Comments on: Rip Current in Hikkaduwa http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/ stuff i think when i should be working Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: savi3 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-819 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:27:37 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-819 wow - helluva experience that !! wow - helluva experience that !!

]]> by: ddm http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-811 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:04:10 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-811 yeah pretty doobie..feel quite lucky to still be around! yeah pretty doobie..feel quite lucky to still be around!

]]> by: N http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-810 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:39:36 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-810 Bloody hell...man I'm glad you got out of that ok!! Bloody hell…man I’m glad you got out of that ok!!

]]> by: Curious Yellow http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-809 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:53 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-809 Machang, that is some scary stuff. The sea over there can get pretty frightening sometimes can't it? I've always felt at home at Charlemont beach but down south I'm always pretty cautious after a bad snorkelling experience. Glad to hear you and your friend made it out. Hope you bought Luigi and his mate a large measure of arrack as thanks. Machang, that is some scary stuff. The sea over there can get pretty frightening sometimes can’t it? I’ve always felt at home at Charlemont beach but down south I’m always pretty cautious after a bad snorkelling experience.
Glad to hear you and your friend made it out. Hope you bought Luigi and his mate a large measure of arrack as thanks.

]]> by: Scrumpulicious http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-808 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:40:19 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-808 Duuuuuuuuude - that sounds so scary! Glad to hear that you're ok! :) Duuuuuuuuude - that sounds so scary! Glad to hear that you’re ok! :)

]]> by: rasti http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-807 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:33:52 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-807 I am absolutely petrified of swimming in the ocean because of rip tides and currents. The deepest I'll ever venture in is to my waist and you've just solidified my fears! Give me a lake any day. Glad that those Italians were around to fish you out, if it was me I'd probably have been too panicked to even have yelled out for help! I am absolutely petrified of swimming in the ocean because of rip tides and currents. The deepest I’ll ever venture in is to my waist and you’ve just solidified my fears! Give me a lake any day.

Glad that those Italians were around to fish you out, if it was me I’d probably have been too panicked to even have yelled out for help!

]]> by: tinylittlefascist http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-806 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:29:19 +0100 http://oneonethings.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/rip-current-in-hikkaduwa/#comment-806 Yikes. I'm glad you made it out. I'm a reasonably strong swimmer but not a strong swimmer so I have always been a little wary of going too far out. I do vividly remember once in Bentota (I think) when it was shallow up to my midriff, reasonably rough with a current. A wave later, and I was in a dip, and couldn't touch the ground. Fortunately, there was another wave immediately afterwards which I managed to catch on to. It's when you go beyond the waves that it's incredibly difficult to get back. Like you, I always think I'd know what to do - swim parallel etc etc, but I don't think we appreciate how quickly you can drift out, and how quickly you can panic. Yikes. I’m glad you made it out.

I’m a reasonably strong swimmer but not a strong swimmer so I have always been a little wary of going too far out. I do vividly remember once in Bentota (I think) when it was shallow up to my midriff, reasonably rough with a current. A wave later, and I was in a dip, and couldn’t touch the ground. Fortunately, there was another wave immediately afterwards which I managed to catch on to. It’s when you go beyond the waves that it’s incredibly difficult to get back. Like you, I always think I’d know what to do - swim parallel etc etc, but I don’t think we appreciate how quickly you can drift out, and how quickly you can panic.

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