Jun 16, 2024 · What is a rip current? A rip current is a powerful, channeled current. We all love the beach in the summer. The sun, the sand, and the surf. But just because we're having fun, …

A rip current, sometimes incorrectly called a rip tide, is a localized current that flows away from the shoreline toward the ocean, perpendicular or at an acute angle to the shoreline.

- by Kathryn T. Graham from the National Weather Service Rip Current Safety Web page Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. They can occur at …

In this episode, Dr. Gregory Dusek, senior scientist with NOAA’s National Ocean Service, talks with us about rip currents, NOAA’s national rip current forecast model, and ways to protect …

This image shows a rip current using a harmless green dye. Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water that are prevalent along the East, Gulf, and West coasts of the …

Longshore currents are affected by the velocity and angle of a wave. When a wave breaks at a more acute (steep) angle on a beach, encounters a steeper beach slope, or is very high, …

Think of the rip current like a treadmill that can't be turned off, and which you need to step to the side of the treadmill to get off. To escape a rip current, swim in a direction parallel to the …

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Rip currents account for more than 80 percent of rescues performed by surf beach lifeguards. They are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore that quickly pull …

Global winds drag on the water’s surface, causing it to move and build up in the direction that the wind is blowing. And just as the Coriolis effect deflects winds to the right in the Northern …