rip current

Dr. Beach on Rip Currents

July 24, 2011

Probably the best and most informative video you’ll ever see on recognizing and dealing effectively with rip currents, from Dr. Stephen Leatherman. Thanks to Kenneth Wright for posting this on my FloridaBeachunter Facebook Page.

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Don’t Get Ripped Off at the Beach – Stay Out of Rip Currents

September 2, 2010

With Hurricane Earl raging off Florida’s Atlantic Coast, this Labor Day weekend has the potential of having a sad ending for anyone attempting to swim in the powerful hurricane surf. Heavy surf generates powerful rip currents. Your favorite swimming beach may become unsafe in high surf. The annotations I made on the photo above show [...]

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