For anyone wondering why people who can't swim go so far in, I'm with you. If you can't swim, don't go in the water. If you want to get wet, just stay in the really shallow areas (i.e., where the water is up to your knees or something). Don't bite off more than you can chew. To be fair, though, I can do the basic swimming strokes, but I don't think I'd be able to get out of Backpackers' Rip or a strong current.
That's the thing though. Especially if ppl can't swim well, why not educate yourself or bother to read the warning signs? I got caught in a rip tide when I was nine (luckily no large waves). But my parents had taught me what to do. I just swam sideways and slowly made my way back to shore. Trying to go straight against the rip is futile. If there are rocks to your side though, then yeah, you're screwed.
I can swim, but almost drowned before so despite able to swim I never dared to swim in really deep pool afterward, more over the sea. I lived nearby a beach that directly goes to Indian ocean, very dangerous current, it claims many people every year, even the best swimmers, but people still go swimming there anyway, it's crazy
Getting out of a ripper isn't a hard thing. The difference is I am from Florida and spent my entire childhood in the water so I know when you get caught in one you swim sideways until you're out of it
I love how dumbfounded Kyle is about non swimmers going into the water. Here in the US in California and especially in Hawaii where Kyle patrols, tourists don't go in the water if they don't know how to swim.
Yeah. No one really goes in past their ankles if they can't swim around here. A lot of us use floaties or lifejackets too. Bondi is a very stark difference from our beaches lol. I don't think I've ever seen a lifeguard in action here in all my life, and many years of going to all kind of bodies of water and pools.
@@corbinbrier0 I have seen them in action a few times but nothing major... Mainly just pulling kids out of rips or pulling kids in who got too far out. There's a show called Lifeguard that covers Southern California beaches where you can see them in action lol. But yeah our lifeguards here in SoCal have it pretty easy usually. The water is cold and rough so it keeps the tourists and non swimmers at bay.
Love the camera team of Bondi Rescue Swimming in dangerous zones with their probably heavy camera. Seeing them every now and then in the background or they show us how they’re driven around. Would love an episode on how this is all filmed
Just can't get enough for these brave and courageous lifeguards. I accidentally clicked one vid yesterday and been watching almost all episodes today. Great job guys👏👏👏. So proud of you. Watching from the phils.
They definitely should. It annoyed me for them to find out that they don’t get paid for this show. 17 years it’s been on, you’d think they would get some kind of compensation for it.
why do people go in the ocean when they can't swim? how about a pool or even a lake where your feet can touch the bottom. especially with waves and undertow. people don't think.
I was an aquatic director (lifeguard, swim instructor, etc) and we’d always have to ask people 1 can you swim? 2 can you swim where you can’t touch? People don’t realize if you can swim where you can’t touch than you can’t swim…
@@gringa978 i think you meant if you CAN'T swim where you CAN'T touch, then you CAN'T swim. ask them to swim across a pool where they CAN'T touch the bottom and you'll have your answer.
I totally relate to those young American students. I went to Australia, right after college, for a friend‘s wedding, and if I hadn’t been an only child of a single mother, I never would’ve come back to the US. It is truly one of the most beautiful places on the planet with some of the kindest people on the planet. From the gardens of Melbourne to the reef and rivers of far north Queensland, it’s perfect! ❤️
I grew up swimming in the ocean in Southern California from age 8. I can't IMAGINE going into an ocean not knowing how to swim. Do they think it's EASIER than a swimming pool?? When I started watching this series on youtube my first thought was, "Why don't they know to swim parallel to the shore to get out of the rip current?" It didn't occur to me that they can't swim at all!
I'm new to the show and I absolutely love it. I just get confused at times as to why ppl grab boogie boards and surfboards why they don't actually know how to swim.
@@Milo-oe7cc Identifying rips is part of ocean safety and so is being able to swim. You’re right people do underestimate Mother Nature. Don’t get me wrong l love this show! And people make mistakes. But education is often the difference between life and death.
Back when I was in school it was compulsory for children to have swimming and resuscitation skills, if this was part of every school's curriculum a lifeguard's job would be so much easier.
Being from Hawaii I echo Kyle's confusion about non swimmers swimming in terrible conditions. I know how to swim and would still not venture far out at Bondi. Looks treacherous
When i was a kid i used to go into shock really quickly, i dislocated so many limbs so many times and i just used to pop them back in within 2 minutes and barely any pain. Looking back i think my nervous system was messed up
I was just like how were you all up that long ago?? Then I remembered that I don’t live in Australia and for me that was only like 4 pm yesterday I also realized that the camera people just sit in the water waiting for people to starts drowning and then when it happens they just sit and record them drowning
Hey, I get it. There was a bear at girls camp when I was 17/18 in the Grand Tetons (Yellowstone area). We knew it was hanging around because it had broken into the trash trailer a couple days before we got up there. The second day of camp we got back from hiking and we told the Rangers had set up a trailer trap in the meadow below the line of cabins and the bear was actually down in the meadow right then. A couple of us girls wanted a look (of course) so we walked along the cabin tail until I heard it in the bushes. We stopped to look for it and ended up with about 10 girls and 3 leaders in a group staring through trees down the hill. I glanced to the right along the path and there it was 12 feet away. "THE BEAR!!!" I screamed and we all ran for the nearest cabin. I was the last one in because I shoved everyone else in. I slammed the door, then turned to look out the window. I actually said "My knees are shaking! This is awesome!" The adrenaline rush was fierce! I literally was not scared at all. The only reason I ran was because it was the smart thing to do. Our screaming scared the bear back down the hill, and after a few minutes we left the cabin and moved along the path until we could see through the trees to the meadow. We watched the bear try the trash trailer again, and fail, then move on to the trap. That year at camp was crazy. Something huge happened 4 out of the 5 days.
@@Listrynne I understand that , if anyone sees somthing cool or dangerous people want to see it because of how fascinating it is because its not somthing you see every day
Good content gotta say! Thanks for helping out these people! Wish I could donate but, I’m not allowed to cause my mom said no (Because I’m not allowed to use money on my iPad)
I was in Daytona last Summer and I couldnt imagine how annoying it is to be a lifeguard. Nobody listens. I heard the whistles being blown nonstop and ppl told to get out of certain areas snd ppl just ended up going right back over there. Ppl want to die out there I swear.
The people who can't swim going into the water...it must just be a cultural thing? In the U.S., if you can't swim, you don't go into the water, period. That seems to be the universal understanding here. I guess it's not the same with all the people who go to Bondi 😅
I think it’s because Bondi is notorious for having big waves and Dangerous rips and most people who are rescued are tourists who don’t understand how dangerous it is. I don’t understand why exactly they go in if they can’t swim but I think they just assume it can’t be that bad and if they stay in the sandbank they won’t drift out. I don’t think it’s quite a cultural thing.
They started the seasons years ago, season three would of been maybe around 10 years ago, filmed before covid. (sorry correction, season 3 was filmed in 2009)
Imagine swimming at bondi and suddenly a cameraman appears next to you like "you alright mate? just filming some drownings here" excuse me, filming some WHAT NOW!? For real though, imagine the amount of deaths if there weren't lifeguards... beach full of bodies.
And its not like there aren't modest swimwear. I body surf in my skirted leggings and long sleeved, high neck rashy. Its modest, sun smart and doesn't add too much weight while swimming.
If your idea is to backstroke, badly aswel, when your in trouble in the water, maybe don't go in past your waist. I never understand how people say they don't realise how dangerous the water can be. Everyone has picked up a big bucket of water and felt how heavy it was, its not hard to work out how bad an ocean of the stuff could be, just from that.
It's crazy how many people who can't swim try to go in the deeper parts. It's pretty rare in the US for nonswimmers to go past their waist. I've only seen lifeguards in action in swim class. My sister got pulled into a rip on a beach once, no lifeguards in sight just my stepmom fueled by adrenaline swimming out and getting her despite not being a strong swimmer herself.
The problem isn't so much going out in the deep water if you can't swim. Even if you only go up to your waist if your in the wrong place at the wrong time you can end up out there in a second. The thing that makes rips dangerous is they look nice and calm on top so you think it's fine to wade into but you don't realize how strong the undercurrent is. And if you get caught by it you can be knocked off your feet and dragged out before you can blink. And to make it worse, if you try to swim against it you just tire yourself out and it can be over in a second.
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I love the fact that the cameraman helped the patient in need WITHOUT risking himself
But he did risk himself
@@Nightshade17655I mean he got a life vest on so not as bad as some random swimmer
The unsung heroes of these episodes. The cameramen 👏
Am I sitting here on my day off binge watching Bondi? Yes. Am I complaining? Absolutely not. 😌
Same 🤩
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For anyone wondering why people who can't swim go so far in, I'm with you. If you can't swim, don't go in the water. If you want to get wet, just stay in the really shallow areas (i.e., where the water is up to your knees or something). Don't bite off more than you can chew. To be fair, though, I can do the basic swimming strokes, but I don't think I'd be able to get out of Backpackers' Rip or a strong current.
That's the thing though. Especially if ppl can't swim well, why not educate yourself or bother to read the warning signs? I got caught in a rip tide when I was nine (luckily no large waves). But my parents had taught me what to do. I just swam sideways and slowly made my way back to shore. Trying to go straight against the rip is futile. If there are rocks to your side though, then yeah, you're screwed.
Yeah, i would consider myself a good swimmer but not in the ocean... waves, rips, many people etc. Make it so much more difficult...
Staying in the shallows most do but the current changes dragging them out to sea
I can swim, but almost drowned before so despite able to swim I never dared to swim in really deep pool afterward, more over the sea. I lived nearby a beach that directly goes to Indian ocean, very dangerous current, it claims many people every year, even the best swimmers, but people still go swimming there anyway, it's crazy
Getting out of a ripper isn't a hard thing. The difference is I am from Florida and spent my entire childhood in the water so I know when you get caught in one you swim sideways until you're out of it
I have watch almost all of this episodes and i still watching it religiously amazing show
We love to hear it 😎
I love how dumbfounded Kyle is about non swimmers going into the water. Here in the US in California and especially in Hawaii where Kyle patrols, tourists don't go in the water if they don't know how to swim.
Yeah. No one really goes in past their ankles if they can't swim around here. A lot of us use floaties or lifejackets too. Bondi is a very stark difference from our beaches lol. I don't think I've ever seen a lifeguard in action here in all my life, and many years of going to all kind of bodies of water and pools.
@@corbinbrier0 I have seen them in action a few times but nothing major... Mainly just pulling kids out of rips or pulling kids in who got too far out. There's a show called Lifeguard that covers Southern California beaches where you can see them in action lol. But yeah our lifeguards here in SoCal have it pretty easy usually. The water is cold and rough so it keeps the tourists and non swimmers at bay.
Yeah cause if you go out in California more then a 100 ft there’s a 500 ft drop 😂
@@coop-likes Yeah that too... Not at all our beaches, but most. Usually its less than 100ft though... Usually it's more like 30-50ft. Lol.
@@baileypaliolonga5620 ik 100 just sounded better
Aye props to the camera man! Doing two jobs at once
If I'll come to Bondi, I won't come on Holidays so that I can take pictures with all the Lifeguards. 😂
Love the camera team of Bondi Rescue
Swimming in dangerous zones with their probably heavy camera. Seeing them every now and then in the background or they show us how they’re driven around.
Would love an episode on how this is all filmed
they have go pros and drones tho. some are real cameramen tho to
@@alpha2cool4younoy when these episodes were filmed
“Perhaps he needs the green whistle himself”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just can't get enough for these brave and courageous lifeguards. I accidentally clicked one vid yesterday and been watching almost all episodes today. Great job guys👏👏👏. So proud of you. Watching from the phils.
sameeee its so addicting
These lifeguards should get payed more come on man,there real life hero's
Love you guys ❣️
👍
They definitely should. It annoyed me for them to find out that they don’t get paid for this show. 17 years it’s been on, you’d think they would get some kind of compensation for it.
@@SarspariilaI’m so surprised! Esp bc you would think there are lots of ppl profiting from the show! And they ARE the show!
Pretty sure the camera man must be absolutely at home in the water with heavy awkward equipment to babysit to get the most amazing footage 💕
The bondi lifeguards never disappoint us.
Lol “you’re from England aren’t you?”
“WALES!”😂😂😂
why do people go in the ocean when they can't swim? how about a pool or even a lake where your feet can touch the bottom. especially with waves and undertow. people don't think.
They just go to shallow parts but they get dragged out to the deep parts
I keep asking myself the same thing
@@jian1506 that's the nature of the ocean. if you dont know the ocean it can kill you.
I was an aquatic director (lifeguard, swim instructor, etc) and we’d always have to ask people
1 can you swim?
2 can you swim where you can’t touch?
People don’t realize if you can swim where you can’t touch than you can’t swim…
@@gringa978 i think you meant if you CAN'T swim where you CAN'T touch, then you CAN'T swim. ask them to swim across a pool where they CAN'T touch the bottom and you'll have your answer.
I’m American and I’ve been watching this so much that American accents sound weird lmao
My man brought an ironing board to surf on 😂
I will say one thing, if there weren't any lifeguards there would be A LOT of drawings!! You save so many people! Good job !!
In another episode Kerrbox estimates that if there were no lifeguards at Bondi, there would be up to 200 drownings a day.
Im from Amsterdam and i love you guys! If i was saved by you handsome guys i will be so thankfull and gratefull!
I totally relate to those young American students. I went to Australia, right after college, for a friend‘s wedding, and if I hadn’t been an only child of a single mother, I never would’ve come back to the US. It is truly one of the most beautiful places on the planet with some of the kindest people on the planet. From the gardens of Melbourne to the reef and rivers of far north Queensland, it’s perfect! ❤️
Tom is very kind and patient.
USA loves and appreciates the Bondi lifeguards! ❤🇺🇸
11:50 Kyle! You're killing me 😅
As an Australian I’m not actually a big fan of Australia Day and you can research it if you aren’t sure why but I love this show and it’s awesome
I get it- I'm not a fan of the 4th or Thanksgiving here in the U.S.- for the same reason I reckon. No need to celebrate genocide and war.
Haven't watch all episodes yet but watch all clips.. Bondi is our quarantine rescue.
for anyone who is wondering, calling a welsh person english is like calling an aussi a kiwi
edit: or a Canadian american
THE IRONING BOARD
I can't believe how many non swimmers do such idiotic life threatening things and most of them seem to be out of country tourists.
Education is key👍
Pre-lifeguards, this would be called natural selection 😂
I grew up swimming in the ocean in Southern California from age 8. I can't IMAGINE going into an ocean not knowing how to swim. Do they think it's EASIER than a swimming pool?? When I started watching this series on youtube my first thought was, "Why don't they know to swim parallel to the shore to get out of the rip current?" It didn't occur to me that they can't swim at all!
I'm new to the show and I absolutely love it.
I just get confused at times as to why ppl grab boogie boards and surfboards why they don't actually know how to swim.
I don’t think we’ll ever understand why non swimmers go into the water. Knee deep maybe but any deeper than that is nuts.
@@Picachki i think it’s mostly that they start in knee deep then get swept out. ppl always underestimate the ocean
@@Milo-oe7cc Identifying rips is part of ocean safety and so is being able to swim. You’re right people do underestimate Mother Nature. Don’t get me wrong l love this show! And people make mistakes. But education is often the difference between life and death.
Love this,it's so interesting. The iridshman with the ironing board,hilarious
Kyle and Blake and Maxi on fire this episode! Go newbies!
Sweet video! What a great group of Heroes! You're all LEGENDS in my book! Stay safe! Cheers! 🤙🤙😎
16:43 i'm sorry but he looks like the adoring fan 🤣
Another great episode from you legendary Bondi Lifeguards. I loved it and can't wait for more! 👍
Same!
Hey, predator (shark) is a more appropriate word than maneater👍. You've grown in 3yrs/seasons, proud de ya❤🦈
Omg! The guy with the ironing board! 🤣🤣
I have seen this video about 3 times and I am still going I watch all your videos over and over I am addicted
Back when I was in school it was compulsory for children to have swimming and resuscitation skills, if this was part of every school's curriculum a lifeguard's job would be so much easier.
Thongs?! Australians call flip flops thongs?! Well.... you learn something new every day 😅 love it.
As a South African, I was just as shocked they called flip flops thongs 😂. But if you think about it, it makes sense 😂
Caught me off gaurd. I thought I wasn't listening well enough. Tbf I've never discussed my underwear with an Aussie before lol.
In Hawaii it’s called slippahs
In germany we call them „Flip Flops“ 😊
@@akhonanonkelela6395 and barbecue. Everyone should know it'd a braai
"Are you from England?" Yes a lot of people from Wales & Scotland get a bit offended when you ask that. xD
“we heard the alarm and we screamed out ‘shark! shark’” well kids.. way to freak people out lol
omg kyles hawaiian accent is so strong in this episode
Being from Hawaii I echo Kyle's confusion about non swimmers swimming in terrible conditions. I know how to swim and would still not venture far out at Bondi. Looks treacherous
Bondi rescue is why i want to be a lifeguard and ive watched every episode twice 💗💗💗🏊🏻♂️🏄🏻♀️🏄🏻🏄🏼♂️🏊🏼♀️🏊🏼
Even the camera man helps people what a g.
I watch almost all of your episodes and i still watch the. I watched them in lockdown.
When I'm older, I want to make sure my kids celebrate Australia Day every year.
Maxi is my favorite life guard
I’ve watched all 16 seasons 3 times
When i was a kid i used to go into shock really quickly, i dislocated so many limbs so many times and i just used to pop them back in within 2 minutes and barely any pain. Looking back i think my nervous system was messed up
awfully uncomfortable watching that poor guy be humiliated in front of the entire beach then have it filmed and aired
Or hilarious depending on your sense of humour.
@@jonbolton3376 imagine yourself in his place
The camera man should be lifeguard LOL 👍🤟
I love Bondi Beach, but I think I might not go there any time soon😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I saw that no one liked my comment, so I liked it myself😢😢❤❤
yes i love official uploads, thank u to the uploader
I was just like how were you all up that long ago?? Then I remembered that I don’t live in Australia and for me that was only like 4 pm yesterday
I also realized that the camera people just sit in the water waiting for people to starts drowning and then when it happens they just sit and record them drowning
It is a bit weird when they are just watching the person drown but they do try and help off camera
I'm pretty sure Sisqó weren't singing about flip-flops lol.
“860 inflatable thongs in a straight line” wow, nice sentence😆
I love watching this ❤️ 2022👍
7:00 imagine feeling like you're about to drown and suddenly there's a camera shoved in your face ready to save you lmao
I wanna be a lifeguard at bondi so bad rn I’m 14 but I live in Alberta Canada😂😭
God I love this show.
last guy was just hilarious
at 5:40 "10-4" haha
Happy Australian Day!)
Life guards : shark !!!!
Surfers : Oh sick how big ?! *continues to look for shark*
Hey, I get it. There was a bear at girls camp when I was 17/18 in the Grand Tetons (Yellowstone area). We knew it was hanging around because it had broken into the trash trailer a couple days before we got up there.
The second day of camp we got back from hiking and we told the Rangers had set up a trailer trap in the meadow below the line of cabins and the bear was actually down in the meadow right then. A couple of us girls wanted a look (of course) so we walked along the cabin tail until I heard it in the bushes. We stopped to look for it and ended up with about 10 girls and 3 leaders in a group staring through trees down the hill.
I glanced to the right along the path and there it was 12 feet away. "THE BEAR!!!" I screamed and we all ran for the nearest cabin. I was the last one in because I shoved everyone else in. I slammed the door, then turned to look out the window. I actually said "My knees are shaking! This is awesome!" The adrenaline rush was fierce! I literally was not scared at all. The only reason I ran was because it was the smart thing to do.
Our screaming scared the bear back down the hill, and after a few minutes we left the cabin and moved along the path until we could see through the trees to the meadow. We watched the bear try the trash trailer again, and fail, then move on to the trap. That year at camp was crazy. Something huge happened 4 out of the 5 days.
@@Listrynne I understand that , if anyone sees somthing cool or dangerous people want to see it because of how fascinating it is because its not somthing you see every day
@@TechnicallyARose Pretty much. It was really cool seeing the bear. It was cooler having to run from it because now I have a freaking awesome story. 😜
@@Listrynne and who dosnt love a good story
I'm going to Sydney Australia in a year
Have fun! It’s definitely a great place!
@@Bubbleppop yea I will thanks mate
We'll see you down on Bondi 🤙
@@BondiRescue love bondi Beach went there when I was a kid and miss it so much
@UCm-NjqgDCyt0YNx0Gr_vqbg I surfe so I'm fine lol but agree with you
People who can’t swim
“ it’s okay the life guards will see me and save me” -_-
Shout out to the camera me for these shots. Legends ❤
My dream is to become a lifeguard keep up the good content ❤
I've never had a desire to leave the states until I saw this. I absolutely love this show.
Wales 🏴 let’s go but I promise we ain’t all like that
Mate you guys are the best
Good content gotta say! Thanks for helping out these people! Wish I could donate but, I’m not allowed to cause my mom said no (Because I’m not allowed to use money on my iPad)
Sweet of you to offer!
The lifeguards are professionals paid by Waverley Council. The "clubbies" are a charity.
Oo thats just amazing :D
But the shark really said: *no.*
I what this programme in the uk I can only get it on TH-cam I love it.
Eh shout out to the camera man, kudos to you!
Love from Sask Canada
I’ll never understand those people who dont know how to swim but yet goes in the water 😂
I was in Daytona last Summer and I couldnt imagine how annoying it is to be a lifeguard. Nobody listens. I heard the whistles being blown nonstop and ppl told to get out of certain areas snd ppl just ended up going right back over there. Ppl want to die out there I swear.
Living in Korea I noticed how few people actually learn how to swim. Crazy for a country surrounded by water in 3 hemispheres
In the UK thongs are very small knickers, not shoes we call them flip-flops 😂
I Love Bondi Rescue, I have a t shirt and a hoodie and I love them both ❤️
Aaaw you poor bastard! 16:32 🤣😂
the green whistle is the best. I'm horse rider so hot tip cover the ventalation hole for faster "help"
I love this show its the best
The people who can't swim going into the water...it must just be a cultural thing? In the U.S., if you can't swim, you don't go into the water, period. That seems to be the universal understanding here. I guess it's not the same with all the people who go to Bondi 😅
I think it’s because Bondi is notorious for having big waves and Dangerous rips and most people who are rescued are tourists who don’t understand how dangerous it is. I don’t understand why exactly they go in if they can’t swim but I think they just assume it can’t be that bad and if they stay in the sandbank they won’t drift out. I don’t think it’s quite a cultural thing.
@@haileyfarrugia720 Makes sense
Yeah so strange I mean go swim in a pool if u cannot swim 😂 why u go to the ocean it’s so dangerous even for people than knows how to swim
Idiots abound
Iron board as a surf 🏄🏻♀️ is going to start trends
Another fantastic video you legends 👍🏼😁💕
That's the prettiest bloody nose I think I've seen
crazy to see this so soon, i thought they were on like mad lockdown or sum
They started the seasons years ago, season three would of been maybe around 10 years ago, filmed before covid.
(sorry correction, season 3 was filmed in 2009)
I've had shark circled me and what's weird is that happens while i do not have the GoPro on
Gopros dont make difference they cant draw in sharks
@@jian1506 nooo.. they are saying they want to record it
They don’t want your murder caught on film. Too much evidence
Hoppo ❤️☀️😍😘
That Irish man tho 😂
Imagine swimming at bondi and suddenly a cameraman appears next to you like "you alright mate? just filming some drownings here" excuse me, filming some WHAT NOW!?
For real though, imagine the amount of deaths if there weren't lifeguards... beach full of bodies.
I’m surprised more don’t drown with sooo many people that can’t swim. Good job lifeguards.
Being fully clothed to be modest is way too dangerous.
And its not like there aren't modest swimwear. I body surf in my skirted leggings and long sleeved, high neck rashy. Its modest, sun smart and doesn't add too much weight while swimming.
It takes on too much water and gets all floppy around you. Just use a wetsuit.
If your idea is to backstroke, badly aswel, when your in trouble in the water, maybe don't go in past your waist. I never understand how people say they don't realise how dangerous the water can be. Everyone has picked up a big bucket of water and felt how heavy it was, its not hard to work out how bad an ocean of the stuff could be, just from that.
21:37 if that was me I would have got H Man to sign it
It's crazy how many people who can't swim try to go in the deeper parts. It's pretty rare in the US for nonswimmers to go past their waist. I've only seen lifeguards in action in swim class. My sister got pulled into a rip on a beach once, no lifeguards in sight just my stepmom fueled by adrenaline swimming out and getting her despite not being a strong swimmer herself.
The problem isn't so much going out in the deep water if you can't swim. Even if you only go up to your waist if your in the wrong place at the wrong time you can end up out there in a second. The thing that makes rips dangerous is they look nice and calm on top so you think it's fine to wade into but you don't realize how strong the undercurrent is. And if you get caught by it you can be knocked off your feet and dragged out before you can blink. And to make it worse, if you try to swim against it you just tire yourself out and it can be over in a second.