Every year, news media talks about Rip currents, at beaches, you never hear about the Undertow current.?!!?

[52ndStreet]

Every year the T.V. news media talks about "Rip Currents" that pull you out to sea. You never hear a report about the "Undertow" current, that pulls you under the water at the Beach.??!! .Why no "Undertow Current" reporting by the T.V. News media.??!

 

[Meister]

 

[JBG]

Every year the T.V. news media talks about "Rip Currents" that pull you out to sea. You never hear a report about the "Undertow" current, that pulls you under the water at the Beach.??!! .Why no "Undertow Current" reporting by the T.V. News media.??!

Effectively I think they are the same.

 

[Crepitus]

Every year the T.V. news media talks about "Rip Currents" that pull you out to sea. You never hear a report about the "Undertow" current, that pulls you under the water at the Beach.??!! .Why no "Undertow Current" reporting by the T.V. News media.??!

Because it's the same thing. One on the surface, the other below it.

 

[initforme]

Beach toutism needs a big drop in people. That would be a great thing.

 

[hjmick]

Effectively I think they are the same.

Nope.

The differences between rip currents, undertows and rip tides

Rip currents, undertows, and rip tides are natural ocean hazards. These hidden dangers put swimmers and beachgoers at risk. Learn how to identify them.

www.surfertoday.com

 

[Zincwarrior]

Thats why i avoid the ocean. Me and rubber duckies are just fine in the tub!

 

[1srelluc]

Undertows are a thing near old power dams with water going over them. It don't take much either.

I remember a couple people drowning at an old power dam (built 1905) in my AO. They got too close and the undertow pulled them under and rolled them around such that they could not escape.

The dam was removed in 2010.....Boy, I sure caught a lot of fish there as a kid.....Back then it was a bait house. the upper building was turned into a residence. The walls were made of limestone block quarried across the river.

 

[odanny]

Rip currents are simply a channel in the sand that the surf uses as a path of least resistance. That's why you swim parallel, to get away from that channel. Undertow, does that occur as a result of nature? It would take a whirlpool.

 

[52ndStreet]

Effectively I think they are the same.

They are not the same. Two separate currents.!! That's why so many people die every year. They are not aware of the difference between these currents.!!

 

[JBG]

They are not the same. Two separate currents.!! That's why so many people die every year. They are not aware of the difference between these currents.!!

Well what is the difference? And aren't both major hazards?