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Can you swim against a rip current or rip tide and make it back to shore?
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.
What do you do if you are caught in a rip current?
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
What do you do if your in a rip current?
Swim parallel to the ocean shore until clear of the current
If you ever get caught in a rip current you should swim?
You should avoid them because they are dangerous. They are able to pull you into the ocean and tire you out.
Where are the rip current located at?
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.
What should you do if you are caught in a rip tide?
If you are caught in a rip tide, swim parallel to shore. Riptides are usually narrow. A girl who could not swim was caught in a strong riptide. It was narrow enough that if she had walked parallel to shore instead of trying to walk against it, she would have survived instead of being swept out to sea.
How do you get out of rip currents?
try to swim to the left or the right
What is a current that travels near and parallel to the shore line?
A current that runs parallel to the shoreline is called a rip tide or rip current.
The current that is a serious hazard to swimmers is the?
rip current.
What current is a serious danger to swimmers?
Rip current
Why swim suits are not made from cotton and wool?
Cause there to easy to rip apart
Strong surface current that flows away from the beach?
rip current.
