FLAILING AND FAILING
Each time I was pushed inside I began to swim with the current at a 45-deg. angle to try and break out of the current line and also get away from the sunset left.
But it was no use. I was being repeatedly hit with my energy fading quickly. After 20 to 30 minutes of swimming and being stuck in the same place I found a small window of opportunity in the sets and swam as hard as I could with the current to make it to the outside!
I lay in the water conserving my energy until the ski arrived to get me. The Sunset lifeguards all came to me and said that this was one of the most gnarly situations they’d ever seen and congratulated me for staying calm and swimming in the right direction when I could.
From this experience I learned 2 things:
1. Always try and go out with someone else
2. Don’t forget your safety gear when you know it’s going to be big!
Other than that, just keep charging! JP
“ I WAS ON MY OWN WITH
NOT A SOUL IN THE WATER
AND WAS THINKING TO
MYSELF “WHAT THE HELL
AM I DOING OUT HERE? ”