Facts I live in sc and go to myrtle beach all the time and never knew it was happening cause we be so excited about having g fun and instead I need to know when it's a warning of bad waves.
I'm from Florida and I've been caught in them at least 10 times in my 58 years. Don't panic and float. Also never enter the water where the waves aren't breaking. That's the rip!
I was just in the carribean and they had a red flag up the entire time I was there, only went into the water once and not far at all. Just heard about a couple in FL who sadly passed away. I really don’t fool with the ocean or the sea.
That reminds me of what they would show us in primary school to recognise rip tides. In Australia in the 1990’s and 2000’s we would go to swimming lessons yearly, and to the beach for water safety lesson’s, and to swim, as a school class. We have some really beautiful local beaches that tourists are flocking to that locals beg people not to swim in as they are lethal. We used to have the very occasional Australian swimmer drown from rips, with the bulk being tourist who don’t know our conditions and our life saver flagged area, but now we are getting more Aussies swimming in unsafe areas and manners.
I came here to comment something similar. Also an Aussie and with more and more people chasing “secret spots” with no lifeguards patrolling i think it’s getting dangerous. I also remember learning in depth about what a rip looked like and how to free yourself if stuck. I work in education and I don’t think it’s taught anymore.
@@mfanwelikeit3760Could you please describe how to survive a rip current? I've read 2 ways and I'm not sure which is the best method. Thank you very much!!
Part of this is psychological. Tourists sometimes let their common sense and defenses down when they travel. They put themselves in "adventure mode" and think they can "conquer" all things. They watch TH-cam videos about people doing some rather risky things and think they too can do the same. Unfamiliar settings, food, cultures can confuse people, especially if they are in lets-hurry-up-and-have-fun mode. I live in Maine and see this all the time with summer tourists.
If you go to an Oregon beach keep in mind RIP currents and sneaker waves are extremely popular on the Oregon coast and can be very dangerous. I’d say rip currents are worse because most people get scared get the water is sucking you out into the ocean and they use their energy trying to fight against it when your supposed to float it out til you stop, swim parallel to the beach for 15 yards then float/swim back to shore. And sneaker waves call for a bad picnic if your having one on a calm beach because the beach can be all dry and nice while your having a nice dinner by the water. Then a 5 foot wave very quickly sneaks up and swiftly shows you to the land, this may or may not have happened to me….
It’s that all people aren’t educated about storms, wind shear, barometric pressure and the tides. Schools are too busy teaching useless garbage like determining the area of a parallelogram or calculating hypotenuse. Few people ever use those skills outside a classroom. This instruction should be included in every science class. Two people just lost their lives in Florida because they didn’t know how to watch for a simple tip current!!🙁
There's nothing wrong with learning the specialties you mentioned, but information and survival techniques about the natural world should be included. I use myself as an example. I moved to Maine from Chicago 6 years ago, and I sensed immediately that this was a complete change of environment for me. I had to learn how to handle a boat, how to manage woodburning fireplaces and stoves, how to read the ever-changing weather and tides, how to prepare for Nor'easters, and even how to shovel snow safely. I lived all my life in big cities in different parts of the world and never had to think about any of these things. It's always good to educate yourself about the environment you will be in long before you travel. Knowledge is power. It can save your life.
I have watched multiple videos so I could know the signs of one and none showed it as clearly as this. Well done. Simple explanation paired with a great example.
I nearly drowned because of this some years ago. It was just around the time when the tides are changing and they close the beach. I swim pretty well but this will totally exhaust you and eventually drown you.
Dangerous yes , but also great surf fishing spot around that outflow. The deeper , moving current is patrolled by gamefish feeding on baitfish caught in the stream. Study the beach for events like this for greater success. Tight lines.
Yea, I got caught in a rip tide at Tumon Beach 1986. Fresh off the plane from the prairies. Did not then know to just swim to the side of the rip tide. Scary. Gun Beach is a good beach for new SCUBA divers.
I got in one of these in Laguna Beach. I was tired of the waves and wanted a break... oops (lol). Luckily I was 24 and 185lbs and was a student athelete. I high tailed it back and actually overcame the current. If I was 40, I may have died. In my prime, I was still out of breath and light ended by the end. Was some serious cardio.
I met a man whose knee was dislocated by a rip current. He said he was knee deep at the Jersey shore when he stepped into a rip current that snatched his knee out of joint. Scary stuff!
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Thank god I've never found myself in one all the times I've went to the beach and been swimming alone chillin' in shallow-medium waters. I wonder if they're always that visible, Are they?
Compared to the clean break waves coming in...Are they always like that way less white and darker looking? And if someone WHO KNOWS see's my comment, also do they usually happen on more windy stormy and even later in the day or are they just as common on sunny perfect weather days?🤔 Lmk
It’s the direction at which the waves are moving. Under rip current is undertow which drags you down underwater and rip tide or rip current sucks you out to sea
Don't think you're strong enough to resist. If you get carried out, don't panic. Eventually it will pull you far out enough to escape the rip tide and swim back in. It could be a long way. Even a few miles. But it won't kill you if you float on your back and gently tread water. Don't panic!
@@jimconant3784 What I meant is that once you're out of rip tide vertically, you may have to swim far horizontally to the shore in order to swim back in safely.
@@EarthUncutTV So why do people drown? If you just lay on your back, let it take you out and then just swim parallel to get out of it, you'll be fine. Is it because people panic and try swim against is, exhausted themselves and therefore drown?
@@Me_Caity I have probably stood in a rip current up to my knees and didn't know it was a rip current. Til this day, I still don't know or understand what a rip current is.
A rip current is a back flow of water that takes you away from the shore and out to sea. It is essentially a channel that flows outward from the shoreline to the open sea. In order to survive, DO NOT swim towards shore because you'll be swimming against the tide; instead, RELAX and let the current take you out to sea and once you feel the current dissipate you then swim parallel to the shoreline and then turn in towards the shore. The most deadly is not a rip current but the undertow; the undertow is when the water SUCKS you underwater; here again, you MUST relax and let the churning stop before you swim up for air. The more you struggle the more air used up so relax and let the water let you go and then float to the surface.
I wonder how many times I saw this without knowing what I was looking at?
Facts I live in sc and go to myrtle beach all the time and never knew it was happening cause we be so excited about having g fun and instead I need to know when it's a warning of bad waves.
Best example I’ve seen, thanks
This was the best I have seen so far! thanks for this!
You’re welcome!
I'm from Florida and I've been caught in them at least 10 times in my 58 years. Don't panic and float. Also never enter the water where the waves aren't breaking. That's the rip!
@@WoundedWarrior2012Also don't fuck around if you can't swin
I was just in the carribean and they had a red flag up the entire time I was there, only went into the water once and not far at all. Just heard about a couple in FL who sadly passed away. I really don’t fool with the ocean or the sea.
I just read that story right now. So sad
This one is a great video.. as I am showing this to my children about the rip currents. Thank you!
So glad it’s of help!
Thank you for this information. Heading to Hawaii next month glad I was able to see such a great example
Enjoy your trip and stay safe
Take me with you, I promise I will save you 😊😄😂
That reminds me of what they would show us in primary school to recognise rip tides. In Australia in the 1990’s and 2000’s we would go to swimming lessons yearly, and to the beach for water safety lesson’s, and to swim, as a school class. We have some really beautiful local beaches that tourists are flocking to that locals beg people not to swim in as they are lethal.
We used to have the very occasional Australian swimmer drown from rips, with the bulk being tourist who don’t know our conditions and our life saver flagged area, but now we are getting more Aussies swimming in unsafe areas and manners.
I came here to comment something similar. Also an Aussie and with more and more people chasing “secret spots” with no lifeguards patrolling i think it’s getting dangerous. I also remember learning in depth about what a rip looked like and how to free yourself if stuck. I work in education and I don’t think it’s taught anymore.
@@mfanwelikeit3760Could you please describe how to survive a rip current? I've read 2 ways and I'm not sure which is the best method. Thank you very much!!
Part of this is psychological. Tourists sometimes let their common sense and defenses down when they travel. They put themselves in "adventure mode" and think they can "conquer" all things. They watch TH-cam videos about people doing some rather risky things and think they too can do the same. Unfamiliar settings, food, cultures can confuse people, especially if they are in lets-hurry-up-and-have-fun mode. I live in Maine and see this all the time with summer tourists.
Thank you for posting this, it is a great visual.
Finally… a clear example… thanks
My friend's husband drowned in a RIP few years ago at Virginia beach even though.He was a good swimmer. 😢
This is the best video of a rip current I’ve ever seen
Wow this is very helpful! Now I could actually see it and get it.
That awesome, glad to hear it!
If you go to an Oregon beach keep in mind RIP currents and sneaker waves are extremely popular on the Oregon coast and can be very dangerous. I’d say rip currents are worse because most people get scared get the water is sucking you out into the ocean and they use their energy trying to fight against it when your supposed to float it out til you stop, swim parallel to the beach for 15 yards then float/swim back to shore.
And sneaker waves call for a bad picnic if your having one on a calm beach because the beach can be all dry and nice while your having a nice dinner by the water. Then a 5 foot wave very quickly sneaks up and swiftly shows you to the land, this may or may not have happened to me….
❤ Thank you for posting
It’s that all people aren’t educated about storms, wind shear, barometric pressure and the tides. Schools are too busy teaching useless garbage like determining the area of a parallelogram or calculating hypotenuse. Few people ever use those skills outside a classroom. This instruction should be included in every science class. Two people just lost their lives in Florida because they didn’t know how to watch for a simple tip current!!🙁
There's nothing wrong with learning the specialties you mentioned, but information and survival techniques about the natural world should be included. I use myself as an example. I moved to Maine from Chicago 6 years ago, and I sensed immediately that this was a complete change of environment for me. I had to learn how to handle a boat, how to manage woodburning fireplaces and stoves, how to read the ever-changing weather and tides, how to prepare for Nor'easters, and even how to shovel snow safely. I lived all my life in big cities in different parts of the world and never had to think about any of these things. It's always good to educate yourself about the environment you will be in long before you travel. Knowledge is power. It can save your life.
TY for showing people what they look like 👍
I have watched multiple videos so I could know the signs of one and none showed it as clearly as this. Well done. Simple explanation paired with a great example.
I nearly drowned because of this some years ago. It was just around the time when the tides are changing and they close the beach. I swim pretty well but this will totally exhaust you and eventually drown you.
Far left one was most obvious. Can see it going back like a waterfall rapid
Great video. Thanks for posting. They should put these out for Public viewing instead of useless adverts; it might save someone's Life .👍👍👍
Dangerous yes , but also great surf fishing spot around that outflow. The deeper , moving current is patrolled by gamefish feeding on baitfish caught in the stream. Study the beach for events like this for greater success. Tight lines.
I saw a beautiful reef shark cruising through that deep fast moving stuff!
Gun beach, Guam.
We get plenty of drownings and distressed people in this location.
Yea, I got caught in a rip tide at Tumon Beach 1986. Fresh off the plane from the prairies. Did not then know to just swim to the side of the rip tide. Scary.
Gun Beach is a good beach for new SCUBA divers.
I never step my foot in the sea again.
😂 you in me both bring out the swimming pools facts
That’s why almost everyone in the pool
Best example ever thanks for this video !!
THANKS FOR INFORMING US.KEEP EDUCATING
This is the best video to understand rip tides.
That's IT! I am only swimming in pools and never going camping again! #RipTides and #Bears
I got in one of these in Laguna Beach. I was tired of the waves and wanted a break... oops (lol). Luckily I was 24 and 185lbs and was a student athelete. I high tailed it back and actually overcame the current. If I was 40, I may have died. In my prime, I was still out of breath and light ended by the end. Was some serious cardio.
If you're diving off the beach and want to get out to the reef fast. Thats your best friend.
Imagine swimming out of one rip current just to swim into another one 😢
Thank you for sharing this. Very informative.
I met a man whose knee was dislocated by a rip current. He said he was knee deep at the Jersey shore when he stepped into a rip current that snatched his knee out of joint. Scary stuff!
Jeez that sounds painful
Thanks for showing what rip current looks 👍 like
never try to fight the rip current, keep calm and swim to the side to escape it than fight it.
Glad i know what to look for now
In Hawaii we use these currents to go fast back into the waves to surf again and again
Best video for rip current
Looks like Guam, Hafa Adai
It is I think
Excellent video
Wow ty for showing this
Good Afternoon. My name is Aditya Mukti, currently enrolling as Public Relation Staff of Marine and Fisheries Training and Extension Center, working unit of Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia.
I would like to ask for your permission to use fragments of this video to be published in our social media. Let me know if we have your consent. Thank you!
Hello - yes please feel free to use
@@EarthUncutTV Thank you so much, sir 🙏🏻
My older brother told me that a rip current swept me out when I was a little boy. My dad swam out and saved me. I remember some of it.
Great footage!
Welcome to Guam
Thank god I've never found myself in one all the times I've went to the beach and been swimming alone chillin' in shallow-medium waters. I wonder if they're always that visible, Are they?
Compared to the clean break waves coming in...Are they always like that way less white and darker looking? And if someone WHO KNOWS see's my comment, also do they usually happen on more windy stormy and even later in the day or are they just as common on sunny perfect weather days?🤔 Lmk
Watch bondi rescue. Happens any time of day
Damn clever trap😮 it’s finished
It almost looks like the waves are still coming towards your direction though except for that one area
I wonder if the tide was dropping. The tide can make it more pronounced
That's good beaches 😅
Some folks have a real keen sense of the obvious, and some do not. Trouble is, we don't know which folks we is until we was.
This is good info
Yup anyone who grew up at the beach knows to spot these! And how to get out of them.
Water is darker too.
And if you are fishing, this is the best spot!
Deadly for swimming but amazing for fishing!
They called RIP for a reason.
Guam 🇬🇺
Makes me want to get my surf rod out 🎣
Saw a nice reef shark in those shallows that same evening
I learned something new thx
Have you ever thought about being a commentator for FIFA?
Thank you
Is this Guam?
I can’t tell what it is I’m looking at, the waves just stop at one point??
It’s the direction at which the waves are moving. Under rip current is undertow which drags you down underwater and rip tide or rip current sucks you out to sea
@@Me_Caitythank you, I thought it might be but I can't see it, it's over too quickly.
My point was that this video is not showing me this.
@@mbsjanetelizabethyeah I’m not seeing it either. Isn’t this rip tide happening on the beach/sand? It can’t rip you out if you’re only ankle deep?
But it looks like the rip current stops like 50m from shore, so if you know how to handle a rip, this current isn’t dangerous at all
Most of us have been in one, we kinda don’t know it tho because they were little rif currents
Is this the same thing as an andertow?
Remember RIP current 💪
Don't think you're strong enough to resist. If you get carried out, don't panic. Eventually it will pull you far out enough to escape the rip tide and swim back in. It could be a long way. Even a few miles. But it won't kill you if you float on your back and gently tread water. Don't panic!
It is my understanding 100yards (NOT A FEW MILES) is the furthest a rip will take you out
@@jimconant3784 What I meant is that once you're out of rip tide vertically, you may have to swim far horizontally to the shore in order to swim back in safely.
Behind Hilton 🇬🇺
You got it!
Thank you bro now I see
What would actually happen if you went into that bit? Would it just simply drag you out?
Yup!
@@EarthUncutTV So why do people drown? If you just lay on your back, let it take you out and then just swim parallel to get out of it, you'll be fine. Is it because people panic and try swim against is, exhausted themselves and therefore drown?
@@Mattnozz yep
@@Mattnozzthat and even if you just float parallel it’s still dragging you deeper out to sea.
No, they enjoy the ride of a lifetime and die from too much excitement. @@Mattnozz
Why does this happen?
Damn!
Guam
🇬🇺💯😍
Why is it called rip
@@Me_Caity
I have probably stood in a rip current up to my knees and didn't know it was a rip current.
Til this day, I still don't know or understand what a rip current is.
@@Me_Caity
Well I wasn't, but on another comment thread I was told it was possible I was standing in a rip current and didn't know it.
A rip current is a back flow of water that takes you away from the shore and out to sea. It is essentially a channel that flows outward from the shoreline to the open sea.
In order to survive, DO NOT swim towards shore because you'll be swimming against the tide; instead, RELAX and let the current take you out to sea and once you feel the current dissipate you then swim parallel to the shoreline and then turn in towards the shore.
The most deadly is not a rip current but the undertow; the undertow is when the water SUCKS you underwater; here again, you MUST relax and let the churning stop before you swim up for air. The more you struggle the more air used up so relax and let the water let you go and then float to the surface.
Because it can be deadly,Rest In Peace.Joking,it's a current/channel of fast moving water RIPPING through waves back to sea
I don't see it.
😰😖😣😩😫
Going into a rip current on an inflatable is good fun! It’s when you ‘haven’t’ got an inflatable the problem begins!
Until that big shark comes along feeding on all the little fishies in the rip.
Where
Guam