[racer88]

You see he's injured a few at the shore line already as he looks up and directly at you, then starts wading into the water doing a B line to you.

That would be a very odd thing for a bad guy to do... go after the most difficult target (in the water) rather than more easy pickings on the beach.

Honestly... if he's coming out into the surf with a knife in his hand, looking at me, I'm going to do my best Mark Spitz impression and haul a$$ away from him. No way he can keep up with me (swimming with a knife in one hand). I'd swim parallel to the shore. If he's still coming after me, I'll easily be able to make some space down the beach and make it back to the shore and back to my gear before he can get back to the beach.

 

[racer88]

Fast surface dive, alter course, and like 7.62, pop up somewhere a safe distance away. Quick couple of breaths and repeat as necessary. Wokester will drown looking for me.

And every time you pop up, say "MARCO!"