Answer: undertow

AnswerCrossword Clue
UNDERTOWTide tug
UNDERTOWRiptide pull
UNDERTOWCurrent danger
UNDERTOWSwimming hazard
UNDERTOWCurrent beneath breaking surf.
UNDERTOWSurf bather's hazard.
UNDERTOWSea puss.
UNDERTOWSurf hazard.
UNDERTOWMenace for sunbathers.
UNDERTOWBeach swimming hazard
UNDERTOWSwimmer's hazard
UNDERTOWSwimmer's bane
UNDERTOWHidden water menace
undertowthe seaward pull of receding waves breaking on a shore
undertowstrong current under the surface that is moving in a direction opposite that of the surface current