Funny, I grew up in Miami but currently live in Raleigh and have been to the NC beaches many times. I'm pretty sure I always knew them as rip currents. But now

Funny, I grew up in Miami but currently live in Raleigh and have been to the NC beaches many times. I'm pretty sure I always knew them as rip currents. But now I wonder if I learned them as tides and started calling them currents at somepoint. Tides is definitely a misnomer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current I've been caught in one before too but nothing so dramatic!