Thought it was a prank but ended out to be a little serious

A couple of days off the hectic schedule n a meet up with friends were the need of the hour. After enough discussion on the place for the meet up, we decided to go ahead to Pondicherry. Though the initial destination was Goa! All started really well even though each one of us were at a different place. reached the place around 12 in the afternoon. had a brunch n some drinks n headed to a hut house near the beach where we stayed. Had few more drinks n thought will have a bash in the beach. All of us jumped into the sea n slowly started to go further away from the shore. As usual a friend of mine who is famous for his acting skills/pranks started to shout for help…. Initially I thought it was jus another prank n didn’t take it seriously until his sound persisted for a while. Then I moved close to him while other two of my friends reached there before me n all of us suddenly started to feel that the wave was pulling us further inside even though we resisted n it was not a prank. The waves became bigger n bigger with the water level reaching the forehead. In the mean while my other friend was missing (actually he was further away from us due to his swimming skills). then we 4 started to call for him but he cudnt hear a word. Hearts pumping ..we all thought for those few mins it was all over ( none of the 4 knew swimming!) waves kept pulling inside. Then finally we decided to get close to each other n held our hands tight n said “lets try our best. Lets move forward” Then slowly we came to the shore. Oh my god! Wat an experience uuuufffffffffff.