The day the current nearly took me

Kashima-nada, between two headlands · north is to the left · viewed from above the beach, looking out to sea

← N (north) S (south) → headlands ≈ 1 km apart · jetty ≈ 150 m North headland South headland

Headland geometry based on the Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima-nada headland pamphlet: 150 m jetties with semicircular heads, wave-dissipating tetrapod blocks on the offshore side, spaced roughly 1 km apart. Rip currents run permanently along the headlands.