I had a swim once at La Jolla cove and it was nearly my last. There are some decent-sized caves in the cliffs, and I thought it would be amusing to check them out. I was young and immortal then, so the warning signs about undertows certainly weren't applicable to me.
Unfortunately, nobody informed the ocean that I was exempt from its laws. You guessed it; I got in but couldn't swim back out again due to the undertow.
Eventually, I stopped panicking and fighting the waves, and was able to sidle along the side of the cave to exit.
Unfortunately, nobody informed the ocean that I was exempt from its laws. You guessed it; I got in but couldn't swim back out again due to the undertow.
Eventually, I stopped panicking and fighting the waves, and was able to sidle along the side of the cave to exit.