 you know, not your way and you're having a hard time, the most important thing to always remember is to stay calm, yell for help, and maybe someone can get to you with flotation. Flotation saves lives. So it sounds like that's the very first step you should take before swimming in a body of water with which you're not familiar is to look for that kind of uneven water coming up onto the beach. What else do you look for or should you consider before swimming? Obviously, you look for lifeguards, right?