When I was in Mexico near the beach, my brother and I decided it would be a great idea to go into the water during a really strong storm. The waves were huge, but we were having fun. It got a lot less fun though when a wave crashed into me off-guard and threw me back farther into the ocean, causing me to not be able to see where I was going and was forcing me under the water. After a while of drowning, I started to feel really warm, getting closer to death, but luckily I got washed up onto the beach just in time and didn't have to be recovered.
It was scary as hell