Lifeguards say that rip tides account for tens of thousands of rescues yearly. The NOAA estimates more than 100 people lose their lives to rip currents each year. Experts say surviving a rip tide isn't difficult if you know what to do. When someone is caught in a rip tide, the immediate...
If you or someone swimming near you is ever caught in a rip current it's important to know how to escape and survive the unsuspecting power of its fast current of water. Traveling at an average speed of 1-2 feet per second, trying to swim against a rip current will be nearly impossibl...
current that occurs when the ocean tide pulls water through a small area such as a bay, lagoon or other confined body of water.Riptidesoccur during the ebb tide and are reversing currents. Ariptideis very hazardous to swimmers. The wordriptideis sometimes rendered as two words,rip tide. ...
A rip currentis when waves come into the beach they bring a lot of water with them. This water needs to escape back out into the ocean. The water usually goes along the beach to either end and then goes in a channel out the back or in the middle of the beach through a break in ...
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Here’s what to do you’re caught in one: • Stay calm. Rip currents don’t pull you underwater but do sweep you farther from shore. • Don’t swim against the current. Try to escape by “swimming out of the current in a direction following the shoreline,” ...