The gear will give you the opportunity to get out of trouble if you find yourself in a situation. The first reaction is to get up and out as soon as you can but this can be a fatal mistake. It is imperitve not to panic, that will suck up your energy and deplete you in less than 2 minutes if your are not in excelent physical condition. If you do go in and you are not taking on water,(proper gear a must),First thing is to RELAX, make youself do it, get your bearings as you are looking at approaching waves and accessing the current then making a definate decision as to how to handle the situation, it will take less than 10 seconds to come up with your game plan, execute it in a manner only agressive enough to get you out of trouble.
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