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The thing about rip currents, all you have to swim are those 25m or 50m sideways and the waves will wash you back to the beach.
by TomK32 8y ago
The thing about rip currents, all you have to swim are those 25m or 50m sideways and the waves will wash you back to the beach.
- jessaustin 8y agoSometimes it seems that all the warnings and caution about rips actually make them worse. Most rips will eventually move you sideways, so relaxing and going with the flow is a fine response. Even those that just move you away from shore are easily handled as you observe. Yet lots of capable swimmers have been surprised by a rip, remembered all the dire warnings, and panicked.