A rip current (also rip) is a specific type of water current that can occur near beaches where waves break. A rip is a strong, localized, and narrow current...

A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland...

rip current statement is a warning statement issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there is a high threat of rip currents due...

rich, bubble rich, and moves rapidly. The rip head of the rip current has long shore movement. Rip currents are common on beaches with mild slopes that...

Look up rip in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To rip is the act of tearing an object. Rip may also refer to: Nioro du Rip, a town in the southern Kaolack...

include: Air current Water current Current (hydrology), a current in a river or stream Ocean current Longshore current Boundary current Rip current Rip tide Subsurface...

misapplied to rip currents. An undertow occurs everywhere underneath shore-approaching waves, whereas rip currents are localized narrow offshore currents occurring...

Riptide or rip tide may also refer to: A common misnomer for a rip current, a fast narrow current running offshore and cutting through breaking waves Riptide...

qualifications: Low-risk rip currents: Wind and/or wave conditions are not expected to support the development of rip currents; however, rip currents can sometimes...

or a gas Air current, a flow of air Ocean current, a current in the ocean Rip current, a kind of water current Current (stream), currents in rivers and...

the beach, against the rip current, swimmers get tired-out in the process and drown. Instead, swimmers caught in a rip current should relax, and swim...

$20 million (2001 USD). Eight people died in the state, five of which due to rip currents. August 6 – After meandering for several days in the eastern Gulf of...

saved two people who were being swept out into the ocean by a California rip current. Bella saved owner Chris Larocque from a burning house by pulling him...

produced high waves, beach erosion, and rip currents that injured a surfer. September 3, 2010 – Rip currents from offshore Hurricane Earl killed two swimmers...

Report: Rip Current (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2017. Delaware Event Report: Rip Current (Report)...

forecasting agencies around the world in an event that maritime locations currently or imminently experiencing winds of gale force on the Beaufort scale....

currents". Orange County Lifeguards. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013. "Rip current characteristics". Rip...

potent ocean currents. Kauai's geography makes Hanakāpīʻai conditions even more hazardous; in the event that one gets caught in a rip current (or otherwise...

hazardous), the southern side is rated as a 7 due to a famous rip current known as the "Backpackers' Rip" because of its proximity to the bus stop, the fact that...

was connected to the sea. At this point a rip current, a very strong offshore current, can occur. The current will vary depending on the height of the...

half volunteers. Zicatela is still a surfers' beach, with the strong rip current making the area unsuitable for swimming. The Zicatela Beach tourist district...

the presence of strong rip currents year-round, which means swimmers could be pulled into the open sea when caught in a rip current. Many drowning fatalities...

Environment portal Water portal Coriolis effect Eddy (fluid dynamics) Rip current "Whirlpool - Facts and Information". World of Phenomena. Retrieved 28...

"The Rip", also known as "The Heads", is the narrow waterway entrance connecting the Bass Strait to the bay of Port Phillip in southern Victoria, Australia...

losses at $2.2–5 billion. The hurricane's remnants produced dangerous rip currents across the Eastern United States during Labor Day Weekend, resulting...

Gaspard and his son were among a group of swimmers caught in a strong rip current in the Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles. He told lifeguards to...

where water current loses some of its carrying capacity. This includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental...

of the beach. Like all beaches with good surf, Zuma has its share of rip currents. Visitors are encouraged not to swim or surf in front of the Lifeguard...

experiencing about $2 million in damage. A woman died after being caught in a rip current offshore Asbury Park. In Massachusetts, falling power lines left more...

being caught in rip currents related to Fay. He was with five other swimmers, who were rescued after also being caught in the rip currents. The storm flooded...