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[–] Reow [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I tried swimming but that only made me lose my bearing of what was up or down and I kept crashing into rocks on to bottom of the river.

This was one of the things I really remember / relate to, from when I almost drowned in the ocean after being caught in a rip. As I was swimming back to shore, I had waves crash on me and push me under, and I felt like I was in one of those front-load washing machines (being somersaulted repeatedly). When it first happened, I tried to swim to the surface and found I was swimming to the seabed instead. After that when it happened again, I just held my breath, relaxed, and went with it. That also sucked somewhat, because there was an undercurrent and I got dragged out more. I was eventually lucky enough to get a series of clean breaks and learn when to exert effort and when not to.

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[–] Fairle 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The ocean terrifies me. There's some small sense of control for me in a river...but not any in an ocean. Reading that was scary.

How far out did it end up taking you?

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[–] Reow [S] ago 

I'm not entirely sure; I was around 10 at the time, and haven't been back to that beach since. I remember there was a rocky promontory, and I was swept out past the end of it (it would have been 300 metres long at a guess). I could see buildings on the coast etc., but I struggled to make out people on the beach.