TheVinstigator
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I wasn`t so sure I wanted to post this but I learned from it and figured someone else could too. My "buddy" and I got geared up at our cars and walked to the beach about 150 yards away, we were going to dive an Inlet Jetty on the ocean side at low tide. When we got to the waters edge I stopped to go over my gear and check things out, I took off my BC because I forgot to turn on my air. When I looked up my buddy was about 50 yards out and looking back. I donned my BC and proceded to enter the water.
At about sternum deep water I was attempting to put on my fins and was knocked over by a large wave, I did not have my reg in yet so I got a mouthfull of water. Trying to swim with all my gear, against the rip, and with no fins was very exhausting. I was finally washed to the jetty rocks and was attempting to don my fins when another large wave knocked me over, this time I had my reg in place but still no fins. Finally got my fins on and turned to see my buddy out at the end of the jetty (150 yards out) the rip was very strong here so I tried swimming under the surface. It seemed like for every kick cycle, I was moving backwards so I got to the jetty rocks and I signaled to my buddy I was heading back. Trying to swim against the rip was exhausting, when I finally got to the beach I was wiped out. I turned to look for my buddy and didn`t see him. Finally he surfaced out about 100 yards and returned to the beach. The rip had caught him at 100 yards out and he burned through 1400 psi of air trying to return to the beach.
I appreciate all comments and feedback. Is this a common tide (low) for rip currents?
At about sternum deep water I was attempting to put on my fins and was knocked over by a large wave, I did not have my reg in yet so I got a mouthfull of water. Trying to swim with all my gear, against the rip, and with no fins was very exhausting. I was finally washed to the jetty rocks and was attempting to don my fins when another large wave knocked me over, this time I had my reg in place but still no fins. Finally got my fins on and turned to see my buddy out at the end of the jetty (150 yards out) the rip was very strong here so I tried swimming under the surface. It seemed like for every kick cycle, I was moving backwards so I got to the jetty rocks and I signaled to my buddy I was heading back. Trying to swim against the rip was exhausting, when I finally got to the beach I was wiped out. I turned to look for my buddy and didn`t see him. Finally he surfaced out about 100 yards and returned to the beach. The rip had caught him at 100 yards out and he burned through 1400 psi of air trying to return to the beach.
I appreciate all comments and feedback. Is this a common tide (low) for rip currents?