Inside A Rip Current: The Video
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- Saturday morning, July 2, 2016... in the ocean outside the surf line and inside a rip current... kicking with my fins against the lateral current and not making much headway while holding the GoPro camera and filming it... A TH-cam "Public" video. Santa Monica South between Lifeguard Towers #28 and 27.
Years ago I was taken way out by a rip tide. Didnt panic...didnt fight....doggy paddled parallel with the shoreline. Once free from the rip tide.. ..I doggy paddled from one wave to the next....eventually reaching safety at the shoreline. Yes...Im a very poor swimmer....but I never panicked or fought the tide. I will say....I was quite a distance away from where I started to where I ended up on the beach. Swim parallel to the shoreline....take your time....its not a race and the incoming waves will help you to safety.
I got cought in a rip tide , I panicked , tried to fight it and lost my breath I was abt to go under water until these boys came and saved me , they heald me above water but couldn’t bring me back to shore , a jet ski came out ,, near death experience
Frankg3rd my brother and his friends were pulled out in a rip tide. they all made it back except one of his friends, he got pulled under and died
@@neptune8645 Thats so tragic !!!! Im sorry for the loss of your brothers friend.....I hope your brother and you are ok. Tragedy is a part of life...to experience it young is even harder. Take care of all those close to you
Frankg3rd Thankyou :) it was scary, you never think these things can happen to the people close to you until they do...I’m glad my brother was ok, i can’t imagine what his friend’s family went through
@@neptune8645 Hey....You sound well grounded and compassionate. Work hard and chase your dreams with passion. Life is precious.....celebrate everyday....and every now and then think of your brothers friend in prayer. Have the most awesome journey with family and friends.....
-99% of people in a Rip tide : Panic and fear for their lives
-This guy : Has a casual conversation
Instructions unclear. Ended up floating to Japan.
cant see the rip tide just gonna die
why do you have to fear? if you can swim just swim around.
“Pretty good rip”... lol what?!! 😭
RIP CURRENT
Instructions unclear. Ended up in Japan. Thanks a lot.
🤣
damn😂😂
That would be my dream🤩 Unfortunately I rarely mess up with instructions 😂
@@teemurinnesalmi6053 I'm the type of person to try to follow instructions and end up in Japan dead 💀
Wait REALLY?
I like how he’s just vibin in a middle of a riptide
RIP CURRENT
He has to if he doesn’t the current will pull him away more cause he’s going against it and he’ll tire himself out and then he’ll have no more strength
@@tinabilhomme5170 fighting against it won't get you further, you'll just waste all your energy into a useless action
@@jackdanila9893 exactly that’s what I was saying
@@jackdanila9893 wait no I thought swimming normally will pull you further
If ever I'm in a situation like this, caught by a riptide and far from the shore , my panic would be overthinking what sea creatures could be dragging me down
For real. I couldn't care less about the rip, and instead would freak out about a shark attacking me.
@@RB-tj4re don't forget about huge jellyfish...
@@RB-tj4re Same here. Not worried about riding out the rip as much as dinner time for great white.
The rip is the sealife’s butler and we are the entree
None. They’re friends, not out to get you like humans selling you animal products.
Dang thats pretty far from the shore i better learn how to swim lol
People should not even venture out into the ocean until they are fairly good and strong swimmers.
If you're not a good swimmer and not experienced with breakers and rip, waste-deep on an ocean beach with breakers can be a problem. Once quick moving water gets up past your thighs it can easily push you in directions you'd rather not go and even take you off your feet. Combine that with inexperience, lack of swimming skills, a good rip and the inevitable panic and you're in trouble. Seen it happen too many times to count.
Just stay in a shallow sandbar and avoid rip currents and you should be alright.
Same here.. Fuck 😰
God is good shadow!
Is no one gonna talk about how satisfying the water sounds
Yup and when you're almost drowning it's just as soothing and relaxing 🤪 scary
Omg so satisfying while a man Is being pulled from a riptide
@○ free rei ○ No he isn't. I was speaking from the experience of being in one myself.
The thought of being stuck in a riptide scares me but if the water was calm like this I think I would be able to not panic. Panic comes in when the big waves crash over your head and you can't breathe
Sulaiman Ouiles minimal waves in a rip tide
@@MrNeilo911 yeah but that depends on where you are if you are at a place where there are massive waves there will still be very large waves it will just seem calmer
Neil Moore waves are one of the factors that can lead to death in fact...you can be pulled and slammed by waves at the same time which will of course increase panic and is how many have died or come close to.
@@sullyo6068 Aren't waves in a riptide, believe me.
@@sullyo6068 theres no waves in a riptide
Everybody gangsta until you realise you're quite far away and start feeling a pull into the ocean and the water start getting colder.
That would be terrifying especially if your getting into predator territory.
I just got back from a vacation where I got stuck in a rip current and this comment gave me the fear
@@user-bo1ue1ur3t glad nothing happened.
And strange things start biting you
@@Boi45 lol I had an inner tube with me so I guess I wasn't in any real "danger" but I have serious ocean fear and had to use more strength than I knew I had to get back lol. Scariest experience of my life even with a flotation device :0
It was probably about 15 - 20 feet deep where I was floating in this particular rip current. Notice that I am wearing swimming fins. Always a very good idea to wear fins in the ocean. After all, Mother Nature is in charge out there. The rip current is the result of water rushing back through inshore holes in the surf line. At this beach a set of waves will crash on shore and then the water will seek to get back out to sea. A lull in the sets of waves occurs and that is why you do not see the waves in this video shot from the surface. From the shoreline if you were to observe the conditions you would be able to see the sets of waves followed by a lull during which the water rushes out away from shore. It will not pull you out forever. Just relax and do not fight the current. One strategy is to swim sideways or parallel to shore. Often there is a lateral current as well so you could swim sideways out of the rip and with the lateral current angling in toward shore. This particular rip current was fairly tame. Conditions can vary from day to day and from location to location. Talk to a lifeguard before you venture into the ocean, if possible. Do not swim alone. Wear fins! Know your limits. Remember not to panic and do not try to swim directly against the current of the rip as you will tire easily. In So. California, there are junior lifeguard programs that teach kids about ocean safety so that you are aware of the dangers and can take precautions.
As asked above, how far out or along, were you ultimately carried, from your starting point?
Also, you mentioned that you were caught in a lateral rip. These are usually called side-shore currents.
Those run parallel to shore, and are rarer than those rips which run perpendicular to the shoreline.
That so long to read that ok
Was it enjoyable? I mean, a strong water jet tugging you out to the ocean when you are aware of what’s happening and prepared for it can’t be terrifying.
Some sort of flotation device is key if you are not a good swimmer... aka a wet suit, life vest, boogie board(at least thats what we call them ). Id much rather have something like a boogie board rather than fins( being that they give you alot more freedom of movement that the other flotation devices) seeing how im not the best swimmer.
@@johnbernardo8156 - I agree with you, a boogie board is a very good floatation device but without fins you will likely continue to float out to sea in the direction of the rip current as your hands will be glued to the board and you will only have your legs to propel you and most people have poor kicking mechanics. If possible, always use a boogie board with fins. Fins are man's (and woman's) best friend in the ocean. :-)
I almost got caught in a riptide once, luckily there was a person who was taller than me who could just stand in the water and she tossed back to shore. Thank you lady who did that, I will never forget you.
I would panic 120%
Emigenetics wow
mankeez same Bruh
Jesus man Im glad you ok
Easy to panic. Easy to panic.
@@emigenetics2128 Same happened to my sister and I. We were in the water about half way from where most of the surfers were and we saw the wave coming. I've never been in a rip tide or rip current so we both were just bracing ourselves to jump when the wave came and once it did I remember losing my footing and going under. When we both came back up we were far away from where we originally were and it terrified us, I can remember that feeling of the current pulling us away from shore so clearly. I started panicking because I couldn't touch the ocean floor and neither could she. My dad was at the beach with us though and he saw what was happening. As he swam to us he kept telling us to not fight the current and to float on our backs and time our breath with the waves as best as we could. When he finally was able to get to us it took 20 minutes for all of us to finally get back on shore. It really doesn't matter how far out you are in the ocean, once the current gets ahold of you, it's very hard to get out of it unless you know what to do and even then it's still scary. I always try to be very aware of that now when I go to the beach
watches one rip tide video
TH-cam: *So you've chosen rip tide*
In 92 when i was 6 i got caught in a riptide..i was on a bugy board at barefoot and i dint realise i was far out until i looked back and the lifguard trucks looked like ants..when a life guard was close enough for me to hear they were yelling for me to swim at an angle..i was also in a huge school of jellyfish luckily i was not stung..it was the most terrifing thing that has ever happened to me..during the same trip hurricane andrew hit..be safe out there yall
I've been in 3 rips but none like this one... Waves threw me around like a piece of rubbish, then dump my ass on sand and shells. Thought to myself "this is it mate" while gasping for oxygen. But I guess it's not my time yet. Today I can read wave patterns due to my marine biology background. Now I've possibly developed an IMTA (integated multi-trophic aquaculture) system - farming multiple species, regenerating native environment, co2 sequester reducing ocean acidification via seaweeds, and producing cattle feedstocks. Which this system is the consequences of efficient local economics.
i would have anxiety and pass out
Normal people: starts panicking im gonna die
Him: it’s fine I’ll just vibe here and make a conversation
“It’s a pretty good rip” lol what bruh? Ik you gotta stay calm but damn 🤣
That’s what I said. Pretty good rip??? 🤣😂😂😭
I was in a rip today luckily it was the one that sent me back to shore
no such thing
@John Smith some do circle and bring you back to shore.
@@avishaybector2505 don’t listen to them they are dumbass know it all’s
How you was in rip? please tell me my brother is missing from Japan beach😭😭😭
@@avishaybector2505 Yes there is. Some rips circle back to shore.
I recently lost my best friend to a rip current. Please, everyone, stay safe because if things happen, its really, really hard to recover, or to not recover at all.
I learned as a child to roll to your back and float. Don't fight it. Don't panic. Hold your hand up and rescue will come. From California born. It has worked twice for me. Lol
Something so scary about the water in a rip. Its just seems so unnatural.the water is obviously different when you’re in one,the quickly smooth moving water quickly Bobing you backwards,even with a board its scary
Imagine being pulled away by rip ride and you saw yourself far away from the shore and your feets no longer can touch and the sand beneath, and to make it worst you can't swim and no one on shore realizes you've been washed away by rip ride. Just imagining this gives me the chills.
If your life is ever in danger remember to bring a camera because the camera man always survives
I’ve been stuck in rip currents plenty of times and every time I do I just find myself swimming against it
Why
@@jackdanila9893 well you have to be a strong swimmer. Currents bring you under
I was stuck in rip currents 30 times at least
What if you can't swim?
How are you not dead
I kept hearing the Jaws music playing in my head.
I Almost got drowned by a rip tide. It was pulling me slowly then I noticed that it's getting deep but instead of panicking I swim crawl hard my way to the shore with the help of the incoming waves. I thought it was my end.
The quality of this video is very good. And I like the waves of the sea a lot and the sound of the waves is totally awesome.
shark just comes chomp
bobby thomas That would be my fear! Especially since he said it was about 15-20 feet deep right there! Oh Good God! Think about that... if you are reading this inside your house... look at the floor. If you have 7 foot ceilings like me, triple that and imagine how much aquatic wildlife is directly below your feet! Any shark around there sees nothing more than something edible moving around and in lightning speed he goes for it! Yeah, sure he'll quickly realize that what he just took a bite out of, wasn't quite what he was craving and spit it out, but the damage is done. Now, we are left bleeding to death, and the leg that he ripped off is now floating to the bottom of the ocean floor 20 FEET DOWN! If I thought it was difficult to get out of this rip 5 minutes ago with 2 legs, how the hell am I going to make it out with one leg and bleeding to death, with now dozens of sharks following their noses to what I am sure looks like a bucket of chum that someone has thrown into the sea for them! NO WAY! I'll stay on shore thank you!
jglow You’re a pussy
@@fernandoceniceros9192 no they're not
@@jglow22 I know right?! Like I have a fear of deep waters since I've drowned before but even worse fear of a shark coming and biting me
jglow sharks are not that scary, theyre docile and wont attack you if you come close/provoke them. I suggest not telling people that sharks are scary, also, dont underestimate a shark's sense underwater, they grew up in it after all
We need more of these videos great way on handling that rip
I was a lifeguard in a water park for a bit and wanted to try being a life guard at a beach but the thought of being out there would make me feel like shark bait. I wonder what the chances of running into a shark out there are..
No sht I can taste the salt water from here. I feel like im drowning
This man has balls of steel.
Why
I once swam a bay in my early teens with no knowledge of rips. This video brought back to me how the shore seemed to suddenly recede part way through that. Fortunately I am a dopey mf and didn't think anything was wrong except maybe I had lost concentration and curved away from the shore, and fortunately I was swimming parallel to the shore anyhow. The rip probably added 400 yards to my approx. 1.3 mile swim that day. Sometimes I wonder how I survived my childhood.
jesus christ i literally would have died, almost did to a lil rip in lake michigan on sunday though lmao
Me to i used to enjoy beach when i was kid with a lot of freedom im a surviver lol
I would have an heart attack before I even drown
OMG... I'm dramatic and extra on dry land. Panic and screaming wouldn't begin to describe it. I get panic attacks, and I can see this triggering one.
RIP Shad Gaspard..😭
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brooklyn Brooklyn!🥺
@@Tre1up facts jtg and more old days when wwe was lit
Note to self: Don't leave bedroom
So in order to survive a riptide, don't panic, swim parallel to the shore until you're out of the current. Great 😊! But what if there's a shark 😨?
Sharks don't like the taste of humans, so just don't have diabetes and you'll be good
Then the Rip turns into R.I.P. quickly....
@@maxolotl7089lmao 😂
Imagine cruising along in the rip, then running into a swarm of bluebottles.
i wonder how deep it was
funtime foxy mangle 15-20 feet (3-4 meters) deep as the guy wrote in a comment
Shark deep!
If you know how to swim, the depth doesn't matter. Rather, at very shallow depths, there's more probably of getting dragged on the sand or stones due to the current.
Do sand bars always have rip currents?
Hell yeah! Goes like this!!
“Watch me drop a beat ya the names sand,
I’m the guy that separate the sea from the land,
don’t walk by me or I’ll put your nuts in hand-… wait what.
Guys learn how to float and you'll survive 💯
Once i was in the beach on the shore and a rip current got me since i was close to shore i managed get out easily pulled my swimmin glasees which came back to shore after a few mins
Why are the peaks on the youtube video the shape of the rip currents, are we being told something?
That water is beautiful.
Everybody gangsta till the water turn black
Steps to get out:swim parallel to the shore
I drowned watching this.
This happened to me before I was on my boogie board I tried to swim out my friend was getting pulled out too.So I caught a wave in and a surfer was helping my friend
Being that far out would have me petrified
Looks pretty far out, I typically go about 800ft from shore while snorkeling. I wonder if I were ever caught in a rip current, would I mind it so much?? Unless its sweeping my legs out from under me into a barrel roll I cant pull out of then; that danger should appear obvious.. but if not Im swimming out to sea already... sooo hmm
All you have to do is swim parallel to shore
I find myself waiting for the shark fin
All I was thinking about is how a shark could come at any moment.
We used to dive into the rip current. . fun..so crazy
Do you guys know if you go 20 miles in the Gulf you will see clear water
the ocean scared me so much
“PRETTY GOOD RIIIP”
God im so scared to looking like this waves..new friends..
Did you have a pfd for this swim?
Wow you are brave omg 😮
I have no idea what’s going on here tbh barely know what a riptide is...to me it just looks like he’s in waves
Well please learn before you end up like me and almost drown in one🤪
He just vibin'
Shad Gaspard
R.I.P
The name apparently says rip
So if u dont want to R. I. P get out😭🤣
protip: you can have all the fun in the world in waist deep water.
So butiful video i llove video
Troll champ.. watched the whole thing. Point goes to you sir
is that really a riptide? that looks kinda ordinary tide to me
Normal tides are very slow... They're linked to the position of the moon. Once a day you have high tide and once a day low tide. That water movement is so slow that it doesn't drag you at all.
Instructions unclear i started in the Atlantic now im in the pacific
Well tf u doin out there in the first place
HOW far out were you ultimately carried?
I was just cruising on my back and kicking with my fins. Perhaps a 100 yards out from shore. I have lifeguarded along this shoreline for over 40 years so I am familiar with these conditions. The surfer in the background that I am talking to is another beach lifeguard who was surfing before his shift that day. As an aside, when we get south swells, two things happen usually: (1) rip currents that pull you away from shore (out to sea; and (2) a lateral current (that's what we call them here in Santa Monica) (aka, side -shore current)... from the shore looking out to sea this is a current that pulls you from left to right (since the swell is out of the south).
@@ahguillaume You're really informative. And I'm sure you would've saved thousands of people. I guess, we can say, thank you for your service.
I always have had this question. I hear about people taken away by the sea. But how far can the sea take you? And what types of currents are there that pull you?
I only know of rip currents and normal undercurrent at the shoreline.
As an alright swimmer, I think I can swim back 100 metres if that's how far away the rip currents take me. I don't know about the other kinds.
@@danlightened - thank you for your interest. Please see: www.USLA.org/safetytips - also follow L.A. County Ocean Lifeguards on Instagram and try posting your questions there.
@@danlightened - FYI: instagram.com/reel/CPWKWRCpjh1/?
@@ahguillaume Thanks
Rip current is far easier to handle than stinged by jelly fish while swimming
Instructions unclean I ended up in my house and pit my dog in the microwave
I would say 20 feet!
RIP Current must be terrible to be caught up in it
What a RUSH!
how is he so clam
What if a shark comes, your far from the shore
Where is he ? if on the island rhe he dead rn
Legend has it he's still in that rip
Ultimate mad lad with diamond 50 pound balls
Sharks dude not cool to be out that far..
So rip currents are fun if you know how to swim? Cool thanks 😂 👍 Natures lazy river
R.I.P
Sheesh i would be scared
Check out the song!
"Pretty good rip"
A rip current that far out would be the LAST of my concerns.
I am Floridas toughiest swimmer I crave for RIP CURRENTS AND DUBBLE RED FLAG CONDITIONS
It's all fun and games til you drown with a sky-high ego.
Looks cool i would just relax
*Surfing or snorkeling??*
HardlineAthiest does it look like they are fucking surfing you god damn moron
Noah H lmfao yes yes let the hate flow
@@Jesuschristitsjasonbourne3 LMAO why do I keep finding you.
I don’t know why but I always wanted to be in a riptide. Just seems like a cool experience
Don't do it
It’s not cool when it actually happens and you don’t know what to do lol
I understand it’s not a something Simone should be in at all, but for some reason I’ve just always wanted to do weird stuff like that
Thank you for Filipino 😀
Do not try this at home
I dont have a beach/ocean at home
Don’t look under you there mite be sharks
Just put a ski vest on
Im stayin out the sea
I feel special I'm like 1000