A WOMAN narrowly avoided being swept out to sea after running into huge surf to rescue her dog.

Footage has emerged of the woman entering the dangerous waters in the UK near Palace Pier in Brighton to try and reach her dog, which was caught in waves metres from shore.

But her daring rescue was violently pushed back by a large wave that crashed over the top of her.

“It was a wall of water which took the girl off her feet,” Alessandro Intini, who filmed the incident on Sunday, told the BBC.

Luckily her dog was pushed back on to the beach by another wave and the woman was able to grab hold of it.

Watch the footage in the player above.