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A rip current forms when water breaks through the sandbar and begins to flow back down the sloping ocean bottom. (as a sandbar is growing it can trap water flowing along the shore)
A current that runs parallel to the shoreline is called a rip tide or rip current.
The full form of RIP is Resting In Peace
rip current.
Rip current
RIP=Rest in peace
A rip current forms when water breaks through the sandbar and begins to flow back down the sloping ocean bottom. (as a sandbar is growing it can trap water flowing along the shore)
a rip current
rip current.
The past form of "rip" is "ripped".
No, you should NOT try to you swim against a rip current or rip tide. You will NOT usually make it back to shore. Instead, you should swim perpendicular to the rip. It will carry you down shore, but you'll get to shore safely.
Undertow.