I live in Florida. I was 22 yrs old and a good swimmer because I used to live on a lake and went swimming everyday. I was standing in waist high water at the beach when a wave came and hit me from behind. I jumped up to let it pass by, like I usually do, but within a second, I was pulled uderneath the water, from a suction that was so strong. I didn't know what was happening.. It was so quick, I didn't have a chance to take a breath before being pulled underneath. I was tumbling and spinning around underneath the water. I couldn't do anything as it was pulling me out deeper. I was trying to fight it until I remembered that you're not supposed to fight, so I relaxed my body, while I was still tumbling and spinning around. It felt like it would never stop. I was so scared because I needed to breathe. Then all of a sudden the suction stopped pulling me and released me. I was so disoriented and didn't know where the surface was until I saw some light. I was so deep that it took me forever to swim up to the surface and when I finally reached the surface, I was gasping for air. I looked for the shore and saw a lifeguard on the shore, that looked like an ant. I was so exhausted from the rip current, it took forever as I slowly swam back to shore. When I reached the shore, I just sat there and cried because I could have died. The lifeguard never saw me dissappear. There wasn't any chance of swimming parallel to the shore because I was sucked under too fast and tumbling out of control. I had gone swimming alone that day and ever since that day, I have never gone alone again. Now, I have a fear for my children whenever they go to the beach. Rip currents are killers! Please, know what to look for and what to do, if a rip current should pull you under!
I think some people are missing the point. Undertow won't pull you that far from shore. Likely this was undertow and rip current, they work together to kill. When trying to escape, you have to contend with everything, and just as the OP said - it often isn't possible to just swim parallel to shore.
Rip tides took the life of my friend ... a 20 year old New Zealand rugby league player and great swimmer who jumped in to save a family member but swam against the riptide and became too exhausted to swim back ... they never found his body!
When I was 5 I went on a trip to the cape (cape cod, MASS) And their were HUGE waves. I was short so for my father they were kinda medium large maybe? I’m not sure. I saw my father out hitting the waves and it looks so fun. So I put on my goggles and ran out for him. Keep in mind my mother told me I was to young to go in that water, so I had to just sit there and make sand castles. As I was walking out The water was about up to my waist, I was calling for my dads attention so I could play with him, when a huge wave knocked me over and started pulling me out to sea. While going through it I could not lift my head up and it felt like a tube. I struggled to get out. It was impossible. My goggles were filled because I was crying and screaming. But nobody could hear me. When it stopped I could not see the ground. Then I felt somthing struggle to lift me up. It was my dad picking me up out of the water. He took my goggles off and hugged my tight. Turns out the life guard saw me and blew the whistle, but was to far away so my dad went into action. The water was also to tall for him so he was barely touching the ground. And my dad is 6 feet tall. He put me on his back and carried me on land. My mother ran up crying. Everyone on the beach circled me my mother and father. The life guard told my dad I was caught in a rip tide. If jt was not for my father, I would have died that day. I love you dad.
I was caught in one of these yesterday. I couldn't get back to shore and there was no life guards around. I'm only 13... I wish I would of known how to get out of one of these. I tried to swim back to shore but it was impossible.. I kept getting pulled further away. It's a horrible thing to be in. I managed to get back to shore by laying on my back and kicking my legs as hard as I could. I don't know how I did it but eventually I could touch the ground again and I walked back to shore. There was this man coming to help me but I managed to save myself... It's a very scary thing, I couldn't breathe very well, because the waves were very powerful and my mouth keeps filling with horrible sea water.. It was so scary. I think this should be shown to everyone in schools.
When I say I don't know how I did it I mean I don't know how I managed to get out of it because i was told it's impossible to swim back from one of them the way I was.
I am very happy for you. I just read an article stating five or possibly six people died in Camber Sands , UK in one day. Most likely pulled in by a riptide. We should all share these kind of videos to raise awareness. Hopefully somebody's life would be saved due to our endeavours.
This is a very good video. I never knew rip currents existed until I saw a post about it. I got curious and watched several videos. Now I know what to do. I'll scout the beach before I swim in it......... that is if I want to swim in it.
My dad and I were both caught in a rip current at the same time and we had never heard of one and we tried to swim against it but we were getting no where. My heart rate was through the roof and I was exhausted and so panic was setting in. We yelled and waved once we knew we are out of energy, and thankfully there was a life guard. I am also thankful that he informed us how to get out of one after.
In Chinese culture, any water close to seashore looks calm must have danger under it. Just like a person who never being open minded might be really dangerous person.
@@poloigloo3993 Late but I'm also an introverted. I found myself depressed more until I found someone I can share some of my burdens. Just like a balloon, the more you bottle up, it will explode eventually
I got tired and nearly drowned and I literally started to cry and pray that God would help me get out. Idk how but after a while my friend and I eventually did get out and I have forever had a little fear of going out too far in the water. Please inform yourself and others of the real dangers of this. It. Is. Real.
I too, was pulled under when I was 11. My mom had warned me about the undertows. Other videos say that undertows are the same thing as rip currents; this video makes a distinction between the two, describing undertows as very strong backwashes. This makes sense to me, because I was definitely pulled under. Any who wants to reply that “undertows don’t pull you under either” are simply wrong. I was slammed by a strong wave, tossed and tumbled, and pulled out to sea. And fast! It was like being sucked up in a vacuum. As it pulled me away from shore, I realized it was also pulling me deeper. Luckily, the force of the pull helped me “straighten “... no longer tumbling.... and I remember thinking, “in a few more seconds, I’ll be pulled down deep enough, and I’ll be able to touch the bottom.” So I waited (those seconds seemed like an eternity!), and then when I got really close to the bottom, I pushed against the ocean floor with all my might, with both arms and legs, and popped up and out of the current. There was no “current” on the surface. I was just treading water, and it was like “regular” ocean movement. I looked for my Mom to tell her I was ok...she was way down from where I had been, and didn’t even realize I was “gone!” So. Undertow? Rip current? All I know is, it pulled me out and down, and I pushed out of it, vertically upwards, and no current on surface. So whatever you call it, I don’t think anyone should be saying it’s the same as a rip current.
bro when I was like 10 I got pulled under once and thought it was just the wave and I was being dumb, you started explaining exactly what happened to me and my dumbass is now realizing that was an undertow. I got slammed by a wave then slammed into the sand and was being tossed around under. I got up kinda quick tho, I don't recall anything similar to you being pulled away from shore but it seems very similar. I don't know how I'd power my way out like you did tbh, what happened to me was a terrifying experience already!
My sister and I were pretty grown when we went to cancun, around high-school. But we aren't very tall and we knew there was a red zone. It was very close to shore and always red because there was a deep deep drop in that area. And I'm talking like less than 15ish feet from shore so it was unfamiliar. And we got pulled in that direction from the green zone and the waves kept going over our heads and we were struggling to stay afloat and get air, and my brother came and got us out the water
I work at a water park and I've been a lifeguard for 3 years, one of my fellow lifeguards had a friend who died in a rip current so now I'm always looking out for them.
When surfing, I take the rip to get me quickly to the line up. =) and...while sitting in the line-up, I've saved a few beach goers pulled out by a rip.
This happened today and i am thankful tht i am alive. I could have died this afternoon. I was enjoying the waves and being pushed to the beach and swimming deeper to be washed back.. but 10 mins later i got pulled.. i do not kno if it was undertoe or rip current.. but i experienced like being tumbled inside a front loader washing machine. I managed to get on top of the water and take breath but suddently another wave hit me from back and pulled further back. am new to ocean swimming. I jave been swimming since i was a kid.. i have swim strong current rivers, lakes and pools... usually i go alone for beach swimming.. i did not knew abt rip current and undertoe.. i do remember tht few ppl were able to stand on their feet but i wasnt and i was swimming so hard against the current.. after few minutes i had no energy left and started to get disorientated or dizziness.. i didnt stopped.. i just kept swimming and i nearly gave up bcos i was so tired and knowing tht i was not going anywhere.. i thought it was going to be my last swim.. also, life guard didnt spotted me though i was between the flag. I fought and nothing was happening.. i disnt had the time to raise my arm or shout bcos the wave was coming nonstop and i thought it would not be smart to wait for life guard.. i kept swimming and being trapped thr for few minutes..may b 3 or 5.. i decided to change swim parallel.. i did and the nxt wave pushed me towards the beach.. and i didnt stipped swimming.. i kept swimming.. i was running out of breath and i had no power left.. i came to below knee level water but i just wanted to get out of the water.. too scared of water.. i stepped my feet on the sad and i collapsed.. i tried to get up but i was shaking not bcos of fear but bcos i had no energy left and i swam hard.. my head was spinning.. i was bit disorientated abt my surroundings.. i had terrible headcje and felt like voming.. i took few more steps but cudnt make to where my stuffs were.. i just fell on the sad and breathed.. my chest was in pain and body was so tired.. i disnt moved for 2 hrs.. and then i got up.. i got dizziness and headache so iwalked to a shade and collapsed and found a comfortable position.. 2 hrs later i felt so sick but i ws happy tht i survived.. i didnt knew how to get out of the currents and nearly got killed.. i love swimming and water.. but for now first thing i am doing is watching how to get out of the currents.. so tht this wont happen again a d share it among my friends.. it might save someone's life.. undersrand the current and how to get out of it.. and keep swimming..
Yes please...and always take a flotation device and go to a public beach.my brother just drowned 10 mths ago feb 4 2018 39yrs ..it was on news.. i flew to melbourne to bury him...that day i lost all hope...please take care if being in water its not a joke.
Man I was caught in one when i was 15, worst experience of my life, didnt know what was going on, life gaurd kept screaming "don't panic, don't be scared", if he wasn't there, I would have drowned for sure, guy put a floatie over my head and around my waist and did exactly what this video mentioned, swam till the current didnt pull us in any further and then just swam around it towards the shore line. Im just gonna say it, i cried like a little bitch.
I was caught in one. My life could have easily ended in 1992, but I somehow got out of it. It was a terrible and helpless feeling to be that far out, that fast.
Two years ago my sister her boyfriend and me got onto one of those, we are very good swimmers (we used to train for competitive level 2-3 hours a day for 5 years) we were saved by local beach guards :/
I got caught in a riptide once and had no idea what was happening. A lifeguard almost went out to get me but luckily I floated out of it in time to be safe. Now I always swim parallel to the shore.
I was once in a riptide. I was younger, but not that young. I didn't really understand what was happening since I thought I was super cool by always floating. I got pulled out by my older brother who happened to be nearby. Thank you a lot for this video. Even though nothing happened to me, it's happened a lot worse to a lot more people
I got pulled out by one once. I was just doing a bit of underwater swimming near the beach for a few seconds...when I came back up to the surface I looked for the beach and it was miles away. Well not literally miles of course but it was a long way away. Very scary indeed.
You mean how did I get back to shore? I just swam for it, straight back to the beach...but I could only do breaststroke. I guess I was lucky, because whatever it was that had pulled me out must've moved away or dissipated, because they say even very strong swimmers can't fight a riptide head-on. Funnily enough, my biggest concern, was not to suffer the humiliation and embarrassment of the lifeguard (whom I saw standing up and looking straight out at me when I resurfaced from being underwater) coming out to rescue me.
I read some comments about rips vs undertows. I was caught in both at the same time. Juggling a soccer ball on a beach and then standing in knee deep water to cool my feet. Got knocked down and dragged out tumbling on the bottom on the way out. When I broke free I was very deep and my ears were killing me. When I got to the surface I was going out faster than I could swim. This was decades ago and I did not know anything about rip currents. I swam to a buoy far out and while doing that I got out of the rip and swam in. So when I see videos saying rip and undertows are two different things, I was in both at the same time. It is pretty hard to float and swim when you are tumbling along the bottom of the ocean.
I remember when I was living in South Carolina, One time during summer we went to the beach. I was having a great time, going deeper, and deeper into the water. It was not soon after that my father came over and told me and my brother to grab onto our plastic boards and hold on while he carried it away. I then felt a very strong current pulling me into the ocean while my father brought me and my brother to the shore. I didn’t know why he made us do it at the time, but now I think that was a rip current. If it was a rip current, my father saved my life cause I wouldn’t know what to do at all in that situation.
Dr Beach this is Excellent information and has probably saved many lives. Education is key unfortunately not everyone speaks english. If you could make dubbed versions of this you could be saving thousands more. great information!
I got caught in a rip and panicked then a conversation from a surfer friend in a pub from a few years earlier came into my head with the strategy in this video and i used it and got back to safety Pubs saves lives
rip currents are scary stuff... got caught in one once off the coast of mexico and another time at new smyrna beach.. the time in florida was way more scary as i swam and swam against the current until i was so tired i could barely swim anymore. I can remember yelling and waving to the lifeguard as i felt i could barely stay above the water and i was beginning to reckon with the idea that my family was going to lose me... my friend was 10 feet behind me crying for me to save him... luckily we powered through the current and made it out in one piece. ALWAYS SWIM PARALLEL to the beach ;)
I will never forget that I was once caught in a rip current and I was 11 years old. Before I went in the water, there was a green flag. Green flags usually mean that the ocean is mostly alright to go swimming. But as soon as I went in as did my sister, we were strongly being pulled. I panicked and screamed for my dad. I was fighting back by trying to get out of the rip current. I was never told how to get out the rip current the correct way. I didn't know shit. Luckily my dad heard my cries and he pulled me right out of it. My dad went after my sister before the lifeguard came and got them out. It's good that the lifeguard got my dad and sister out. But I was in total shock and upset. I couldn't even talk for a few days. I even made a judgment that the lifeguard should have changed the green flag to a yellow or red flag. He could have even warned us which area had the strongest rip currents. I hate when people may not care to do their job properly.
I've known about rip currents but never knew how to spot them out get out of a rip tide. Last beach I played in was Ocean Beach in San Francisco (aka Rip Tide beach). I'll never go in that ocean again! Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to relay this information to people I know.
Marissa Chavez I'm glad that you made it through that. In March 2014 I got caught in rip current. The breathing technique I learned in a beginners swimming course, threading, waving for help and a life guard with a rescue can helped me out.
You NEVER know what can save your life, so pay attention. For example, I'm a person who can say, with 100% certainty, that Gym class (in high school) saved my life. One time when I was at a beach in Florida, I went out 200-300 yards, looking for a sandbar I had seen the previous day. Couldn't find it, and before I knew it, I was 500 yards out. I tried swimming back to shore, in a straight line, NOPE, wasn't making ANY progress. As far as I could tell, I was still going backwards. Instinctively I knew I had to swim at an angle. I went into the water at 3rd street, and I was at 24th street when I finally made it back to shore. Hence, I had to swim against a NASTY current for MILES. It took me 45-55 minutes of NON-STOP / HARD swimming. Luckily, I remembered a variety of efficient swimming strokes from High School, so when one muscle group, or one side of my body got tired, I could switch. Gym Class, of ALL THINGS, saved my life.
Recently moved to gulf of Mexico area in Florida and I never knew what rip currents were... I witnessed a rescue and was informed of the potential danger... Having children its scary knowing how quickly you can be swept away... Thank you for the information.. You may have just save me or my families lives..... God Bless
It's great advice. Many years ago I was caught in a rip current and didn't even know it. I remember looking towards the shore and it getting further and further away, no matter how hard I swarm I kept going backwards. Initially there was the panic, but logic prevailed and I managed to realise I needed to swim parallel to the shore but I was so far out. It took a good half hour to get back to the land and I was thoroughly exhausted, near on a mile down land from where I started. It so easy to get pulled out.
What a great video, Thanks very much for this, We are leaving the city to live by the ocean and I love swimming, I shall definitely take this information with me👍. Bristol/ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Many Thanks....
I got caught in one of these when I was a little kid, didn't know what it was called though. It moved me inwards and then way off to the right from my original position, luckily I was a good swimmer so I kind of just floated along with it, then swam ashore. I remember being really tired by the time I got out. Had to walk quite a long way back to find the spot where my parents were. I don't remember being scared at the time, but when I think of my friends who couldn't swim into their teens, that's a very scary thought. Parents, teach your kids how to swim. In a lake, in a pool, doesn't matter. It's something every kid should be able to do comfortably.
Always be aware of your distance from the shore (don't float and turn your back to the beach) and always know how deep you are getting by touching the bottom every few seconds. If caught out and you have a floatation aid (boogie board, surf board etc) DO NOT release it in an attempt to swim better, you will get tired quickly. I know all these things because I didn't do them but was saved by two friends and an off duty lifeboat crew member. My luck was second to none. Please be careful.
Honestly about every other time I went to the beach as a teenager I'd get into a RIP. Back then I didn't know to swim sideways so I'd try to fight it as best I could and then ride a wave in. As soon as you can stand you're out of the worst of it. Now that I know the RIP only takes you out past the break (and not to China like I thought as a teen) I'd just stay calm and swim back in after letting it take me, or swim sideways.
Yes, the longshore current can be tricky..if you recognize it in time you can simply swim parallel in the opposite direction. My advice get an Unrestrictive Flotation Device 👍 especially if you're not a strong swimmer
I see the difference now! thank you! so when there is no white wash and low activity of waves with the white wash being pulled back is a rip current? how long do rip currents last?
Be careful. I’ve been in one. Been close to death but survived. I was just chest deep, but still had no change. Don’t underestimate this. With a strong current hip deep water can pull you in.
I was at Daytona Beach last summer when I got sucked in by what I assume was a rip current? Possibly a rip tide. All I know is that my niece and I were having a blast playing with the waves (water was around our waist) one moment and the next a huge wave came and crashed over us and when we resurfaced we were several meters back and in so deep we couldn't even touch the ground. We tried to swim forward (yeah, we know not to do this now) and it just kept pulling us back. We eventually stopped struggling to conserve our strength and just floated until a lifeguard could come get us. It was frightening. Nothing like it has ever happened to me, and I've been going to the beach (always in NY though) for several years.
A Rip Current swept me away, at that moment of fear because I swam and did not advance and it occurred to me at that moment to swim to the right side because I saw some people in front of me many meters away so they were MY FOCUS and I swam towards them, I was going to yell for help, but grief gave me the strength to reach them and then I went on and stood up, but I couldn't breathe well from exhaustion. Do not swim against the current, swim in the direction of other people, because they can help you in case you cannot follow. July-17-2022.
im watching this video because my friends husband and his 17yr son got taken away from us with a Rip Current in one of the worst beaches in Puerto Rico...Costa Azul in LUQUILLO...so sad and ironically he was in Ahmed (rescue) team for 15 yrs and one of his son is rescuer and the 17yr wanted to follow his father footstep in rescueing also..so i had to find out why so many people die in this beach, so thank u for teaching me, for future use..so sad
This is really helpfull...because our media based on money an not safety had us believing that rip tide is only at certain times an comes with storms or what have u...but truth is they are there everyday...shows ur tourist dollars count more than ur safety....i ve been in florida 30 years an been coming here fir 50 years...nice to learn this now 50 years later...thank you....theres a lot to watch for Rip current...it is not tide current...peace
I taught over 12 kids how to get out of rip currents it’s you have to pick a direction to swim parallel to the shore and swim away from the rip current once your free from the under layer of a carpet currents on your legs is when your legs are in calmer waters and then your safe to swim back to the shore.
I've experience this one already sometimes is very hard to come back but first thing u gonna do is dont be panic one time its happening to me I just let the wave take me I don't know how far it is...you just need to relax after that you can swim back where the waves are breaking or swim toward shore .
I live in Florida. I was 22 yrs old and a good swimmer because I used to live on a lake and went swimming everyday. I was standing in waist high water at the beach when a wave came and hit me from behind. I jumped up to let it pass by, like I usually do, but within a second, I was pulled uderneath the water, from a suction that was so strong. I didn't know what was happening.. It was so quick, I didn't have a chance to take a breath before being pulled underneath. I was tumbling and spinning around underneath the water. I couldn't do anything as it was pulling me out deeper. I was trying to fight it until I remembered that you're not supposed to fight, so I relaxed my body, while I was still tumbling and spinning around. It felt like it would never stop. I was so scared because I needed to breathe. Then all of a sudden the suction stopped pulling me and released me. I was so disoriented and didn't know where the surface was until I saw some light. I was so deep that it took me forever to swim up to the surface and when I finally reached the surface, I was gasping for air. I looked for the shore and saw a lifeguard on the shore, that looked like an ant. I was so exhausted from the rip current, it took forever as I slowly swam back to shore. When I reached the shore, I just sat there and cried because I could have died. The lifeguard never saw me dissappear. There wasn't any chance of swimming parallel to the shore because I was sucked under too fast and tumbling out of control. I had gone swimming alone that day and ever since that day, I have never gone alone again. Now, I have a fear for my children whenever they go to the beach. Rip currents are killers! Please, know what to look for and what to do, if a rip current should pull you under!
Sounds you got caught in an "undertow." Rip currents pull you away from the shore, an undertow pulls you under the water.
yeah thats not rip currents rip currents are friendly
I think some people are missing the point. Undertow won't pull you that far from shore. Likely this was undertow and rip current, they work together to kill. When trying to escape, you have to contend with everything, and just as the OP said - it often isn't possible to just swim parallel to shore.
kdenjen fuck the ocean, that story made my palms sweat jeez
kdenjen So glad you made it out alive, the ocean can be so cold and cruel! Beautiful but can also be deadly! 😫🙏🏻👍🏻😖😖😖😫😩🙏🏻
Every beach lover should know this information.
Rip tides took the life of my friend ... a 20 year old New Zealand rugby league player and great swimmer who jumped in to save a family member but swam against the riptide and became too exhausted to swim back ... they never found his body!
Especially Surfers like me.
@@WickedWaiata feb 4 39 yrs old my brother drowned pretty beach canberra...i lost all i had that day.we buried him in melbourne...
Sorry for your loss. Rip tides are scary dangerous.
@@WickedWaiata Did his family member make it?
I wish I could go back in time and show this to my friend who drowned. I miss you, Chris.
that's sad! i feel so sorry for you! may he rest in peace. 😭😢
rip chris
Me too i wish i cld show to my brother feb 4 2018 39 yrs old he drowned pretty beach canberra in a rip current
Sorry for your loss...
@@richardfoutch180 thanku
..missing him 2day so much...
Maybe it should be renamed to R.I.P Currents
Darkrose .Gx
They called it that for a reason. R.I.P.
That's why. They had a reason it is called rip current.
hah, hah, so very funny. very..funny
R.I.P Rip current
Darkross. Gx. Good one
aAHHHHHHHAH
When I was 5 I went on a trip to the cape (cape cod, MASS) And their were HUGE waves. I was short so for my father they were kinda medium large maybe? I’m not sure. I saw my father out hitting the waves and it looks so fun. So I put on my goggles and ran out for him. Keep in mind my mother told me I was to young to go in that water, so I had to just sit there and make sand castles. As I was walking out The water was about up to my waist, I was calling for my dads attention so I could play with him, when a huge wave knocked me over and started pulling me out to sea. While going through it I could not lift my head up and it felt like a tube. I struggled to get out. It was impossible. My goggles were filled because I was crying and screaming. But nobody could hear me. When it stopped I could not see the ground. Then I felt somthing struggle to lift me up. It was my dad picking me up out of the water. He took my goggles off and hugged my tight. Turns out the life guard saw me and blew the whistle, but was to far away so my dad went into action. The water was also to tall for him so he was barely touching the ground. And my dad is 6 feet tall. He put me on his back and carried me on land. My mother ran up crying. Everyone on the beach circled me my mother and father. The life guard told my dad I was caught in a rip tide. If jt was not for my father, I would have died that day. I love you dad.
supervise kids at the beach at all times. every minute. as you said even waist deep water can be the end for a kid.
That’s so long I’m not reading that
@@los2219 no one cares
Aww poor girl,I’m sorry. Glad you’re ok. Hooray for Dad!
This is gay and also a lie
Goodbye sea..i will never see you again...damn nature you scary
Just learn how to coexist with it.
Pussy
@@bigk-4028 😐
@@soggymochi7549 my bad bro, I was trippin fr fr😔😔
HAHAHA Don't be scared! Just know how to identify them and what to do in case you get stuck on one!
Shads died trying to save his son in California RipCurrents
Rip HERO
Thank you JK news for saving my life
omg ahahaha
John Manalo
I typed in riptide and this song came up
This comment made me laugh more than I expected to
Rest In Peace Shad Gaspard. Loved and missed dearly.
Dont tell me it was a rip current...
rip
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Brilliant Public service video...............Should be shown in EVERY school.
and on tv.
I was caught in one of these yesterday. I couldn't get back to shore and there was no life guards around. I'm only 13... I wish I would of known how to get out of one of these. I tried to swim back to shore but it was impossible.. I kept getting pulled further away. It's a horrible thing to be in. I managed to get back to shore by laying on my back and kicking my legs as hard as I could. I don't know how I did it but eventually I could touch the ground again and I walked back to shore. There was this man coming to help me but I managed to save myself... It's a very scary thing, I couldn't breathe very well, because the waves were very powerful and my mouth keeps filling with horrible sea water.. It was so scary. I think this should be shown to everyone in schools.
When I say I don't know how I did it I mean I don't know how I managed to get out of it because i was told it's impossible to swim back from one of them the way I was.
I am very happy for you. I just read an article stating five or possibly six people died in Camber Sands , UK in one day. Most likely pulled in by a riptide. We should all share these kind of videos to raise awareness. Hopefully somebody's life would be saved due to our endeavours.
+Abdur Rawat yes 5 so sad just on day trip from London
+Abdur Rawat absolutely. the same story brought me here and it's so sad. I'm sharing to raise awareness too
If you get caught in another one, don't swim fast. Pace your self instead. Fast movement is what causes exhaustion.
Wow this is the first video I've found that actually explains what causes a rip current and shows examples. Thanks for the info.
Whose hear after hearing about Shads disappearance?
I am
I am. I want to know what to do myself. R.I.P Shad Cryme Tyme.☹️
Retards roll call?
Same here after hearing the former WWE wrestler died due to his death at the beach.
🙋🙋🙋
This is a very good video. I never knew rip currents existed until I saw a post about it. I got curious and watched several videos. Now I know what to do. I'll scout the beach before I swim in it......... that is if I want to swim in it.
Same
rip current and what comes to my mind is R.I.P hmnnn...
I was thinking about that seconds before I read this.
My dad and I were both caught in a rip current at the same time and we had never heard of one and we tried to swim against it but we were getting no where. My heart rate was through the roof and I was exhausted and so panic was setting in. We yelled and waved once we knew we are out of energy, and thankfully there was a life guard. I am also thankful that he informed us how to get out of one after.
Mind sharing how?
@@KatariaGujjarBro did you watch the video?
What's scary is that the rip forms between regular waves and can form without warning anywhere.
In Chinese culture, any water close to seashore looks calm must have danger under it. Just like a person who never being open minded might be really dangerous person.
Qiuyuan Chen ooh very interesting! where did you find this from? Any specific Chinese poem or book or something?
I keep to myself and my fam a lot so does dat make me a school threat?
Ling Ling it’s completely fine to to stick with yourself and stay introverted
@@poloigloo3993 It's fine I think it's the people who are forced to stick with themselves when they want friends that it can potentially be dangerous
@@poloigloo3993 Late but I'm also an introverted. I found myself depressed more until I found someone I can share some of my burdens. Just like a balloon, the more you bottle up, it will explode eventually
Thank you, Riptide by Vance Joy. Now I know what Rip current is. Your song might just save lives.
I got tired and nearly drowned and I literally started to cry and pray that God would help me get out. Idk how but after a while my friend and I eventually did get out and I have forever had a little fear of going out too far in the water. Please inform yourself and others of the real dangers of this. It. Is. Real.
I too, was pulled under when I was 11. My mom had warned me about the undertows. Other videos say that undertows are the same thing as rip currents; this video makes a distinction between the two, describing undertows as very strong backwashes. This makes sense to me, because I was definitely pulled under. Any who wants to reply that “undertows don’t pull you under either” are simply wrong. I was slammed by a strong wave, tossed and tumbled, and pulled out to sea. And fast! It was like being sucked up in a vacuum. As it pulled me away from shore, I realized it was also pulling me deeper. Luckily, the force of the pull helped me “straighten “... no longer tumbling.... and I remember thinking, “in a few more seconds, I’ll be pulled down deep enough, and I’ll be able to touch the bottom.” So I waited (those seconds seemed like an eternity!), and then when I got really close to the bottom, I pushed against the ocean floor with all my might, with both arms and legs, and popped up and out of the current. There was no “current” on the surface. I was just treading water, and it was like “regular” ocean movement. I looked for my Mom to tell her I was ok...she was way down from where I had been, and didn’t even realize I was “gone!” So. Undertow? Rip current? All I know is, it pulled me out and down, and I pushed out of it, vertically upwards, and no current on surface. So whatever you call it, I don’t think anyone should be saying it’s the same as a rip current.
Waves are circles! ALL waves have undertow, the strength just varies.
bro when I was like 10 I got pulled under once and thought it was just the wave and I was being dumb, you started explaining exactly what happened to me and my dumbass is now realizing that was an undertow. I got slammed by a wave then slammed into the sand and was being tossed around under. I got up kinda quick tho, I don't recall anything similar to you being pulled away from shore but it seems very similar. I don't know how I'd power my way out like you did tbh, what happened to me was a terrifying experience already!
My sister and I were pretty grown when we went to cancun, around high-school. But we aren't very tall and we knew there was a red zone. It was very close to shore and always red because there was a deep deep drop in that area. And I'm talking like less than 15ish feet from shore so it was unfamiliar. And we got pulled in that direction from the green zone and the waves kept going over our heads and we were struggling to stay afloat and get air, and my brother came and got us out the water
I work at a water park and I've been a lifeguard for 3 years, one of my fellow lifeguards had a friend who died in a rip current so now I'm always looking out for them.
I finally looked it up, 16 years ago(i was 10yrs old) my cousin and I got caught in one.ill never forget how exhausted we were swimming for lives.
This is the best most well explained and simple Rip current video I have ever watched.
When surfing, I take the rip to get me quickly to the line up. =)
and...while sitting in the line-up, I've saved a few beach goers pulled out by a rip.
Rip tides are fun, get to go faster.
yes i know surfers do this. thanks for pulling out those struggling. i'm a boogie boarder.
You are a hero!
This is the best explainer video I've seen on CZcams about rip currents, so far. Thank you Dr Beach.
This happened today and i am thankful tht i am alive. I could have died this afternoon. I was enjoying the waves and being pushed to the beach and swimming deeper to be washed back.. but 10 mins later i got pulled.. i do not kno if it was undertoe or rip current.. but i experienced like being tumbled inside a front loader washing machine. I managed to get on top of the water and take breath but suddently another wave hit me from back and pulled further back. am new to ocean swimming. I jave been swimming since i was a kid.. i have swim strong current rivers, lakes and pools... usually i go alone for beach swimming.. i did not knew abt rip current and undertoe.. i do remember tht few ppl were able to stand on their feet but i wasnt and i was swimming so hard against the current.. after few minutes i had no energy left and started to get disorientated or dizziness.. i didnt stopped.. i just kept swimming and i nearly gave up bcos i was so tired and knowing tht i was not going anywhere.. i thought it was going to be my last swim.. also, life guard didnt spotted me though i was between the flag. I fought and nothing was happening.. i disnt had the time to raise my arm or shout bcos the wave was coming nonstop and i thought it would not be smart to wait for life guard.. i kept swimming and being trapped thr for few minutes..may b 3 or 5.. i decided to change swim parallel.. i did and the nxt wave pushed me towards the beach.. and i didnt stipped swimming.. i kept swimming.. i was running out of breath and i had no power left.. i came to below knee level water but i just wanted to get out of the water.. too scared of water.. i stepped my feet on the sad and i collapsed.. i tried to get up but i was shaking not bcos of fear but bcos i had no energy left and i swam hard.. my head was spinning.. i was bit disorientated abt my surroundings.. i had terrible headcje and felt like voming.. i took few more steps but cudnt make to where my stuffs were.. i just fell on the sad and breathed.. my chest was in pain and body was so tired.. i disnt moved for 2 hrs.. and then i got up.. i got dizziness and headache so iwalked to a shade and collapsed and found a comfortable position.. 2 hrs later i felt so sick but i ws happy tht i survived.. i didnt knew how to get out of the currents and nearly got killed.. i love swimming and water.. but for now first thing i am doing is watching how to get out of the currents.. so tht this wont happen again a d share it among my friends.. it might save someone's life.. undersrand the current and how to get out of it.. and keep swimming..
Yes please...and always take a flotation device and go to a public beach.my brother just drowned 10 mths ago feb 4 2018 39yrs ..it was on news.. i flew to melbourne to bury him...that day i lost all hope...please take care if being in water its not a joke.
Urvashi Patel I saw that news report. May he rest in peace
Man I was caught in one when i was 15, worst experience of my life, didnt know what was going on, life gaurd kept screaming "don't panic, don't be scared", if he wasn't there, I would have drowned for sure, guy put a floatie over my head and around my waist and did exactly what this video mentioned, swam till the current didnt pull us in any further and then just swam around it towards the shore line. Im just gonna say it, i cried like a little bitch.
Lmao the ending of your comment 😂
Better crying like a little bitch than dying
I was caught in one. My life could have easily ended in 1992, but I somehow got out of it. It was a terrible and helpless feeling to be that far out, that fast.
When in doubt, don't go out - especially without a flotation device. If trapped, flip, float, follow to escape the grip of the rip.
Two years ago my sister her boyfriend and me got onto one of those, we are very good swimmers (we used to train for competitive level 2-3 hours a day for 5 years) we were saved by local beach guards :/
This is by far the best video on rip currents I've seen. Thank you.
Ten yrs of school I learned a couple min on CZcams. Ty.
brilliant! thank you! shared with all my friends! i hope you save hundreds of lives with this video!
I got caught in a riptide once and had no idea what was happening. A lifeguard almost went out to get me but luckily I floated out of it in time to be safe. Now I always swim parallel to the shore.
Video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
I was once in a riptide. I was younger, but not that young. I didn't really understand what was happening since I thought I was super cool by always floating. I got pulled out by my older brother who happened to be nearby. Thank you a lot for this video. Even though nothing happened to me, it's happened a lot worse to a lot more people
Thank you, Dr. Beach! I'm going to keep my eyes on the local rip currents and the people around them from now on.
I got pulled out by one once. I was just doing a bit of underwater swimming near the beach for a few seconds...when I came back up to the surface I looked for the beach and it was miles away. Well not literally miles of course but it was a long way away. Very scary indeed.
How did u get out ?
You mean how did I get back to shore? I just swam for it, straight back to the beach...but I could only do breaststroke. I guess I was lucky, because whatever it was that had pulled me out must've moved away or dissipated, because they say even very strong swimmers can't fight a riptide head-on. Funnily enough, my biggest concern, was not to suffer the humiliation and embarrassment of the lifeguard (whom I saw standing up and looking straight out at me when I resurfaced from being underwater) coming out to rescue me.
+MrMikomi wow ur lucky the rip tide disappeared lol thanks for the lengthy reply mate and have a wonderful new year stay safe lol
Justin Vishwa
Thanks Justin, you too :-)
I read some comments about rips vs undertows. I was caught in both at the same time. Juggling a soccer ball on a beach and then standing in knee deep water to cool my feet. Got knocked down and dragged out tumbling on the bottom on the way out. When I broke free I was very deep and my ears were killing me. When I got to the surface I was going out faster than I could swim. This was decades ago and I did not know anything about rip currents. I swam to a buoy far out and while doing that I got out of the rip and swam in. So when I see videos saying rip and undertows are two different things, I was in both at the same time. It is pretty hard to float and swim when you are tumbling along the bottom of the ocean.
probably the only real informative video about rip currents out there! thanks for the video
This video can save many lives.. Thank u professor.
In mother Russia the rip currents don't pull us, we pull the rip currents.
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I wonder how drones with go pro cameras can be utilized more often by beach goers to track each unique form of rip currents on a given day?
This comment should have many more likes. It's a great idea
I remember when I was living in South Carolina, One time during summer we went to the beach. I was having a great time, going deeper, and deeper into the water. It was not soon after that my father came over and told me and my brother to grab onto our plastic boards and hold on while he carried it away. I then felt a very strong current pulling me into the ocean while my father brought me and my brother to the shore. I didn’t know why he made us do it at the time, but now I think that was a rip current. If it was a rip current, my father saved my life cause I wouldn’t know what to do at all in that situation.
After naya was found to understand better and learn from a horrible situation poor rivera family rip
WONDERFUL!! Very useful!!! and really well explained!!
Thank you!
This taught me something that I hope I one day won't have to use, but in case I do, I know what to do to save my life! Thank you.
Dr Beach this is Excellent information and has probably saved many lives. Education is key unfortunately not everyone speaks english. If you could make dubbed versions of this you could be saving thousands more. great information!
But I've been trying to get ripped for months. Sigh... good-bye gym membership :-(
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+jamviator who needs a gym membership to get ripped, i thought these days all it takes is a bag, paper and lighter
i was thinking the exact same thing
Wow, I have been swimming in California beaches all my life. This is the best video I've ever seen! Thank you. I will be back to learn more.
you didn't invite me
Thank you for the video.We live right on he beach here in New Zealand and this has been really helpful.
I got caught in a rip and panicked then a conversation from a surfer friend in a pub from a few years earlier came into my head with the strategy in this video and i used it and got back to safety
Pubs saves lives
Thank you very much for this life-saving information !
I survived a riptide...thank u floating noodle...
rip currents are scary stuff... got caught in one once off the coast of mexico and another time at new smyrna beach.. the time in florida was way more scary as i swam and swam against the current until i was so tired i could barely swim anymore. I can remember yelling and waving to the lifeguard as i felt i could barely stay above the water and i was beginning to reckon with the idea that my family was going to lose me... my friend was 10 feet behind me crying for me to save him... luckily we powered through the current and made it out in one piece. ALWAYS SWIM PARALLEL to the beach ;)
Most important piece of info : Know how to swim!!!!
... I'm looking at _you_, black people.
+1schwererziehbar1 I'm probably a better swimmer than most white people, including you xD
bad info! even best swimmers drown in rip ? he gives good advice how to get out don't swim against it
bad info! even best swimmers drown in rip ? he gives good advice how to get out don't swim against it
sam333 I believe it's quite pertinent information when it comes to entering the ocean.
I will never forget that I was once caught in a rip current and I was 11 years old. Before I went in the water, there was a green flag. Green flags usually mean that the ocean is mostly alright to go swimming. But as soon as I went in as did my sister, we were strongly being pulled. I panicked and screamed for my dad. I was fighting back by trying to get out of the rip current. I was never told how to get out the rip current the correct way. I didn't know shit. Luckily my dad heard my cries and he pulled me right out of it. My dad went after my sister before the lifeguard came and got them out. It's good that the lifeguard got my dad and sister out. But I was in total shock and upset. I couldn't even talk for a few days. I even made a judgment that the lifeguard should have changed the green flag to a yellow or red flag. He could have even warned us which area had the strongest rip currents. I hate when people may not care to do their job properly.
***** Thank you.
Marguerite21 how is the life guard supposed to know exactly, the rip currents arent always easy to see.
it isnt that he wasnt doing his job, i bet you wouldnt have seen it.
This is just what I needed.
Thank you this helps a lot I’m going on a trip to visit my brother, step mom, and my animals so thank you
I've known about rip currents but never knew how to spot them out get out of a rip tide. Last beach I played in was Ocean Beach in San Francisco (aka Rip Tide beach). I'll never go in that ocean again! Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to relay this information to people I know.
Shocking how this isn't taught in schools
Schools: Rips are on a spectrum and there's no clear indication of where a rip starts or ends!
Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us, professor! God bless you!
Excellent video,thank you! I had no idea all this time
I knew how to swim well, the current threw me to the rocks and I got hurt and was screwed. I got rescued as soon as they saw me hit the rocks
Marissa Chavez I'm glad that you made it through that. In March 2014 I got caught in rip current. The breathing technique I learned in a beginners swimming course, threading, waving for help and a life guard with a rescue can helped me out.
even good swimmers are no match for the ocean. or rocks. i'm glad you were safe. i live by the sea.
You NEVER know what can save your life, so pay attention.
For example, I'm a person who can say, with 100% certainty, that Gym class (in high school) saved my life.
One time when I was at a beach in Florida, I went out 200-300 yards, looking for a sandbar I had seen the previous day. Couldn't find it, and before I knew it, I was 500 yards out.
I tried swimming back to shore, in a straight line, NOPE, wasn't making ANY progress. As far as I could tell, I was still going backwards.
Instinctively I knew I had to swim at an angle.
I went into the water at 3rd street, and I was at 24th street when I finally made it back to shore.
Hence, I had to swim against a NASTY current for MILES. It took me 45-55 minutes of NON-STOP / HARD swimming.
Luckily, I remembered a variety of efficient swimming strokes from High School, so when one muscle group, or one side of my body got tired, I could switch.
Gym Class, of ALL THINGS, saved my life.
Wow my gym didn’t have swim my school didn’t even have a pool
@@drdsw2u Yeah, I went to a fancy high school lol...
(For all the good it did me, being as I'm a looozer according to society.)
San Francisco's Ocean Beach, "I think this beach should be called Rip Killer Beach." For sure. This grandpa is great.
Oh I always try to look for the calm looking part between the breaking waves won't do that anymore thanks for helping
Recently moved to gulf of Mexico area in Florida and I never knew what rip currents were... I witnessed a rescue and was informed of the potential danger... Having children its scary knowing how quickly you can be swept away... Thank you for the information.. You may have just save me or my families lives..... God Bless
Yusuf Anthony if you are from Northern States GET THE FUCK OUT!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE‼️
It's great advice. Many years ago I was caught in a rip current and didn't even know it. I remember looking towards the shore and it getting further and further away, no matter how hard I swarm I kept going backwards. Initially there was the panic, but logic prevailed and I managed to realise I needed to swim parallel to the shore but I was so far out. It took a good half hour to get back to the land and I was thoroughly exhausted, near on a mile down land from where I started.
It so easy to get pulled out.
What a great video, Thanks very much for this, We are leaving the city to live by the ocean and I love swimming, I shall definitely take this information with me👍. Bristol/ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Many Thanks....
thank you sir, very useful info.
I absolutely love this video, thank you very much. This video has helped to prevent dangerous situations.
life threatening situations *
good video, helps me with understanding them as well
I got caught in one of these when I was a little kid, didn't know what it was called though. It moved me inwards and then way off to the right from my original position, luckily I was a good swimmer so I kind of just floated along with it, then swam ashore. I remember being really tired by the time I got out. Had to walk quite a long way back to find the spot where my parents were. I don't remember being scared at the time, but when I think of my friends who couldn't swim into their teens, that's a very scary thought. Parents, teach your kids how to swim. In a lake, in a pool, doesn't matter. It's something every kid should be able to do comfortably.
Doesn't sound like a rip. Most likely just got caught in a strong current.
After watching "Baywatch", I've always wondered what a riptide/current was. Good to know now, including how to get out of one, too.
Always be aware of your distance from the shore (don't float and turn your back to the beach) and always know how deep you are getting by touching the bottom every few seconds. If caught out and you have a floatation aid (boogie board, surf board etc) DO NOT release it in an attempt to swim better, you will get tired quickly. I know all these things because I didn't do them but was saved by two friends and an off duty lifeboat crew member. My luck was second to none. Please be careful.
Scary how many people on here experienced it. Some of the stories are anxiety inducing God damn
Honestly about every other time I went to the beach as a teenager I'd get into a RIP. Back then I didn't know to swim sideways so I'd try to fight it as best I could and then ride a wave in. As soon as you can stand you're out of the worst of it. Now that I know the RIP only takes you out past the break (and not to China like I thought as a teen) I'd just stay calm and swim back in after letting it take me, or swim sideways.
well done, thanks for the upload
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Thank you for this, Sir!
Yes, the longshore current can be tricky..if you recognize it in time you can simply swim parallel in the opposite direction. My advice get an Unrestrictive Flotation Device 👍 especially if you're not a strong swimmer
Very educational video. Thank you!
Thank u for this video
I see the difference now! thank you! so when there is no white wash and low activity of waves with the white wash being pulled back is a rip current? how long do rip currents last?
Be careful. I’ve been in one. Been close to death but survived. I was just chest deep, but still had no change. Don’t underestimate this. With a strong current hip deep water can pull you in.
Excellent, thank you!
I was at Daytona Beach last summer when I got sucked in by what I assume was a rip current? Possibly a rip tide. All I know is that my niece and I were having a blast playing with the waves (water was around our waist) one moment and the next a huge wave came and crashed over us and when we resurfaced we were several meters back and in so deep we couldn't even touch the ground. We tried to swim forward (yeah, we know not to do this now) and it just kept pulling us back. We eventually stopped struggling to conserve our strength and just floated until a lifeguard could come get us. It was frightening. Nothing like it has ever happened to me, and I've been going to the beach (always in NY though) for several years.
Came for info and stayed for the girl he was interviewing she was BAD 😍
Hi Dr, Beach, cool video. I liked how you bundled with other videos. Are you using this series for a beach camp? Great idea!
A Rip Current swept me away, at that moment of fear because I swam and did not advance and it occurred to me at that moment to swim to the right side because I saw some people in front of me many meters away so they were MY FOCUS and I swam towards them, I was going to yell for help, but grief gave me the strength to reach them and then I went on and stood up, but I couldn't breathe well from exhaustion. Do not swim against the current, swim in the direction of other people, because they can help you in case you cannot follow. July-17-2022.
im watching this video because my friends husband and his 17yr son got taken away from us with a Rip Current in one of the worst beaches in Puerto Rico...Costa Azul in LUQUILLO...so sad and ironically he was in Ahmed (rescue) team for 15 yrs and one of his son is rescuer and the 17yr wanted to follow his father footstep in rescueing also..so i had to find out why so many people die in this beach, so thank u for teaching me, for future use..so sad
This is really helpfull...because our media based on money an not safety had us believing that rip tide is only at certain times an comes with storms or what have u...but truth is they are there everyday...shows ur tourist dollars count more than ur safety....i ve been in florida 30 years an been coming here fir 50 years...nice to learn this now 50 years later...thank you....theres a lot to watch for Rip current...it is not tide current...peace
I taught over 12 kids how to get out of rip currents it’s you have to pick a direction to swim parallel to the shore and swim away from the rip current once your free from the under layer of a carpet currents on your legs is when your legs are in calmer waters and then your safe to swim back to the shore.
"They should name this Rip Killer beach and maybe no one will swim in the water."
Actual Rip Killers: "Hold my speedo."
This needs more views!
This guy loves what he does. We should all be so lucky.
so important information, from argentina thanks
I've experience this one already sometimes is very hard to come back but first thing u gonna do is dont be panic one time its happening to me I just let the wave take me I don't know how far it is...you just need to relax after that you can swim back where the waves are breaking or swim toward shore .
I don’t fool with the beach past knees deep water.
That could still sweep you under your feet.
Space case jeezus
Yes stay away from the water, it is racist.