Again, NOAH and his family did not get wet, the same as the people who crossed the Red Sea under the cloud did not get wet.
In both cases the ones who got “baptized” with water died.
Again, the element God chose to use in saving Noah, in saving the Israelites, and in saving us is water.
Noah died, the Israelites died, and the 3,000 at Pentecost died. Does that mean none were saved?
Noah was saved from the flood. The Israelites were saved from Egypt. The 3,000 were saved from their sins. God used water in each case.