was a time some 20 yrs ago.. my brother and i got caught in a very bad riptide off of long island..It took us a couple miles off shore and thus took us a couple hours to swim back to shore..is indeed a bit scary when you are out in the ocean so far from shore that way
Yes its very scary.....did you try swimming parallel to shore to try an swim out of it....that is what you are supposed to do?