The familiar water strider has received intrigue for its unique locomotion, but this study is the first to consider their fate in the face of energetic raindrop impacts. We identify a seemingly ignored drop impact feature, a second crater, formed following the descent of the rebounding jet, whose retraction produces a water surface acceleration strong enough to leave the water strider below the surface, submerged. We reveal the morphological features that enable striders to survive the onslaught of violent rainfall that, in addition to superhydrophobicity, include passivity and the ability to resurface by swimming. Over the timescales of impact, striders and plastics of comparable size are nearly indistinguishable. Our results lay a foundation for the transport of other floating debris subsurface.