I've learned this the hard way after swimming right into the rip somewhere in Australia. At the time I had no knowledge at all of the danger that I was in.Wild beach,no people,no lifeguards.Very soon I realized that trying to swim towards the beach has taken me farther out so I stopped swimming.The beach looked far away.There's got to be a way out of this I said to myself Braking waves looked far but suddenly very appealing.I began to swim towards them then out and had lived to tell the tale.Looking back I can't believe how calm I was at the point when I realized that today i may drown.Usually I panic.
is the moment of near death when our brains tend to become very collected and every fibre of our body getting ready to perform the strongest and most primal of our instincts: Survive. A powerful experience and a scary one all at once.
i had a similar experience,it was pretty scary.I got pulled out so deep into sea that ppl at the beach started to look like ants & the lifeguards just stood there watching the whole time,idiots!
@@senzomakhathini7493 Wow. Did you signal for help? If you didn't they may have assumed you were fine and knew what you were doing. There's no point in going out for someone who's not in danger. That would mean if there is someone in life threatening danger the lifeguard won't see it. I'm not saying you weren't in danger but he didn't know you were.
Best video on rip currents I’ve seen. Concise yet packed with plenty of visual aids. The info on what to do when caught in a rip current is helpful, especially the suggestion to tread water: stop fighting the current and tread water until you no longer feel it pulling you out. Then swim parallel to the beach to get out of the current and try to alert the lifeguard.
Something similar happened to me on south beach with a friend who I convinced to swim out to a sand bar. The path quickly changed and got really deep on the way back. We found ourselves swimming for our lives. Repeatedly getting hit by huge waves & couldn’t feel the bottom. A terrible feeling. I seriously thought that I’d be responsible for his death & possibly my own since he wasn’t that great of a swimmer & had Asthma. I Started to tired & treaded water for a bit & looked back & heard him say my name before going under once. Then he came back up and we both kept swimming & made it back to the shore extremely exhausted. Just laid there in the sand
I was swimming in Mexico (chest high water) and all of a sudden, I couldn't feel the ground under me and the water around me was dragging me deeper into the sea. I am not a great swimmer and luckily, I was able to be pushed back near the shore. It was definitely a mini rip current but it was enough to steer me away. I now only go waist high and never more. Also, swimming seemed impossible at the moment and mini waves kept hitting my face where it was hard to breath. Some people, myself included back then, underestimate how strong a body of water can be.
What they don't tell you in this is rip current can be up to miles long and also they can form in decent sized lakes most lakes here in Texas have them I've experienced it first hand jumping off the boat by the time I surface I'm 15 meters away from it be safe everyone
I’m never going more than knee high anymore in the beach. I can’t swim and I easily panic when I’m in chest high water. After knowing this, I’d be happy basking on the sun on the sand droning my pina colada 🍹
I've experienced these (mild ones I bet) and never knew they could be this dangerous. I just thought it was freaky how at one moment you're in the shore and when you least expect it people look like ants.
Ya know i think I got caught in one when I was a kid. Very young and little, swam out alone. I could swim at the time but I tried fighting it not knowing what it was. Got lucky cause I think it wasn’t that big or maybe I accidentally got out of it on my own, ended up being sucked out to sea then got dragged back to the beach by the waves and face planted on the sand at the end of it. I guess I got lucky, like the sea taught me a lesson of caution and then gave me a good slap to remember it by the end of it.
My near death experience in Canggu Bali, no lifeguards, and I waved but no one saw me. Glad I thought about swimming to the right to surfers that were pretty far, and then after a bit swimming, I was out of the ripcurrent and could come out myself.
I was caught in one when I was in Mexico last summer. The waves were huge, so I kept getting knocked down and then grabbed by a rip. It was really scary, but the water was shallow so I just stood up and ran to the shore
That’s scary. It sounds like an undertow instead of a rip current that was grabbing at you. I’ve had a similar experience in San Diego. Glad you kept your footing and got out.
Ugh, this happened to me in Durban, South Africa when I was 8. It was a very strong rip and took me way out fast. Fortunately my dad noticed and came out to get me. Scared me to death...never again!
Yes I experienced this in phuket, and I thank God it's not my day, cause nobody will see me immediately and save me, it's just me and my will to swim back to shore for my life.
Not too far. But Far enough to make you shit the water though after you realize its to deep to touch and you have a lot of waves coming at you. As long as you just relax and don't fight it you'll be fine. Tread water, swimming sideways parallel to the shore. Takes a minute but it will work.
My cousin brother died due to this rip current in Australia.... great video and everyone should take rip current very seriously otherwise its really deadly😢
So me and my brother were going out to swim at surf City and he's getting further so I go back to help him and there I am stuck with them he's about to go under so he jumps on top of me almost translated to push him off we get some strangers attention and they help us.
I am having a hard time understanding how did poeple die from rip currents. Not to disrespect all those lost ones because i just don't understand but it seems like rip currents only pull you 25 meters away from the shore averagely and become relatively weak after that, you can always stay calm and swim back or swim out of the current. Did all the one who got killed by the current didn't know how to swim because it appear that rip current do not pull you down.
@@marvinous199 this, they are not good swimmer to start with, then they get tired quickly trying to swim against the rip current, they panic and eventually give up
I was surfing a week ago in Brazil. Mi leash broke and the board gone with a wave. Unluckily, I got stuck just between a rip and the waves. I did my best to stay calm, but had to do big effort to float after every wave. Started yelling to other surfer who was 15/20 meters from me, and, came in a few seconds. I would not stand it any longer. For the first time in my life, thought it was over.
Wow So that's what it was. My girlfriend and I swam out and we were suddenly taken out to sea by the current. We tried to swim back and quickly realized we couldn't. So we just went with it. Soon we were out by a shimp boat. The guys waved to us. They must have known we were in trouble but we didn't. They sent a guy with a motor boat. He threw us a line and then towed us to the side and towards shore. His boat engine konked out and he was trying to fix it. We waved bye and started to swim towards shore. Then the shark fins showed up. They were circling us. Then dolphins came and sharks left. Eventually the current took us back in. When we got back, we learned that people had caught a 4 foot and a little shark. We had a blast. We were too stupid to know we were in trouble except when the shark fins were circling us. And we both had a hell of a sunburn.
Anyone looking for Memorial Day 2021 if you have to keep your feet on the bottom do not go deep enough to need these videos ○ This is a demonstration by someone whom can handle much more • Study today reveals not to look for what you think it is supposed to look like as they vary and the water has to go back out anyway so even where there is not a Ripp you can be taken out away from the beach without realizing it so best is to always have flotation so that you can rest and not panic; Some is helpful but not any excess-a skilled amateur. It all comes down to a few basic principles
So that's the traumatic thing I experienced when I was 8😭I was on vacation in a foreign area and we were at the beach, I was a decent swimmer at 8 other than the fact that I have asthma, and we didnt know there was a current, so stupid 8 year old me thought it would be a good idea to go really deep into the ocean, probably about 10 ft away from other people.. I got pretty bored of being there so I tried to swim back but the water kept pulling me back and I didn't think anything of it until it pulled me deeper in, so I just swam for my life as hard and aggressive as I could, luckily the current wasnt strong enough so I made it to the shore, now i have a horrible fear of swimming in deep waters😍amazing
i tried to swim to the isle of white on a lads holiday when i was 18...tide changed after maybe 30 mins swimming..... ended up nearly a mile down shore when i managed to get back in..... yeah, don't do that !!!!
@@Anna-jh7iy Still, it’s the Arctic Ocean. It’s the coldest waters on the planet.The water is cold af in the summer too. I know cuz I’m in northeastern US and the sea is frigid here also
@@RuthlessMcToothless 1st I can't tell if you're serious, so my response will be serious... As a northern Canadian. You don't swim in the Arctic Ocean. Hypothermia would kick in too quick. Most Canadians swim in Atlantic, Pacific, or I assume mainly lakes. Like the comment you replied too. It gets fairly hot in places where 90% of the populous lives.
@@michaelblakely952 I grew up on the coast of New England. Every year in late May - early June we notice a small handful of people swimming in our ice cold ocean in swim shorts. The locals here always say “look at the crazy Canadians already swimming” or “they must be Canadian” u guys swim in our frigid ocean as if it were a tropical paradise haha. Most of us won’t go near that water without a thick wetsuit. Not teasing. U guys are built a bit differently than us. We respect u for it. We been getting a bit soft in the States
I've learned this the hard way after swimming right into the rip somewhere in Australia.
At the time I had no knowledge at all of the danger that I was in.Wild beach,no people,no lifeguards.Very soon I realized that trying to swim towards the beach has taken me farther out so I stopped swimming.The beach looked far away.There's got to be a way out of this I said to myself Braking waves looked far but suddenly very appealing.I began to swim towards them then out and had lived to tell the tale.Looking back I can't believe how calm I was at the point when I realized that today i may drown.Usually I panic.
is the moment of near death when our brains tend to become very collected and every fibre of our body getting ready to perform the strongest and most primal of our instincts: Survive. A powerful experience and a scary one all at once.
Flight or fight response in action!
i had a similar experience,it was pretty scary.I got pulled out so deep into sea that ppl at the beach started to look like ants & the lifeguards just stood there watching the whole time,idiots!
@@senzomakhathini7493 Wow. Did you signal for help? If you didn't they may have assumed you were fine and knew what you were doing. There's no point in going out for someone who's not in danger. That would mean if there is someone in life threatening danger the lifeguard won't see it. I'm not saying you weren't in danger but he didn't know you were.
@@Loki1191 rite, same happened to me and I still feel nervous when I remember it
Best video on rip currents I’ve seen. Concise yet packed with plenty of visual aids. The info on what to do when caught in a rip current is helpful, especially the suggestion to tread water: stop fighting the current and tread water until you no longer feel it pulling you out. Then swim parallel to the beach to get out of the current and try to alert the lifeguard.
Something similar happened to me on south beach with a friend who I convinced to swim out to a sand bar. The path quickly changed and got really deep on the way back. We found ourselves swimming for our lives. Repeatedly getting hit by huge waves & couldn’t feel the bottom. A terrible feeling. I seriously thought that I’d be responsible for his death & possibly my own since he wasn’t that great of a swimmer & had Asthma. I Started to tired & treaded water for a bit & looked back & heard him say my name before going under once. Then he came back up and we both kept swimming & made it back to the shore extremely exhausted. Just laid there in the sand
glad you guys made it out!
Damn that’s scary
Thanks for sharing... Thank God you both made it back safe and sound!
Did he cuss you out?
@@bunnyman6321 Ha, no. We were just happy to make it out.
My son was just caught in one at Pismo last weekend he made it out thankfully, this is very informative thank you
Many people don’t understand how dangerous water can be!
Fact
That, and wind too!
This is why learning to lay float is very important! You can save your energy if you just learn. No excuse not to learn this technique.
I was swimming in Mexico (chest high water) and all of a sudden, I couldn't feel the ground under me and the water around me was dragging me deeper into the sea. I am not a great swimmer and luckily, I was able to be pushed back near the shore. It was definitely a mini rip current but it was enough to steer me away. I now only go waist high and never more. Also, swimming seemed impossible at the moment and mini waves kept hitting my face where it was hard to breath. Some people, myself included back then, underestimate how strong a body of water can be.
lose weight
A well respected high school teacher that passed away recently due to Rip brought me here. Its so sad
What they don't tell you in this is rip current can be up to miles long and also they can form in decent sized lakes most lakes here in Texas have them I've experienced it first hand jumping off the boat by the time I surface I'm 15 meters away from it be safe everyone
Nice fact-filled no-nonsense video on a vitally important topic. Thanks.
I'm going to the beach with my grandmother tomorrow. This was very helpful. If I end up in one I will use this information
Hope it went well for both you and your grandmother.
manic hairdo don't worry, it did
I’m never going more than knee high anymore in the beach. I can’t swim and I easily panic when I’m in chest high water. After knowing this, I’d be happy basking on the sun on the sand droning my pina colada 🍹
I've experienced these (mild ones I bet) and never knew they could be this dangerous. I just thought it was freaky how at one moment you're in the shore and when you least expect it people look like ants.
Ya know i think I got caught in one when I was a kid. Very young and little, swam out alone. I could swim at the time but I tried fighting it not knowing what it was. Got lucky cause I think it wasn’t that big or maybe I accidentally got out of it on my own, ended up being sucked out to sea then got dragged back to the beach by the waves and face planted on the sand at the end of it. I guess I got lucky, like the sea taught me a lesson of caution and then gave me a good slap to remember it by the end of it.
Great info. My dads cousin died from being dragged out by a rip current. This happened at Jakyll Island down in Georgia, they never found him.
I'm so sorry😪
My friends husband has been missing for 3 days he got took out by a riptide. 😢
Oh no
@@kriztinacriztina5499 did they find him
@@Tunechi65 No, they never did. His nephew got taken out also but he was rescued by a surfer. This was in Cape Canaveral, Florida
My near death experience in Canggu Bali, no lifeguards, and I waved but no one saw me. Glad I thought about swimming to the right to surfers that were pretty far, and then after a bit swimming, I was out of the ripcurrent and could come out myself.
Very well explained. Great video . Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the advice. It can certainly prove to be a lifesaver.
A friend of mine got cut in a rip and drowned two weeks ago .... it’s terrible 😢
So sorry for your loss.
Thanks man ... i'm a bad swimmer .. this can help if im that trouble
I was caught in one when I was in Mexico last summer. The waves were huge, so I kept getting knocked down and then grabbed by a rip. It was really scary, but the water was shallow so I just stood up and ran to the shore
Glad you made it back to shore!
That’s scary. It sounds like an undertow instead of a rip current that was grabbing at you. I’ve had a similar experience in San Diego. Glad you kept your footing and got out.
Anybody came here after hearing about Naya Rivera? 😔 🙏
Omg yes 😭
Sadly yes
Yes! So sad... I’m always in the ocean with my kids and now I’m so scared
Here because of Shad Gaspard
Same!!! I never understood how they really work.
Thank you Canada from the U.S.A.
Short video, great advice!
Ugh, this happened to me in Durban, South Africa when I was 8. It was a very strong rip and took me way out fast. Fortunately my dad noticed and came out to get me. Scared me to death...never again!
Your dad's a hero! I'd be terrified, and perhaps he was too.
Fun fact the Great lakes have rip currents as well.
Very useful, thank you
Kale Springs not really u have to be a top swimmer with massive gas tank with out that u can’t swim Side back or forward.
Gas tank means stamina 😂
This video can be life saving!
I did. Trying to make sense of this unfortunate tragedy.
My heart is broken!
Ive been in a rip current when swimming in the oceon, luckily i got out before it got strong
Great Video, thanks a bunch!
Oh lighten up.
Thanks for video, very calmly and clearly explained......... I will be moving very soon near the ocean . Uk 🇬🇧 Devon....
when i have kids they will definitely be watching this . the ocean is my biggest fear
That's a big, and very strong rip.. damn.
My dad got caught in a rip current but managed to swim straight against it back to shore.
Yes I experienced this in phuket, and I thank God it's not my day, cause nobody will see me immediately and save me, it's just me and my will to swim back to shore for my life.
How far away can you be pulled by the water in a rip current?
Not too far. But Far enough to make you shit the water though after you realize its to deep to touch and you have a lot of waves coming at you. As long as you just relax and don't fight it you'll be fine. Tread water, swimming sideways parallel to the shore. Takes a minute but it will work.
Im watching this after experiencing what its like to actually be in a rip current, thank the lord im alive
This is so important to know!!
Good man, very informative
Nice to know if you're going surfing..
My cousin brother died due to this rip current in Australia.... great video and everyone should take rip current very seriously otherwise its really deadly😢
I almost got caught in a rip, but thank Allah I wasn't very far off the shore, the water level was just under my knees (aka I was entering the water)
So me and my brother were going out to swim at surf City and he's getting further so I go back to help him and there I am stuck with them he's about to go under so he jumps on top of me almost translated to push him off we get some strangers attention and they help us.
Great info👍🏻
I am having a hard time understanding how did poeple die from rip currents. Not to disrespect all those lost ones because i just don't understand but it seems like rip currents only pull you 25 meters away from the shore averagely and become relatively weak after that, you can always stay calm and swim back or swim out of the current. Did all the one who got killed by the current didn't know how to swim because it appear that rip current do not pull you down.
a lot of people are uneducated and panic which leads them to get too tired to continue
@@marvinous199 this, they are not good swimmer to start with, then they get tired quickly trying to swim against the rip current, they panic and eventually give up
It’s all about the panic. A person might even know how to swim, but panic makes them freeze or fight too hard against the water.
I was surfing a week ago in Brazil. Mi leash broke and the board gone with a wave. Unluckily, I got stuck just between a rip and the waves. I did my best to stay calm, but had to do big effort to float after every wave. Started yelling to other surfer who was 15/20 meters from me, and, came in a few seconds. I would not stand it any longer. For the first time in my life, thought it was over.
Great great great video!!
Didn't know about this but then again I always stay in the sand ..
Wow So that's what it was. My girlfriend and I swam out and we were suddenly taken out to sea by the current. We tried to swim back and quickly realized we couldn't. So we just went with it. Soon we were out by a shimp boat. The guys waved to us. They must have known we were in trouble but we didn't. They sent a guy with a motor boat. He threw us a line and then towed us to the side and towards shore. His boat engine konked out and he was trying to fix it. We waved bye and started to swim towards shore. Then the shark fins showed up. They were circling us. Then dolphins came and sharks left. Eventually the current took us back in. When we got back, we learned that people had caught a 4 foot and a little shark. We had a blast. We were too stupid to know we were in trouble except when the shark fins were circling us. And we both had a hell of a sunburn.
In was in one of these rip currents on my 17th birthday alone in Greece. I thought it was over 😂.
Thank God you are alive!
Why am I watching this I live in Denver at the foot of the mountains
This video is Wonderful ty
Hello Niqa! Thank you for your comment :)
works your nerves when your heart is out there ☹️
Me and my brother almost died literally 4 days ago from this and then some angels AKA strangers on the beach saved us
I try to tell parents all the time ..they act like the Ocean is a big swimming pool..umm not...
Hahaha. I've been on the beach before only about 10 times but nobody ever told me about rip tides!
Lol its the opposite with my parent. They were always strict with me in the ocean now I know why
Be careful people, it’s called RIP current, meaning among other things, R. I. P Rest In Peace
Ty! V important
Thanks for watching!
Got pulled into the sea and then I woke up
This is terrifying
Anyone looking for Memorial Day 2021 if you have to keep your feet on the bottom do not go deep enough to need these videos ○ This is a demonstration by someone whom can handle much more • Study today reveals not to look for what you think it is supposed to look like as they vary and the water has to go back out anyway so even where there is not a Ripp you can be taken out away from the beach without realizing it so best is to always have flotation so that you can rest and not panic; Some is helpful but not any excess-a skilled amateur. It all comes down to a few basic principles
So that's the traumatic thing I experienced when I was 8😭I was on vacation in a foreign area and we were at the beach, I was a decent swimmer at 8 other than the fact that I have asthma, and we didnt know there was a current, so stupid 8 year old me thought it would be a good idea to go really deep into the ocean, probably about 10 ft away from other people.. I got pretty bored of being there so I tried to swim back but the water kept pulling me back and I didn't think anything of it until it pulled me deeper in, so I just swam for my life as hard and aggressive as I could, luckily the current wasnt strong enough so I made it to the shore, now i have a horrible fear of swimming in deep waters😍amazing
i tried to swim to the isle of white on a lads holiday when i was 18...tide changed after maybe 30 mins swimming..... ended up nearly a mile down shore when i managed to get back in..... yeah, don't do that !!!!
I got caught in a weak one with my friend and my sister we fought it😓
nice!
God bless her
Yes, unfortunately 🥺
I came here bc today's my birthday and it told me theres gonna be one of these here 😿
Actually...as i look at the vid i realize we was in many but swimed not into is so we didnt even felt then that much O.o
If you are a good swimmer and can float, there is no reason whatsoever to be fearful of rip currents.
The ocean is very fun
Scary*
Current and swimming 🏊♂️
I got in 80 cm water rip and it was hard to keep standing .... imagine if i was in 1.90 cm 😆
cm....?
I know. Standing in 190 cm of water is hard. Especially if you are 170 cm. I don't recommend doing it for too long.
LEGOS R LIT
Soooo dangerous!!!!
Wait... Canadians actually swim in the ocean up there? Just another day at the beach swimming in the arctic LOL crazy canucks
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not but it routinely gets to 95F in the summers in some places in Canada.
@@Anna-jh7iy Still, it’s the Arctic Ocean. It’s the coldest waters on the planet.The water is cold af in the summer too. I know cuz I’m in northeastern US and the sea is frigid here also
@@RuthlessMcToothless 1st I can't tell if you're serious, so my response will be serious... As a northern Canadian. You don't swim in the Arctic Ocean. Hypothermia would kick in too quick. Most Canadians swim in Atlantic, Pacific, or I assume mainly lakes. Like the comment you replied too. It gets fairly hot in places where 90% of the populous lives.
@@michaelblakely952 I grew up on the coast of New England. Every year in late May - early June we notice a small handful of people swimming in our ice cold ocean in swim shorts. The locals here always say “look at the crazy Canadians already swimming” or “they must be Canadian” u guys swim in our frigid ocean as if it were a tropical paradise haha. Most of us won’t go near that water without a thick wetsuit. Not teasing. U guys are built a bit differently than us. We respect u for it. We been getting a bit soft in the States
👍👍👍👍👍👍🥰❤️🌹
you can also dive and walk on the sand back to the shore
I see a rip tide right now!!!
Shay
I still dont get how one manages to drown 😂😂 i dont believe it
😯
Ho dangerous
It is hilarious to see that those "swimmers" have no clue how to swim in the ocean )))
AuroSwim. Ocean Swimming. Calm down. This looks like a test