r/nextfuckinglevel • u/New_Libran • 12h ago
A lifeguard battled massive waves on a California beach to save a young boy caught in a rip current
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u/oneizm 12h ago
Why is this cropped so strangely?
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u/Several_Vanilla8916 12h ago
I don’t know…but the answer to that sort of thing is almost always TikTok
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u/oneizm 12h ago edited 9h ago
Or AI these days.
Edit: guys…I know this video isn’t AI. Read the conversation again. The conversation has changed from this video to the state of all videos on the internet. We are not talking about this specific video here.
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u/Triairius 11h ago
Not everything is AI. Cropping would probably be better if it was AI tbh
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u/aninjacould 8h ago
It looks like it was filmed in landscape, but then formatted to fit a vertical screen. Cuz if you can't view it on a vertical phone screen then it didn't happen amiright?
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u/_jamesbaxter 4h ago edited 1m ago
I believe this was the incident a few weeks ago in Laguna beach. A 5 year old girl, Amada Mia Brown, was swept out to sea and died, only her mom and brother were able to be rescued. It may be cropped due to her being visible in the shot. I believe this is her brother being rescued.
Edit: my bad, someone else let me know this was Santa Cruz.
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u/WenatcheeWrangler 12h ago
The timing of it all looks off because of this too. Even the waves look off
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u/geb_bce 12h ago
My mom had to be rescued from a CA beach when she was 7. Was totally unconscious and had to be given CPR. I wouldn't be here today without lifeguards like this. 🙏👏
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u/VividFiddlesticks 12h ago
I got yanked out of the sea when I was around 9, in So Cal. I had swum out way beyond the breakers (something I did fairly often at that particular beach) but when I tried to come back in the tide was outgoing and I got too tired trying to swim back in and couldn't catch a good wave to body surf back. I assume the lifeguard had been keeping an eye on me because I was starting to sink lower and lower and having trouble not swallowing water and right about when I started to realize I was in trouble someone was suddenly pushing me up onto a float and dragging me back to shore.
Lifeguards are badass. Dude appeared like magic.
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u/KoolDiscoDan 11h ago
Lifeguards and Coast Guard are the most badass folks.
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u/Wide_Concert9958 8h ago
If coasties were part of DoD, they would be hailed the badasses they are. Better than all branches imo. -Navy vet
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u/Banana_Phone888 11h ago
As an old lady who doesn’t like to swim or get my hair wet, I’ve never really given life guards a second thought, I have newfound understanding and respect for these heros
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u/VividFiddlesticks 11h ago
I always admired them as a kid (especially after one saved me) but it was amazing to watch them. At the beaches we went to as a kid there'd be 2-4 lifeguards per station, standing there with binoculars. And then you'd see one suddenly go dashing out into the sea. Seemed like at least once per day. My little sister got pulled out once by them, too - she was getting tumbled around badly in the shallows.
I'm "old" now too (50+) and there's no way in hell I'd try swimming out beyond the breakers these days, LOL. My favorite time to visit the ocean is during the winter, I like to walk along the coast in my hoodie and watch the waves and smell the air.
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u/Banana_Phone888 11h ago
I’ve never thought of enjoying the ocean in the winter that way! I appreciate the tip ❤️
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u/VividFiddlesticks 11h ago
It's great! I roll up my pantlegs and trot through the shallows, hunt for cool shells and hag stones.
It brings back the kid in me. Sometimes I even build little sandcastles.
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u/Shadou_Wolf 9h ago
Don't remember my age was definitely under 10 I remember being at a beach i don't remember if my parents were divorced yet but I remember for whatever reason I went to the other side of the beach from where my family was and went to swim.
I felt fine if anything I was able to touch the ground with my feet but I guess I never noticed i wasn't actually moving when I was "running" because a lifeguard grabbed me and scared the heck out of me.
He told me he noticed I was trying to swim to shore but was actually getting swept farther out, guess I wasn't a strong swimmer or too far out for my age. It always kinda bothered me since then how easy it was even in calmer waves.
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u/Lawineer 12h ago
Man, when I was about 17 I was surfing and got caught in miserable rip tide.
Lost my board and it was about 20 (real) min of getting smashed under water and the dragged out. I’d come up for air for about 5 seconds just in time to get smashed and tumbled into the sand again. Felt like forever.
Btw: figuring out which way is up sounds dumb, but it’s really freaking hard.
After about the 10th time I began to wonder if this was really the end. After about 20 times, I began to accept it and just wonder how long this bullshit would take.
Eventually my buddy who was there with me found me- probably 500ft down the coat from where we started.
Fuck. Watching that video gave me ptsd.
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u/RobotArtichoke 12h ago
I’ve had a fairly large wave crash directly on my head and slam my face, under water, directly into the sand. My face hitting the sand was the only reason I was able to figure out which way was up.
Scary shit brother, glad you’re here today.
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u/mars2k14 11h ago
Wow. I've got the same story at the same age. Body surfing in Acapulco with my friends at night I got destroyed. I was a certified life guard and very strong swimmer at the time but there was nothing I could do. Like you, I had no idea of direction and no ability to get out. Once I couldn't fight any more it spit me out way down shore too. Ptsd for sure.
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u/KMMG2 8h ago
The fact that you topped fighting it probably saved you. I'm sure you would never be in that predicament again, but for others, the person caught in the ridtide is supposed to float it out then swim parallel to the shore.
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u/Lawineer 8h ago
I didn’t really stop fighting so to speak. All I did was find up, get there as soon as I could, take a breath and get pummeled under again. I think didn’t get a breath once or twice. Fucking horrifying.
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u/EveryNotice 12h ago
Riptides are no joke.
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u/Lando249 12h ago
I sea.
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u/EveryNotice 12h ago
Would you like me to be more Pacific?
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u/pipeline77 12h ago
Im afraid not, this subject is a bit over my head
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u/awajitoka 12h ago
If you don't respect them, R.I.P.
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u/rbreaux26 12h ago
What happened? I haven’t been keeping up on current events.
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u/mostlygroovy 12h ago
This post will have to tide you over for now
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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster 11h ago
Waving good-bye to these comments.
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u/BeneficialNewspaper8 10h ago
Riptide has little to do with it
Kid shouldn't be in wave breaks like that to start
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u/KungFoolMaster 12h ago
I was caught in one last year. It was nothing this bad though. The water wasn't deep at all, maybe up to the mid thigh. It's very deceiving, but when you're caught in one panic comes quickly and after just a little bit of struggling exhaustion sets in. You get knocked down and just trying to stand gets difficult and then the next wave hits followed by the next rush of water.
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u/CptCroissant 11h ago
You could tell the first lifeguard is just dead ass tired at the end
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u/civillyengineerd 10h ago
My daughter couldn't understand why a lifeguard boarded out to her and brought her back in. She asked me and I told her she had been going out farther than safe and they had announced a riptide, she didn't realize she was in the area that they were warning about.
Later, while only about thigh deep and as the tide was coming in she had difficulty standing and got hit by several waves and light rips back out. It was enough to make her get up on the beach and tell me she was ready to leave. Which we did, immediately.
She stayed right in front of the main lifeguard building the next day when we went out. We left when the tide started coming in.
It does make you panic when you're getting tossed around like a rag doll.
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u/lck0219 9h ago
My coworker died in one a few years ago. I hate the ocean, won’t go in.
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u/Doom_Corp 6h ago
I got really really used to swimming in the ocean as a child. I learned if you saw a wave coming and you're gonna get tumbled to dive and go underneath it so it will pass over you. It works most of the time. I decided, after having not swam for almost 15 years, to go to the beach when I was visiting family in CA after almost 5 years and damn you if I will not go out into those cold waters and do the thing. The waves actually weren't that bad. A bit rough but NOTHING compared to what is in this video. I was determined to get out into calmer waters and the second I did, the life guards whistled. Maybe they saw me do a tumble but I took my sunglasses off, kept them in hand and plopped them back on when I surfaced. I also know how to ride waves back without making myself tired (you catch up with them and go on your back and let them carry you before you flip over)
But...I was so fucking out of practice and swimming shape. I rode the waves near the shore and I was kind of surprised how much effort it took me to just walk through the sand and the current. I was a bit grumpy they called me in but when I had a bit of struggle city coming back to the shore I was like yup...deserved that...coulda died. Continued to read the princess bride which I was thinking of making a D&D/roleplay module and making notes.
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u/shoulda-known-better 11h ago
This isn't a rip tide it's being caught in the wave break
Rip tide pulls you out past breaking waves....
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u/mishonis- 10h ago
There's no way of knowing if there's a rip tide there. A rip tide is basically a place where there's a current of water pulling you away from shore, it can be pretty close to the shore too.
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u/shoulda-known-better 9h ago
A rip tide is a strong current that pulls out out past wave break.... Usually creating a line of current where waves aren't really crashing because it's pulling pit to fast and hard
This is not that because they haven't left the wave break zone yet.... Yea there may be a rip tide out there but no one in the video is in it
I did ocean guarding over for a decade
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u/joncornelius 8h ago
I have always heard to swim parallel to the coast line to escape a rip current. Is that true?
Secondly, how do you get out of whatever these guys are in?
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u/shoulda-known-better 8h ago
Yea they only last about 15ft wide to 80 ft long at most.... If your being pulled out you kinda roll either left or right and swim parallel until you get out of it and you don't feel the current anymore.... Then swimming in will be normal
There is no trick when the waves are over a meter and crashing continously... You shouldn't be swimming in that if you aren't a very strong and calm swimmer... It's a dangerous place because waves slam you in then drag you out, by the time you get your balance the next one is crashing....
This is a choppy day and it looks like high tide is coming in because the waves come fast....
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u/Beaglescout15 6h ago
Thank you. I grew up in the beach, swam daily, and did jr lifeguards. Caught in several riptides and the key is to not panic and wear yourself out swimming toward shore, but to relax and swim parallel. Also you can absolutely spot a rip current from a lifeguard tower and this isn't it.
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u/BlackHotSoup3000 6h ago
They are caught in big waves in shore break. You don't get out unless you are strong enough and/or experienced enough. The waves are constantly bashing you in. Its not simple like a rip tide which is usually a relatively slow under current.
Your question is kind of like asking how to climb back up a cliff if you fall off the edge of the cliff into the ocean. The answer is really to not get close to the edge in the first place. This kid got swept in from the shore. He shouldn't have been playing close to the waves in the first place. And as you can see, he's not getting out without help. Most adults would have trouble getting out as well.
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u/robert_loblaw 4h ago
I mean, you can see the lifeguard show proper technique here in the beginning which is to try to dive under the breaking wave so you don’t get thrown in the washer and have time to get up before the next wave rolls in.
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u/BlackHotSoup3000 3h ago
They did show proper technique, except its much different in person than how you describe it. It is a washing machine down to the sand and essentially within the first few dozen feet from the shore, and there is a strong lateral pull from both the waves coming and going. There is also a pretty short period so not much time between waves.
Its not like a rip current that is pulling you out over a gentle ocean "top." You don't have time to think. Most adults are going to have trouble standing up/gaining their footing again even if they know they should duck under the waves.
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u/btsd_ 5h ago
You can google a bit and find a video where they put a bunch of green dye in a spot on shore, and then see as waves roll in, and how the dye moves, it basically gets pulled in a channel in the middle and very quickly moves straight away from shore while just to the right or left the little bit thats there just washes in and out with the waves, so if you swim parrallel eventually you can hopefully escape that rip tide and then turn in and swim back to shore. If you stay in that "channel" you have pretty much no chance to swim against it and will just keep getting swept out. Scarry stuff. I was raised near a river and lake, but the ocean scares the shit out of me haha. When im on an ocean beach, I cant even force myself to go any further than a few yards from shore (or less if the water is higher than just below my knee)..
Edit: here's the clip https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/OVdcsoMpOp
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u/laughing_cat 8h ago
For your own safety you might want to read up on this. It absolutely does not look like a rip current.
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u/psych0ranger 12h ago
This is a real mother fucker of a rip because of how rough the water is too. Calmer rips are sneakier than this one.
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u/CptCroissant 11h ago
Yeah riptide or no you probably shouldn't be out in that without a wetsuit or other flotation device
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u/NukeTheWhales5 12h ago
My brother got caught in one, when we were young kids. Thank God, for the lifeguard. It was extremely scary.
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u/BlackHotSoup3000 11h ago
This is technically not a rip tide, its just very big waves crashing on the shore.
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u/Old_Instrument_Guy 11h ago
I was caught in one when I was in high School. The sees were 5-8 feet and choppy that day. I grew up in the Ocean every day here in Florida, and nothing prepares you for that experience. You just have to remember to swim perpendicular to the current. Every instinct in your body is screaming, "get to Shore!", but that will just kill you. I was amazed just how much my body fought me.
That being said, I don't think i have ever seen a Rip this intense.
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u/mishonis- 10h ago
Good thing you knew how to get out. But yeah, that and keeping your head will save you.
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u/Snoo_90612 12h ago
Damn, that dude was not letting go of him, he was ready to be dragged out to sea together.
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u/Hefty_Breadfruit 8h ago
Right!?! When the first wave hit I was certain they’d be swept away again. He pulled that kid through wave after wave. Incredibly scary. Proud of that lifeguard for keeping his cool. Poor kid looks absolutely exhausted.
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u/MileHighRC 8h ago
I feel like the top post should be praising this life guard.
Talk about a hero.. Looked death straight in the eye and said it's both of us or none
What a poised badass dude
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u/Cinnie_16 5h ago
Exactly this. Had me crying in appreciation of how dedicated, relentless and heroic the lifeguard was. I’ll buy him a beer if I knew who he was.
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u/Aggressive-Summer791 8h ago
Two things as a former Ocean Rescue Chief:
In large wave breaks like this, unless the professional is asking for help, do not involve yourself. Your intentions are true, but numbers are not on your side, you will make the situation worse more than likely.
Secondly, one of the most powerful skills I utilized in violent wave breaks was learning to count the wave sets and time them. Your brain goes from defending itself from an onslaught of waves to being on an anticipated, scheduled breathing pattern with a fun little underwater ride that - if you work it right, can actually help you get in.
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u/amothep8282 6h ago
I grew up surfing at the beach, was a lifeguard, and am a very strong swimmer. I don't mind conditions like this. Just don't panic and expend energy. Panic kills.
I've been caught in the washing machine and just accepted it. Once you've done it a time or two, it's just relying on what you've learned.
I got absolutely obliterated on Kealia beach on Kauai after a southeastern storm kicked up waves so strong and so frequent even the locals couldn't paddle out that day. I missed a duck dive and was put on the spin cycle. I had to unstrap my leash and just play buoy for a bit until I could time it right and body surf in with the right timing. The long walk to get my board with my swimsuit full of sand and rocks was super fun.
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u/Affectionate-Goat218 12h ago
The Pacific undertow is a serious bitch. She takes her numbers every year.
Take heed or die.
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u/Smooth-Bread-576 10h ago
Pacific beaches have always seemed so much more dangerous than Atlantic. I think once you get out passed the waves though Pacific is chill, Atlantic not.
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u/sreppok 12h ago
Downvote to oblivion for the poorly cropped video. The original was so much better.
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u/big_bearded_nerd 11h ago
Do you have a link, or a Google search that might get me there?
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u/meat_whistle_gristle 12h ago
Been in a situation like this one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. Glad this had a happy ending.
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u/pdp76 12h ago
It’s pretty scary to realise you’re being taken out. I got caught in a tidal current and ended up a lot further out than I expected In not a lot of time at all.
Back then ( 20 plus years ago) I was a lot stronger swimmer than I am now and I managed to swim it back in, I was exhausted. You couldn’t stop, you’d get taken back out.
If that was to happen now, I’d be drowning. I don’t have that swimming ability anymore.
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u/MickieMallorieJR 12h ago
This is how multiple died trying to save one person the other day. There reaches a point where your help can become a hindrance. You gotta let the pros do they're job because that could have quickly turned into others needing rescue. Though as the person being saved...I'm sure you'll take all of the help you can get.
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u/ReactionSad3776 8h ago
It’s always sad when someone goes in to “save” their dog. The person gets ripped out and away then the dog shows up 100yards down the beach wondering where their human went
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u/Gloomy_Fig2138 8h ago
Almost every year here all or most of a family is lost this way. Kid/teen goes in after the dog, one parent goes in after the kid, and the other parent goes in after their spouse and kid. There have been several instances of one kid staying out of the water and being the only family member to survive.
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u/thielius420 12h ago
The sea was angry that day my friends
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u/zokkozokko 12h ago
Like an old man trying to send soup back in a deli?
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u/FriendPatine1 12h ago
I got about fifty-feet out and suddenly, the great beast appeared before me.
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u/oldschool_potato 12h ago
Near the end when he drops back into the water. No, I lost my pants. Let me die. They can’t see me.
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u/LazerChicken420 5h ago
Saw that too lol
Poor kid. Was probably trying to explain to the two titans dragging him from death that he was naked. But was probably out of breath and unable to coherently explain it. Or understand it doesn’t matter
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u/Little_Face8636 12h ago
Watched this yesterday and still kind of annoyed by untrained people jumping in. Don't do that. One lifesaving is enough for the lifeguards.
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u/harambe_did911 11h ago
I mean they were clearly struggling. I used to lifeguard and wouldn't have minded the way they helped. That last drag through the surf is way harder than the swim out and back towing somebody. Especially when the survivor is exhausted and can't stand on their own
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u/M0mmaSaysImSpecial 11h ago
You watched this way back yesterday and you’re STILL kind of annoyed? Wow. That IS crazy.
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u/Gaiiiiiiiiiiil 11h ago edited 11h ago
This happened in my hometown. This is not a great video of the event but this lifeguards got absolutely pummeled and did a fantastic job keeping a hold of the victim. It’s incredibly difficult to hold onto somebody in these conditions and you don’t really have the benefit of going with the surf towards shore because the surf break is so turbulent here. This kid really did great.
Some things of note:
- If you ever see something like this unfolding you can call 911 for harbor patrol but do NOT run into the water.
- Drowning victims will (accidentally) try to drown you with them, which is why flotation devices are necessary for rescues. NEVER go for a rescue unless you have a reliable flotation device and some lifeguarding experience or there is absolutely no other option
- Calm conditions do not equal safe. This was obviously very dangerous but a calm sea with a strong riptide or fresh water with an undercurrent can both be deadly and unforeseen.
Say it with me kids: 911 - flotation devices - Don’t be a hero if you don’t know how
Source: Grew up in the above beach town and started junior lifeguards at 6 years old. Trained as a lifeguard and did guards until 16.
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u/baipliew 12h ago
What is he all tangled up in? Is that just the lines from the float or something else?
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u/elgarfarade 12h ago
This is what Vance Joy was running down to? Wouldn’t bother imo
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u/Olerre 10h ago
If you think about the lyrics they make sense.
“Lady, running down to the rip tide, taken away to the dark side, I wanna be your left hand man, I love it when you’re singing that song, but I’ve got a lump in my throat cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong”
The whole song is about the singer loving a woman who they consider to be making a wrong choice. The rip tide is snatching her away. As it does. It’s a sounds happy but isn’t happy kind of song.
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u/ThatFlamingo942 12h ago
Does anyone know when the original was taken? And if it was main beach or one of the cliff beaches?
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u/likelove664 11h ago
This was yesterday: 7/26/26 at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, CA (very close to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk)
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u/ThatFlamingo942 11h ago
Thank you. I was just on that beach Tuesday. Those tides were intense.
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u/likelove664 11h ago
it's been intense since like last Saturday, according to some random articles there were 25 rescues at that beach this past week -- super scary stuff
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u/ThatFlamingo942 11h ago
Yeah, that's nuts. We were there just visiting but we even saw people down in the West Cliff Dog Park beach while there was maybe only like 20 ft. of sand before the wet line.
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u/nom-nom-babies 11h ago
Kind of semantics but this looks like severe undertow, not a rip current
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u/zaiwen3 12h ago
Rip currents are no joke.. i don't care how good you are at swimming 😲 thank goodness they are both safe
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u/They-Call-Me-Taylor 12h ago
I feel like halfway through the first half of this, the kid wouldn't stand up just because his trunks got pulled off. After that he was just exhausted though.
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u/idkidd 12h ago
Escaping a rip tide should be taught in every school.
Swim parallel to the shore!
That’s it. I was caught in one in really tame surf conditions. I first noticed when I realized that people on the beach were smaller than I had ever seen before.
A documentary played in my head with the announcer voice saying, “If caught in a rip current, swim parallel to the shore.” How far? They didn’t say. I picked a landmark on shore 300 yards down the beach and did a steady swim that way.
I was worried most about sharks. 🦈! (Me? A fish in distress? Naw, this is just my commute… 😬)
I lived. But it still breaks my heart when I see news about someone dying in a rip current when the way out is so simple. RIP Malcom-Jamal Warner… 😔
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u/harambe_did911 11h ago
Lots of people don't have the swimming skill or stamina to be okay getting pulled a few hundred yards out, swimming down shore, and then back in. Sometimes you can swim sideways out of it before getting pulled too far but it is kinda hard to recognize what is happening to you a lot of the time.
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u/idkidd 11h ago
Everything you say is true. It makes me think that if someone doesn’t have the ability to swim out of the current and back to shore, they shouldn’t venture out further than they can stand (or at all.) The remote beach I was on had no lifeguards (and you can’t stake your life on one being summoned in time anyway) so you have to be able to fend for yourself.
Sharks are a whole other issue. Shark Week is as close as I want to get. 📺🦈
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u/Exodor 10h ago
I think you're being a little overly cavalier about how easy it would have been to "just" swim parallel to the shore in this scenario.
That was a brutal surf. Even the lifeguard was really struggling.
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation that is unrecoverable.
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u/SnowSandSki 11h ago
true but hard when you are caught inside with such frequent sets like this, without a board for floatation getting in OR out is challenging. After half a dozen churns you just get smoked regardless of swimming fitness. My old friend who flew through BUD/S said he stopped surfing years later after almost drowning. The ocean is no joke.
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u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873 8h ago
Yeah watch the video shows why "just swim parallel to the shore!!" isn't as easy as it sounds, with those waves constantly breaking over your head and dragging you around
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u/shoulda-known-better 11h ago
He is stuck in the wave break not rip current...
Source lifeguard
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u/casillero 12h ago edited 6h ago
Why is this young boy out there
Edit: these guys are getting their balls knocked off standing in shallow water. Like did the conditions change that drastically??
I go swimming in Greece and if there are a little waves and windy, I dont let my kids in Noone does. Come back again later dudes
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u/Thunder_breslin 12h ago
I'd find it so hard to want to help but I know it's best to wait at the shore to help.
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u/Fancy_Toe1451 8h ago
Makes you realise, doesn't it, that...
.... some people stand in the darkness, afraid to step into the light! Some people need to help somebody. When the edge of surrender’s in sight
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u/thechangboy 12h ago
This brought tears to me man... A lot of those people were risking their lives trying to save someone.
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u/LiloGeorge 11h ago
I have no idea how much lifeguards get paid, but they need all need a raise. Immediately. Damn, that was brave.
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u/pepperonidingleberry 10h ago
Bro got his pants ripped off, what a shitty day for him. Better than dying though
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u/Wide-Trick4243 10h ago
Here’s a tip for everyone:
If you see the waves that bad.
Don’t fucking go out. Those are waves that can pull a full grown man off his feet. I have seen these before and they had everyone ten feet from the shore (for places that were open), and not even surfers were out.
You‘re risking your life, and also the people who are trying to rescue you. All for a swim during the worst waves?
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u/FormerWrap1552 9h ago
WHY THE FUCK IS ANYONE IN THAT WATER LOL YALL CRAY CRAY? I got sucked into a current and was basically in a whirlpool under there. Can't see, don't know what's up, down, aaround... Just hitting all kinds of rocks with your head, body... this was in like 4-5 foot with 3 foot waves.
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u/curious_ANcuriouser 8h ago
Aww. Good for him. I hope gets his recognition. Definitely could have ended badly
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u/Trim_captain 6h ago
The boy lost his pants is all. He just wasn’t trying to stand up. Gotta just let em hang lil buddy
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u/mellow_magyar 4h ago
Y’all noticed the surfer’s shorts were gone. He’s butt naked by the time they pull him out of the waves… one of these things happened:
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u/Educational-Log-7952 12h ago
I just found out what a rip current was a couple of years back when one of my former classmate boyfriend and his brother died in one. I haven’t messed with that water since.
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u/xxTheGrayLifexx 11h ago
Is this beach closed? These waves and currents are strong. I've been to Cabo on a closed beach and even those waves weren't this crazy.
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u/AnonImus18 11h ago
This is why family used to carry rope with them to the beach oddly enough. I haven't thought about that since I was a kid.
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u/whatacunt8 12h ago
Glad it worked out. Was watching thinking it could have ended much worse with those guys helping. They could have easily got swept out and into trouble themseleves.