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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.
you swim sideways to escape the current. NEVER SWIM AGAINST IT!!! you will get tired and lose the will to swim.Swim on an angle to the beach
Swim parallel to the ocean shore until clear of the current
If caught in a rip tide, stay calm and swim parallel to the shore to escape the current before heading back to land. Do not panic or swim against the current, as it will just tire you out. Signal for help if needed.
You should avoid them because they are dangerous. They are able to pull you into the ocean and tire you out.
At breaks in sandbars and other obstacles located near shore. To escape from a rip current, swim parallel to shore until you are out of the current. Do not try to fight it. Even strong swimmers cannot outswim a rip. Even if you are carried farther out while escaping, you will be able to swim back in with ease once you escape the current, or float until someone comes to rescue you. Written by a former ocean lifeguard.
try to swim to the left or the right
A current that runs parallel to the shoreline is called a rip tide or rip current.
rip current.
Rip current
a rip current. This fast-moving water can pull swimmers away from the shore and out to sea, posing a danger to those caught in its grip. Swimmers should avoid struggling against the current and instead try to swim parallel to the shore to escape its pull.
Cause there to easy to rip apart