rip tide deaths

[harmonica]

.....this isn't the only time I've read about a father saving children/etc from a rip tide, and then dying ...says there were red flags signalling no swimming, but kids went in right away
....I remember I was on a beach in Hawaii and it said no swimming...and a life guard came to warn us.....we didn't think much about it.....we didn't go in and a wave sent water past us--on the side----on the beach ..

....also while scuba diving, we had trouble coming in as we were trying to get up a narrow, rocky channel ...
..water is ''heavy'', ''strong'', powerful

Married dad-of-three, 42, dies saving children caught in a rip current

Pete Rosengren, 42, left, rushed into the Gulf waters on Sunday to help the children. Rosengren, who lived in Batavia, Illinois, had been visiting Miramar Beach with his family, right.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Rip tide - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[AMart]

Those beaches/gulf waters are known for rip tides, Destin, Miramar, down 30A to Blue Mountain, Grayton etc. S. Walton has a pretty good beach warning system also.

March 16,
Nine rescued from Gulf of Mexico, Destin beaches closed to swimming due to inclement weather

DESTIN — Southern winds have blown in to create strong rip currents and life-threatening conditions for beachgoers along the Emerald Coast.

Nine people were rescued Monday from the Gulf Of Mexico at beaches in Walton County. One swimmer needed help in Okaloosa County, and red flags have been flying along the shore in both areas.

Nine rescued from Gulf of Mexico, Destin beaches closed to swimming due to inclement weather

Southern winds have blown in, creating strong rip currents and life-threatening conditions for beachgoers in the northern Gulf Coast.

www.nwfdailynews.com

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Most dont know how to deal with rip tides.
You swim parralel to them and they eventually stop then you swim towards shore.
We were taught that at a yery young age growing up on the Gulf Coast.
It's is amazing how many people ignore the warnings. At San Luis pass in Galveston there are really bad rip tides and yet parents let their kids play in the water. A shit load of kids drown there every year,most of them hispanic.
They cried racism ....only to find the signs were in both English and spanish.

 

[B. Kidd]

What did swimmers do before there were warnings and lifeguards? Figure it out on their own?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

What did swimmers do before there were warnings and lifeguards? Figure it out on their own?

Yep...
Anyone who lives on the coast knows all about em.
You can actually see rip currents if you know what to look for,once you do they're easy to spot.
It's really pretty simple. Look for foam,debris and even surface ripples and whether or not they're heading offshore or parallel to the beach which are both rip tides.
The ones pulling offshore are the easiest to spot,they form a noticable river like section of water going out rather than in. We use to use rip currents to pull us offshore when we'd go surfing. They generally dont go that far out,once you got past the breakers you simply paddle out of em.