It's hard to say exactly as it all depends upon the location ... as last year, I ventured out on rocks and had the tide come up and found myself trying to venture back with breaking whitewash all around me, made it tough and took a dip into the drink on three different occassions - sand banks in fast moving rivers also is a concern, as you don't want it to cave in and find yourself in a fast current with waders, etc. A regular sand beach is a lot more comfortable conditions when fishing in the dark though ... as I move carefully in the rocks ... just don't want to get dragged in.
My sister used to live on the coast of Maine near Pemaquid Point, she said tourists every year stand too close and get washed off the rocks by big waves - not sure if that was exactly true, but the water dropped down to more than 80 feet by those rocks, so it was deep water and not a place that I would put myself at risk ...
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