Undertow or backwash is more likely to knock you off your feet than to carry you out to sea.

Name: Undertow or backwash is more likely to knock you off your feet than to carry you out to sea.
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Undertow or backwash primarily pulls water back towards the sea after a wave breaks on the shore, which can knock you off your feet, but it is not strong enough to carry a person out to sea. Rip currents, not undertow, are responsible for pulling swimmers out to sea.

Undertow or Backwash Is More Likely to Knock You Off