did anyone notice the strong undertow last saturday? It got kinda frightening
did anyone notice the strong undertow last saturday? It got kinda frightening
i got dunked one time and was held under water just a little bit longer than i was comfortable with. there was a lot of energy out there--especially on the closeouts. all things considered, though, the paddle-out wasn't bad and general conditions were a lot saner than i expected.
of course, josh, you need not worry because ice floats!
Undertow? Know the terms-"rip currents"
Undertows pull you under and rip currents pull you outOriginally Posted by Patrick Bateman
agreed. The only people i've ever heard use the term under-toe are kooks.
the local (delmarva) weatherman makes a huge fuss about rip currents--like they are a harbinger of the apocalypse or something. as a surfer, a rip can be a good thing. getting held under pretty much sucks and makes one a little bit tentative about catching that next wave.
ARE YOU GUYS KIDDING ME!!!???? UNDER-TOW? This term is not even used by my grandmother anymore...Learn your ocean if your going to talk about it.
dude i didnt see any rips along the DE coast. supposidly Jersey had some though
x2 ..................... At least no one said rip tide :P
zero rip in monmouth county. one of the easier paddles for an overhead day that i can remember. very very light n->s drift which i thought was weird. maybe it was just a small localized rip near the jetty i surfed.
went swimming sunday night when the wind was sideshore for fun and didn't feel any sort of current/rip/anything
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