Never go out beyond your neck depth and swim always in the foamy waves. No foam = rip current. A good lesson to remember. The sea here looks so nice and harmless, doesn't it? Thank you for this useful, potentially life-saving knowledge.
Sad that most people don't know how to handle these, they just panic and eventually get tired then, they drown. Why aren't we taught this is school? I never learned.
Tapu Koko Right?! It seems that it shouldn't be that big of a deal. I mean I can see how it would be if you panic, but there's an easy and safe way to handle it if you're calm.
Jennifer Tiffany When you panic, you don't think of calm, you think mostly in this order... 1. Im and idiot 2. Im going to die 3. IM A IDIOT Sometimes it just depends on your personality... Drat, I'm out already huh :/
because teachers in schools dont give a rats ass about safety. the one thing they care about is how much money they get on their paycheck. this is the problem with the US education system and Im glad trump is doing something about it.
My teacher literally taught us about it with a whole slide show and then completely forgot to tell our substitute that we had the week later and so she taught us the same stuff we already learnt AGAIN everyone kept saying. “We learnt this last week” and the teacher was like “I wasn’t given anything else to teach you so your gonna learn it again” 🙄it was super annoying
I've spent ages trying to find something clear, easy and informative to teach my nephews about rips. This is, by far, the best guide I've found. Thank you very much for taking the time to make and share this excellent video 🤩😎 x
Thank you for putting this out there. I your easy to understand video has allowed me to know what rip currents are, and not to be freaked out about them... and just find my way back after being taken out. Much appreciated.
I was pulled out in an undertow/rip and fortunately I had the instincts to survive. When I realized I was getting pulled further and further out and could no longer touch the ground(I’m 6’3) I tried swimming straight in but realized I was like a twig bobbing and going further out with each tug of undercurrent. So so somehow I thought what if I swim sideways maybe won’t get tugged as much. Then realized I wasn’t getting pulled as much. Then slightly angled toward shore and swam and it worked. I was making progress and then got in where my feet were solidly in sand. I was lucky and or blessed. Very appreciative it came to me.
2:15 i love how all the people are not swimming there, means they know how to spot the rip current well. While in my country keep saying beach is dangerous places to swimming and yeah we do have alot of people drowning at the beach including my best friend. I survived rip current once and i never scared of beach after. Since i know how to handle the situation
I don't know why they don't teach vital/basic survival information like this in schools, THIS COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE, yet most people have no knowledge of this.
Couldn't agree more. I was once caught in a rip current and had no idea what the hell was happening. It wasn't until I got back to the beach and spoke to a few people, did I then realise what had happened. It was pretty frigging scary, but it never stopped me from learning to surf, paddle boarding etc.... You just have to be aware of these things and learn how to identify them
I went to esperance for a weekend .Walking along the beach ,one out of town .I walked through the shallow waves and there is a long sandstone or granite breaker reef which is as high as the water level about 25-30 metres of shore .Between it and the shore there is big long pond area where the water floods over the sandstone and its crystal clear for the most part . It looks gentle and quiet , almost stagnant .It really looks innocuous .But then in this lagoonish area i noticed a large piece of see weed submerged about 2 feet down and traveling quickly along in the direction i was walking .It was double my speed .I realized it was a rip and followed it as it entered a narrowing through this granite stuff and out to sea.Jesus you know ,you wouldnt have even thought that this area could be dangerous as the this long granite reef or shelf protects the beach from waves , It comes across as a nice place to swim its pretty . Before i realized it was a rip area i wondered why it appeared so deep at the shore , a nice crystal blue but there you have it.I stepped into it up to my calves to test it and you could feel the water pressure but couldnt see it all that much.
Thanks for this video! You explained all about rip currents and how to escape them in such an easy-to-understand way. You have performed a great public service! 👍👍👍
Thank you. This will save lives. I came here because I read today about someone who died in a riptide yesterday. We should all know how to identify one and what to do if we get caught in one.
I love this video! Beautiful footage, makes me want to come kitesurfing in the UK! Thank you for creating this and sharing information about rip currents. Come surfing with us in Cabarete, Dominican Republic.
LOl i watched the first couple of minutes and was just about to type..."Should have used Gwynver as an example, the rips there a frequently more obvious". and lo and behold you do and it's your main example. Nice work.
I have been swimming (mostly) safely for the past 10 years without knowing about rip currents. I am really surprised I didnt know about them or anyone never mentioning them here in Greece.
Ok, só swim towards the wavey bit. Got that. But could you do a video showing us how to handle waves? I know some people just have it naturally (like my daughter), but others of us don’t feel too relaxed with waves charging at us and splashing us in the face.
Some rips will not allow you to swim parallel with the beach. It happened to me so I body floated / let it take me out until it stopped pulling me then I swam over to waves and rode them back in
These are the things they really need to teach at schools in Australia... i know not everyone lives in a coastal city but should one find themselves at a beach, in the midst of a rip current then at least they'd be better equipped to survive.
do rip currents move along the beach as the tide goes in and out ? or do they stay in the same place? is it the sea floor that determines the rip so therefore putting a red flag on the beach above to warn of a rip tide could be useless when the tide goes in or out as the rip would move ? some beaches must have a rip in a similar place year on year?
Rips can form pretty much anywhere along the shore in one form or another however you do get permanent rips by some headlands or by rivermouths which will increase in strength as the surf increases in intensity. Most beaches will have a permanent rip as well as several 'flash' rips which will appear after a set of waves. You are correct that the sea floor will determine the rip but the waves will determine the shape of the sea floor which on a beach is constantly changing. The one thing that doesn't change is what to do of you happen to get caught by one: 1, don't panic (easier said than done) 2, don't fight against it but swim perpendicular to the rip into the breaking waves 3, when back in the breaking waves swim or bodysurf back to shore Hope this helps
Your energy drains super fast when trying to fight against a rip and the surf is big. Never swim by yourself in hazardous surf with string rips and no board, or you'll be shark food.
