Terrifying video captures moment California woman is sucked into the ocean by sneaker wave in Pacifica

This is the terrifying moment a California fisherwoman was dragged into the ocean by a powerful sneaker wave.

Bae Cadotte, a 47-year-old Pacifica resident, was fishing along the beach south of Pacifica Pier Tuesday when the water struck, knocking her off her feet and pulling her about 30 feet from the shoreline.

A webcam captured the frightening moment as the wave slammed into Cadotte and dragged her into the surf.

“It felt like I was tumbling in a washing machine,” Cadotte told ABC.

She described the wave as arriving without warning and said she immediately realized the danger she was in.

“It just swallowed me,” she said. “I knew at that point she came- I was going in. She’s going to get me. No way I’m getting out of this.”

Swept away by the surging water, Cadotte chose not to fight the wave’s immense force, instead surrendering her fate to a higher power.

“I closed my eyes, I said a prayer- God, if this is your will, I understand, but please don’t let me leave my son,” she said.

“Thanks for risking your life to save mine,” she told them afterward.

First responders arrived soon after and took Cadotte to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where she was treated for hypothermia and “ocean whiplash.”

She is now recovering at home.

Two Bay Area college students died after being swept into the ocean in Santa Cruz.

In Southern California, the danger was also highlighted after the body of 5-year-old Amada Mia Brown was recovered following a powerful rogue wave that swept her family into the ocean in Laguna Beach.

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