Behind the scenes footage from Dr Rob Brander aka Dr Rip at Maroubra Beach, Australia. Features footage of a dye release into a rip current, and Channel 7 (AUST) news coverage of the day.
Somehow RU-vid thinks i need to see ripstream videos for the whole week already. I haven’t swum in the ocean for 8 years or so. But this demonstration with the dye is more interesting than all the other ripstream videos.
... Audio is useless. re 4:50 He says relax, go with it, or swim "either way", but no; if you want to get out of the current, swim "down-wind". It strikes me that the simple knowledge of how a rip-current works, makes them harmless. As my father taught us as a children, I have always used them to more comfortably & conveniently get out past the breakers, into calmer, deeper water. If you are a very weak swimmer, I guess you might accidentally let it take you as much as a couple hundred feet, in which case you should avoid waves over a third of your height anyway.
Agree with the downwind. Trouble can strike if the wind is offshore (blowing you out to sea). A big risk on Australia's southern beaches as the offshore winds occur on hot days (when people think "I'll hit the beach").
I got caught in one once, closer to death I’ve ever been. Made the mistake of swimming against it back to shore. I was exhausted, and was relying on the waves to push me back into shore when I finally got close enough. Mother Nature gives you no time to rest out there .
Great stuff. However, if you picked the wrong direction to swim parallel, out you can go again. Then go the other way. Side kick the best way or backstroke. Conserve energy.
Good thing there was a footage from above which gives you how scary it would be. It is veery well into deep water and even me who is ok with deep waters would be scared to be at the end of that current.
Feb 4 2018 39yrs old my brother drowned on pretty beach canberra ....he was just standing knee deep level ....helicopters found him. 7 mths have passed i miss him so much...cant imagine his last moments....rips r dangerous even at knee level
I am embarrassed by how easily I got caught in a rip and by how long it took me to realize I was in one. By which time I had begun to feel fatigued. It didn't matter how strong a swimmer I was. I was so desperate to make it to shore that I didn't even care about practically flashing everyone on the beach.
I can’t remember if my Dad taught me to swim parallel to the beach if caught in a rip, or if my brothers, and I just did it because it was easier. With way we were safe as long as we did it.
Two takeaways: one: this rip was pretty well camouflaged and more difficult to see them most. Secondly, that rip is very narrow and swimming parallel to the beach would get you out of that rip very quickly. The rips at Ocean Beach are a different story, three times if not greater the width of this rip, stronger and very distinct appearance. I highly advise NEVER swimming at Ocean Beach in CA.
thats great. I sometime think why wouldnt lifeguards release dye in the rips that are close to the flags which give swimmers a better idea. Maybe a couple of times a day.
I have been caught in a few, float on my back and swim perpendicular to the current. I fear exhaustion more than rips. Often the wind and waves can be used to help escape its influence.
June 2024. Thanks. Of all the so-called helpful videos out there concerning RIP CURRENTS, this is one of the very few with really useful information. The overhead view of the dye being swept out with the deceptively calm water -- and breaking waves to the side -- is really important. Thanks.
I was a pro vert skater at age 11...and always figured till i saw chasing mavericks...some day i mite giving surfing a try because it should just come naturslly..but mavs taught what i knew already im not a strong enuf swimmer i can be...but the other thing was i learned there is a lot to knowto catching a wave...Jay tryed to go out in 6 foot barrels strsight ahead...an frosty showed him how to ride the current out along the rocks...i was like shite...now i really feel dumb...i know from watching movies of people looking down catching the wave is a matter of 6 feet either way when u see surfers who waited to long to start paddling just miss the crest of the wave an go over it as the part they they needed to catch to surf goes under them...because they didnt match the speed...good that ur teaching folks some safety...relax is number one...dont panic listen to lifeguards...when being rescued...just remember...R D P....relax dont panic.listen...RDP...or as i like to say ...No buddy paanic...titannic
