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Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
marcas@mastodon.ie ("Marcas Ó Doibhilin") wrote:
HOW TO SPOT A RIP CURRENT:
IT'S WHERE THE WATER LOOKS EASIEST AND SAFEST, with no waves breaking or rolling in.
NEVER ENTER THE SEA HERE.
If you get caught in a rip, DON'T FIGHT IT. You can't swim back to shore against it; you will become exhausted and drown.
Instead, SWIM ACROSS IT, parallel to shore. You'll soon be out of the current and can then easily swim back.
Boost, please, and make sure your friends and family know this when they hit the beach.
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- Photo of a beach, taken from a balcony above. There are (mild) waves breaking all along the shore, excerpt for a corridor right on the middle, maybe 20 metres wide, with no breaking waves, no seafoam etc. The person who made the photograph has drawn a big circle around round this corridor to emphasize it. It *looks* like this should be safe. It's not! This is a rip current. It will pull you very forcefully out to sea. It's dangerous to fight against it. Just go with the flow (literally), let it carry you out a bit, then swim across it, parallel to the shore, and you will soon be out of it. (remote)
