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BEST video telling different rip currents , always was curious to know how they look

THANK YOU, THIS FILMS ARE LIFE SAVERS FOR BILLION PEOPLE.

Seeing this in the USA. FYI the 999 is UK...

Thank you for this. The American National Weather Service's videos on this topic are much, much too long and boring for them to be effective teaching tools for children. This is much better.

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Thank you. It’s when the ground goes out from under a person, loss of control & then panic happens. Swim sideways from the rip current. Always take a floatation device 🛟 to the beach. Swim near a lifeguard. Be safe.

I got stuck in one very close to shore and there were so many people that I was basically unnoticed doing somersaults under the water. There would be a huge wave, I would get stuck underwater, banging my head into the sand, then when I would come up, there were a few seconds before another wave would hit. I got myself out of the water a few seconds before the lifeguard came over and asked if I was ok. I thought my last image was going to be the old gross dude laughing at me each time I came up for air.

GREAT VIDEO,THANKS!

It's counter intuitive. If you don't know, you go for the calm bit of water, and then you get sucked off.

I can't believe they don't mention what to do when in a rip!!! Most people try to swim back to shore but that is against the rip and impossible. That's why people drown. You have 2 safe choices 1) You swim parallel to the beach (to the left or right) at a 90 degree angle to the rip. This will take you out of the rip and to safety. 2) just tread water and let the rip take you out into deeper water. Yes, you will be farther from the shore than you want but you will be alive and once the rip subsides you can swim back in.

Brilliant thanks!!

One thing most don't understand is, it doesn't matter how strong a swimmer you are. If you fight it, you will loose. You must work with the current to get out of it. Flow with the water and use it to move you sideways as you swim out of the main flow. When it weakens, you swim away and back to shore. Don't waist energy. You will need it to escape. Also, you should be swimming with people who are familiar with the area and can read the water. If you are unsure, stay out of the water. Sad to say, all too often we hear of tourist who die at beaches with no life guards. Stay safe gang! Respect the water!

This is possibly the best video on identifying rips.

The first time I went to a beach I thought I was smart and I was looking for a zone in the shore that had almost no waves... I got in there and I started to be dragged off to the open sea, soon I couldn't stand on the sand and the shore vanished.. thank God I was able to spot a tall building near the area we were at previously, and I was so young that I was able to kick and swim a lot. But first I had to understand what happened, I stopped kicking and just swim slowly to an area with waves going towards the coast, and from there I used all my energy to reach the shore.

I've been in a lot of salt water in my life. Your video was very educational. Thanks for the info.

Guess it's better to just avoid getting into the sea. Swimming pools are just fine for me haha

Ride the rip! Thanks for this video. Makes it easier to spot to hit it and shred some gnar!

Rip currents are sometimes not visible at all. That's the most dangerous part of a rip current. They are unpredictable and could happen at any time. Stay safe

This is great advice but difficult to see up close or with thousands on the beach and waters edge. On a slightly elevated view you can see more.

Be carefull at pcb had 7 people die last week even a qb swim at lifegarded beaches we have tons of rips

thankyou for making that so clear and easy to understand

After watching this video it would be useful if these arrows were also visible in RL. :D Jokes aside, helpful video. I will keep this in mind if I ever go to the ocean.

Friend got caught in a rip in just a few feet of water. Two of us went out to help by holding hands and reaching out to him (daisy chain style). My feet were in just a few inches of water but the force was amazingingly strong. Aussie guy later told me if you do get dragged out you should swim diagonal until you get free but never try to swim against because you'll probably tire and drown.

Swim sideways, as suggested below.

The sea is beautiful and terrifying all at once 💙💙💙

Thank You 👍 i didn’t know Anything about Riptides 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

It’s a good idea to bring a drone to the beach and practice. It also helps to spot sharks. 😮

Ya don't bother mentioning to swim sideways out of rips instead of trying to swim against them and don't panic. It will let you go eventually.

I just had a Mai-Tai ... and I feel pretty ripped right now ;-)

I was on holiday on a Thai beach. I did a little test by swimming out for about 6 seconds from chest height water, when I tried to swim back it took me about 30 seconds of hard aggressive swimming. I was surprised at the strength of the current so close to shore, and relieved I followed my instincts to test the waters before swimming out. Needless to say, that was the end of swimming in the sea for me. The thought of getting taken out to shark territory was a bit alarming.

Thank you for this video. I would’ve appreciated more views from standing on the sand as opposed to above the water. I can’t fly.

Yup, I'm a decent swimmer and I got caught in a rip in Corfu. I thought I would just blast front crawl back to the nearby shore but I just got carried out ( I had no idea about swimming parallel to shore). I eventually managed, just but i was totally, totally depleted by the time I had got to the beach, on all fours, spewing salt water. Thanks for this video, it will definitely save some-ones life, somewhere at some point in time.

If caught in a rip, swim parallel to the shore. You likely need only go a short distance and you'll swim right out of the rip. Don't try to swim in the rip; its futile.

So important!

I live out here in Florida and we swim a lot here, years ago when I was a young kid who hadn't had the damnest idea what a rip current was got cought in one and drifted to sea My step dad who also didn't know a damn thing tried to get me out by fight against the waves which didn't really work all too well I got in trouble if course bc apparently it's my fault rip currents exist and that I got caught in one/sarc Anyways fuck him and now I do research to avoid rips and if I get caught in one I know how to escape 👍👾

what music is this bruh im vibing while learning

I almost die because of that rip current caught me. I just swam for my life and made it to the shore safely. Thank God, It's was not my day yet, but I will respect the ocean wave from now on.

Show how the same rip looks like from the beach, not just an unrealistic bird eye's view. What are people supposed to learn from this, when they're at the beach without youtube they're not going to see anything because rips are hard to spot from ground level.

When I was 9 I went boogie boarding with my sister and some local friends we went deep and went through big waves then I felt something I was being sucked my sister had to grab my hand and pull me out it was in clam beach in mexico a kid died there 2 years prior

Well living in oregon..couple hrs drive..but we have super cold waters hear so the best thing to do is fishing. It would be nice to have waters like South Carolina.

Rip current in Indonesian th-cam.com/video/yy1xE5cwyhA/w-d-xo.html

Just when I thought I was scared of the ocean, I’m even more terrified. I love pools, lakes,etc. but that ocean, scares me to death. Being that far out, I wouldn’t panic because I’m scared to death and love my life! Now, I’m even more terrified that I didn’t know this.

thank you

I’m aM a crazy person so that water wouldn’t want me so I’m good🐒

R.I.P. Mr. Current :-D

Thanks

My father was in Panama on vacation in late January. On his last day there he was about knee deep picking up a conk shell with this feet when he got caught in a riptide and drowned. He was 44 years old and a life guard for a beach on lake erie during his 20s. He was a very strong swimmer and man, he was a block/brick mason. I came to this video to understand. I still dont. I never got to say goodbye to him.

If the water is cold enough you tire within a minute in a rip. Very scary and I have only ever been caught once in the UK, very mild but enough if you are not strong. We ended up 100 metres down the beach and we were all purple, hypothermic. An important lesson. Learn the ocean, respect it.

I used to love the ocean, but now I'm 67. I have weak knees and ankles. Knee high waves knock me down. I don't have much leg strength anymore.

Lost a dear friend this new year and thought to learn more about Rip current and make others aware about how danger it could be. Thanks for sharing