come and took my girlfriend out.. this riptide are so dangerous and so close be careful
funny this video tells you to stay calm but the way they convey the message with the eerie music and choice of words does not put one at ease lol
Wow,life is so dangerous. Fun can turn into tragedy in seconds be careful
My memories ... at the b-beach ... it almost k-killed me ... the worst thing is ... I don't know how to swim ... ahhhhhh
me too!! it was so so scary
This just got dark 4:30
Make a video on what if there was no 'what if' channel