# Caught inside

> Stuck between the breaking waves and the shore while a set breaks on top of you.

**What "caught inside" means in surfing:** Stuck between the breaking waves and the shore while a set breaks on top of you.

**Category:** Wipeouts

## Related words

- [Clean-up set](https://surfslang.com/clean-up-set): A set bigger than the others that breaks further out than everyone is sitting and washes the whole lineup towards the beach.
- [Inside](https://surfslang.com/inside): The area closer to shore than where the waves are breaking.

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Source: [Caught inside](https://surfslang.com/caught-inside) on Surfslang.com, the surf slang glossary. Full glossary: https://surfslang.com/llms.txt