Danger Rip Current: Instructional Guide

[@rasmasyean]

Thanks a lot for the post! When I was a teen, we used to sneak into the beach at night, and sleep under the boardwalk to watch the sunrise. We did stupid crap like make a fire there and put it out when cops were coming to look for us. And sneak up on couples to watch them "do it"! :P As always, we went into the water after day break when no lifeguards were there yet. One of these rip currents took us and we couldn't get back. I was the shortest and asked my friend if he can stand cuz I was tired. He said "just barely" and I put my hand on his shoulder and we both went under. I was so tired, I panicked and couldn't keep my head above. I felt him try to push me up and I drank so much water. I KNEW I was gonna die! Ironically, the first thing I thought was "My grandma's gonna kill me!" (she raised me). Then as I had no more strength, I was actually relaxed and ready to go. It's really true that your life flashes before your eyes! Then someone grabbed my hair and threw me on a surfboard and I saw all my friends around me on surfboards too! These surfers came outta nowhere! And this man was screaming at me and I was in so much shock I didn't know what he was saying. Later my friend told me he was screaming those "swim along the shore" instructions you talk about! Sorry for the long post, but I hope anyone reading will learn something from a bunch of dumb teens!

[@ProwerAdmirer]

rasmasyean thanks for sharing though I never go to a beach

[@macaeangelius3183]

Thanks for sharing. You tell everything in detail. Take care!

[@chinadashauthority65]

Wow what a night, those surfers were some angels 😍

[@nettiemarie2556]

God brought those surfers to you, Im praising Him for that right now 💖💝😘

[@lataviakpropheticministries]

Wow God was watching over you guys for sure

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Thank You for watching and commenting Stefania, Rip Currents can have many different looks too them. The ones that are the most dangerous are like this one where you really can't see them, that is why you should always swim at a lifeguarded beach!

[@sinankucuk7787]

the best video i have ever seen about the rip currents, really good idea to let good swimmer try to swim to shore in rip currents.even if so close you cant get to the shore.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

rock sinan Thank You so much for your reply! Stay safe!

[@sinankucuk7787]

i am from Turkey, unfortunately, so many people drown because of rip current in black sea

[@wwrfan204]

Billy Warpinjur wow Rip Current Are Dangerous

[@AshleyMillsTube]

I'm surprised they don't have big signs on entering the beach saying "if you feel yourself being pulled out to sea ..." So many preventable fatalities from rips it seems odd it isn't more commonly signed.

[@annadoesroblox6205]

Well... they do that for beaches prone to rips but they really should for every beach. In Australia, everyone learns about rips, and I wish that was the case everywhere.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

People are ignorant! But it’s mainly because we don’t pause and check things out. I’m a beach person but I’ve done stupid stuff hiking because it’s not my element.

[@TetraSamurai]

@@annadoesroblox6205 every shore has rip currents, but they’re usually so weak that you can fight against it if you try hard enough. The strong ones are the ones you have to worry about

[@jamietompkins5722]

My great grandmother told my mother what to do in a rip, my mother told me… I believe common sense isn’t something that can be put on a sign. The sign will not help the people who need it.

[@AshleyMillsTube]

@@jamietompkins5722 it wouldn't do any harm

[@therealsteel__]

You cant escape it no matter how good swimmer you are and you dont know how rip currents work. Thanks to this informative video, it added into my list of "what to avoid in beaches"

[@Davethehorse321]

Came here to understand what happened to me years ago. At that time I was around 5' tall, not very strong, and I was wake boarding in Cali. I got caught in a riptide and I cannot believe how similar it felt to the bottom 1st person video from this guy! It was a very scary experience, but what baffles me is how I got saved. I was screaming in the water due to my lack of knowledge of what was going on, and my friend jumped in and swam both me and his ass BACK TO SHORE THROUGH THE RIPTIDE. It was actually insane to comprehend, it is even now to this day. I wish I would have seen this before I went to Cali. The waves are so big when you get caught out there that it becomes a very scary experience.

[@sallybennett7869]

Possibly the best video on RC's I've seen. 40 years ago I used to swim off Whitesands Bay, West Wales with a friend, this beach is famed for surfing and is known to be dangerous; we used to 'dare' to swim out to the mast of an old wreck which only got exposed at very low tides. Once we found ourselves unable to get back to shore despite all efforts, some instinct told us to parallel the shore for a while, this took us very close to another danger in the form of an outcrop of rocks but somehow we made it back utterly exhausted! Another time I was on the same beach and I forgot to check the tide times, I was alone in a small cove beyond the rocks I mentioned earlier, the tide had come into the cove but not yet the main beach...I had to swim for it, around those rocks. So there are 2 incidents which I managed to survive but then I'd never heard of a rip then!

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Thank You!

[@douglasmcloud9065]

Last year I was swimming further and further off shore just for fun. When I turned back, I realized that I've gone quite far out, so I started swimming back but I wasn't making any progress. In fact, the distance between the shore and I was increasing. At the time, I had no idea what rip currents were, so I started swimming even fast. It took me a good 10 minutes just to swim back and at the end, I was exhausted.

[@terencewinters2154]

Panic and fatigue from fighting RIP currents causes most drownings . Floating with it may take you further out but will not fatigue you. Wait for a land bound swell only to make incremental progress as a body surfer would catching a wave if you angularly ride waves you will get out of the RIP. You may end up at an adjoining beach from where you entered but no matter you have used the oceans strength to your favor . Dont try to fight her undertow by attempting to stand in a RIP. Stay surface planed and look for that swell 🌊to ride safely to shore Preventively, examine currents before entering for side sweeps ,undertows, and rips. 🙌🙏⛑🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️🌬🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🏖🛑✅⚕ Rips occur most often because of the accretion of a sand bar that erodes breaks causing a fierce rushing undertow. You can try to spot them by wading first- you will feel the backwash strength . This may be more noticeable prior to low tide . So that's another thing you can check what is the days high and low tides. Lunar events effect tides . Be safe be aware hold your finger up in the air .

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Good to hear that you are safe! Rip Currents are all different so please swim in a lifeguarded area! This video is really meant to show the basics to survive and a person will probably not remember in a time of panic!

[@BraddahsCuzin]

Born and raised on Maui. I am not a lifeguard, but there is no way in hell that I wouldn't jump in the ocean to help someone in need local or visitors. It's just how it is. I know my ocean, it is a beast. It's at the point where my friends and I are looking at each other saying who's turn now for rescue someone. It's my responsibility to do it, my ocean it is what it is just the way I grew up. All I ask is to educate yourself, read magazines, newspapers, listen to local news/surf cast. No be shame for ask questions, asking questions WILL safe your life. Use common sense.

[@brightandsunny]

This is the best video ever! Showing being in an actual rip from swimmers point of view. You did millions a great service! Thank you.

[@martintuskevicius8084]

It’s so scary watching him swim as hard as he can towards the shore but he only gets pulled further and further out… It really shows how powerful these rip currents are.

[@kevinli256]

And yet he is a life guard with perfect swimming skills!

[@davidedwards4088]

Thank you lieutenant Mark J. That was absolutely what KZbin was meant for!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@williamestrada4212]

Wow...never knew about rip currents. Thank you so much for posting.

[@shyam3106]

Are you living under a rock?

[@robprescott5311]

He/she probably knew what they are, but probably didn’t know why they are so dangerous.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

So sorry that I accidentally removed a post from a day ago, I was trying to respond and say thank you.

[@ZoeTheCat]

Finally - An actual demonstration! Nice - well done.

[@johnandrew00]

Thank you JK news for saving my life

[@kitStep37]

palabra

[@tashl7399]

John Manalo you too

[@jk1112]

No problem.

[@arianorid3255]

A group of kids from my church were on a mission trip in Costa Rica and when they were at the beach, two girls got caught in a rip current and had to be taken to the hospital. There was only one lifeguard, and the other kids there basically saved their lives (along with the help of the lifeguard) and from the story they told, it sounded traumatizing. Every one of them, the kids who saved them and the girls who got swept out in the first place, said that they thought they were gonna die. By some miracle of God though, they ended up safe and only stayed one night in the hospital. You never think these things will be that bad until you actually experience one for yourself, is what I've figured. However, some good came out of it as a couple of girls that they had ministered to decided that they wanted to learn more about Jesus after learning that everyone had survived, because they saw it as a miracle as well. Out of the 5 or 6 people caught in the current in total, all came back alive, and with little to no injury, which is amazing.

[@nettiemarie2556]

Praise God 🫂💯💖

[@LoveSunshine1221]

Without the red flags you couldn't really tell there was a rip there because the waves are everywhere . It is not obvious , not in this place .

[@jrambo7495]

It's totally obvious, once they pointed it out.

[@chrisnizer1885]

Back in my surfing/bodyboarding days we would use rip currents to get us out to the line-up. Kind of like using the people movers at the airport to get you to the terminals. A good one would get us out to the line-up with our hair still dry. It sure beat trying to fight your way through the shorebreak, then past the sandbar/impact area, to the first peak where the waves break.

[@SFR_07]

Chris Nizer you know you can't swim against the longshore current.it will pull you back in the rip current.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Exactly! Same here!

[@KasidisP]

this short old instruction is alot clearer and make senses than many if these days.

[@amyschmidt1113]

I think they should add the word "parallel", "side by side to the beach", cuz it's too scary for me to say 'I'm gonna just let this current take me wherever" but I can relax a little and allow it to pull me alongside parallel to the beach until it releases me from clutches.

[@GmoneyMozart]

I still can't spot it from shore

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Gmoney Mozart It really takes a trained eye! I worked as an ocean lifeguard for 30yrs., so for me it is second nature. One way but it's not always true is if there are waves and there is a calmer spot in between were the waves are breaking, generally that is a rip current area because it's deeper their than where the waves are breaking. When you can, it is always best to be in a lifeguarded area!

[@GmoneyMozart]

Billy Warpinjur thanks. ya I always swim at the beach with a lifeguard. I just want better inform myself. :)

[@lunarriviera]

+Gmoney Mozart the capture from 1:03-1:13 is the best I've ever seen; the water looks smooth & glassy by the warning sign, with surf on either side

[@Ashley-ro4xz]

Billy Warpinjur is it true that waves break more often in shallow water? Than in steep?

[@kajasikora9929]

thank you lifeguards!

[@steverocksyo]

Although in the beginning he could've tried standing up. This is a very good demonstration.

[@thaitim007]

When the tide is sending the sea in, the weight of water is huge.. It is pushing against land and cannot go over it, or around it. The heavy volume of water will channel back through deeper valleys in the sand wherever they may be on the shore. The water volume is so great, these rip channels have the power of swollen rivers or more. If you get into a rip in your own depth, you may be able to fight in by keeping you feet in the sand and pushing back in. The deeper you are, the harder it is. To survive a rip once you're out of depth, don't panic or try to swim against it. Swim with it and then swim out of the side. This may mean 100-200 meter swim through the surf, so be ready.

[@cheeta.hkilledthegazelle6475]

why cant you swim out from the side straight away?

[@thaitim007]

Cheeta.H Killed The Gazelle Just like in a river, you can try to swim across to the side, it will take you out in the direction of the channel faster than you can. For energy saving, swim with the rip as it will take you in. If you are in your depth and feel the rip, you can fight it with your feet in the sand using your legs to get you in. Once out of depth though, swim with the rip.

[@Samlol23_drrich]

This is the best one of these. Thank you.

[@Dhahran4]

So empressive and useful

[@MrAndalian]

my friends died in rip current in a lake, so hopefully videos like this approach more viewers..

[@ignaciomartinez3023]

An N a lake?

[@CDD1992AB]

these videos help a lot! greetings from a lifeguarding aspirant! :)

[@VacuumandFirealarm]

I was caught in a rip current once and I thought I was gonna drown but luckily a lifeguard saved me and I was totally carful after that. But know I know how to spot a rip current and know what to do if I get caught in a rip current so thanks for uploading a video about rip currents

[@BillyWarpinjur]

You are so welcome Genesiz sri lanka! Always wanted to travel to Sri Lanka, stay safe and enjoy the ocean!

[@name-hr5ls]

you do realise in order to reply you must click *REPLY* right?

[@haruharu4344]

That's one hella strong lifeguard there

[@user-pb3kd1vg5n]

I also read that you have to swim parallel of the current to get out before swimming to shore

[@redbarbertv]

Nice demonstration! Thank you!

[@doreenhadlich3831]

I was in Sri Lanka catched in a rip current. I tried to swim back to the shore, but it was not possible and I was in panic. The lifeguards came to rescue me. I'm alife!!!!!

[@Ashley-ro4xz]

Best video I’ve seen. Should be shown at any beach

[@bottle6969]

name of the music??? thanks for the helpful video!!

[@TomorrowKnocks]

Billy Warpinjur needs to get his music on Amazon. I couldn't add it to my playlist.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

1776 Yankee Doodle Thank You I’ve never really thought it was mixed all that well. I really appreciate your liking my music!

[@hotdinkumdog]

It should be easy for viewers to identify the rip is travelling diagonally to the right. This leads to the sandbank within the surf break where waves are breaking and travelling back to the beach not “out to sea” as suggested. If the swimmer just floats he will end up on the shallow sandbank where the waves will push him back toward shore. He chose to swim across the beach left against the current going right, only a good swimmer can achieve this. So remain calm and float seaaustralia

[@therelaxationstation5258]

They need to teach this in schools

[@васявасильев-з8ъ]

I never, never liked to swim in oceans and seas! Unwelcome element! Unwelcome and dangerous!!!

[@alexandersmurr-ferrer7713]

It can be dangerous, if you're stupid and reckless, but it can also be one of the most beautiful places you've ever seen. You just have to be careful and know when/where to swim.

[@notsotacticalninja2409]

very good shown how this all is effecting people and how it works, very good, thanks for making this video! :)

[@lunarriviera]

well that was bloody terrifying

[@zorusiusprinsus6260]

Just yesterday, i was pulled by rip current in a moroccan atlantic beach with high weaves when i tried to come back after swiming like a 150 meter... I always swim and been through rip currents and can swim 3 km...but ystrdy it was very difficult and felt like if it will never end, i tried to swim sideways...went with it again tried sideways...i was totally stuck and begin to be tired and no swimming theory could help... I tried to relax though the panic was like i hv never experienced...thanks to God there were some surfers away from me, i screamd and wistled to them....finaly with their help i was out, and never rerurned ... It was really a bad experience that i have never expected...

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Thank God for the surfers! Always swim near a surfer or lifeguards, hopefully both

[@zorusiusprinsus6260]

@@BillyWarpinjur yes, always, you never know...

[@ramdas363]

What's your religion?

[@zorusiusprinsus6260]

@@ramdas363 muslem, why?

[@ramdas363]

@@zorusiusprinsus6260 It could be God is after you not believing in the right one. You were lucky the surfers were there, most surfers are atheist.

[@reuventhehotboy]

Question how far can it take u out to the sea if u just stay afloat?

[@BillyWarpinjur]

It all depends on the size of the rip current and also where you are. Ocean conditions are different so swim by a lifeguard. They are trained for their local conditions. If there aren’t any lifeguards around and it’s rough, stay out of the water!

[@annadoesroblox6205]

90% of the time, rips will actually circle back to a sandbar where you can then ride with the waves back to shore

[@SFR_07]

it looked beautiful out, I don't know why there could be a rip current out there?

[@BillyWarpinjur]

As you get pulled out to sea! Swim where there is a lifeguard!

[@jonn443]

How would you rank the strength of that rip?

[@arnokilianski7889]

it happens on the Great Lakes (Canada & USA) too, not just the ocean.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

So True!

[@Faithfully103]

best video on rip tides. thank you

[@SimonNowak]

Great video. I didn't know about that! Thanks!

[@poolmanander]

You can go to the left or right to try to avoid the rip current too

[@rpminternet2805]

They can be spotted like break of waves in middle... Little darker in colour..

[@reuventhehotboy]

Thanks for ur brave job ...it's like anything , I can back up a trailer near anywhere but hey when it comes to blood,doctors medicine or swimming , I pass , no thanks.

[@xavierheadbang]

Am I the only one who don't see any signs of the rip current ? It looks completely same for me

[@qstal]

Never realized I’ve been caught in small ones as a kid but nothing dangerous enough to cause panic, haven’t swam in the ocean in two years though

[@gracehoxh]

Looks like I won’t be at the beach a lot. I will be at the pool.

[@ghostyman666]

Or you can just swim in a swimming pool instead of swimming in a large salty body of water with tides and sharks all kinds of danger.

[@skateboarderlucc]

If you happen to be a huge pussy, that is.

[@roguexz7512]

so if you try to swim to shore when you're in a rip current, you will probably exhaust yourself and possibly drown from being exhausted?

[@seacaptain2431]

Panicking,not knowing how to swim,exhaustion Reasons you might drown

[@Soothsayer210]

does rip currents always happen in the same place in the beach since they are connected with sand bars as i understand.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Not with sandbars as the sand shifts. With reefs they will generally stay the same due to a solid reef floor.

[@anakinskywalker6483]

Very good advice

[@momotaroreincarnatednthtim6303]

It happened to me i was unaware what I got myself into and was trying to swim back against the current due to panic lucky i grabbed onto something and pulled myself back to the shore. No i know these things exist.

[@klausm4086]

Very important video! Thanks a lot!

[@Darksagan]

Cant you tell by the color of the water. Like if its pulling then the water gets really brown from the sand. Thats what I usually see in Cali...shit is strong but ive never been at risk.

[@BraddahsCuzin]

Good video! White wash coming in good. Blue water, clam water bad! It's a rip current. Stay calm, relax, don't fight it swim across it left or right. #1 rule If in doubt don't go out.

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Thank You

[@BraddahsCuzin]

@@BillyWarpinjur thank YOU, for this video. People underestimate the ocean, on a calm day the beast(ocean) will open up and test you. Never turn your back on the ocean. If in doubt, don't go out. If you can help rescue do so,if not get as much attention as you can so others who can rescue will see you. Take a few minutes before you go in the ocean and look/study the ocean, she will tell you how she's feeling. Ask questions, locals/lifeguards even that 10 year old kid that's dropping bombs or getting hammered in shore break. Guarantee that 10 year old has been dropping bombs/hammered by shore break since he/she been in diapers. Ask questions! Listen to the lifeguards. If you don't see locals in the ocean, there's a reason so don't go in. Rip current: relax, be calm, don't panic, don't fight it, take a good breath and swim parallel to the rip. If tired, relax, be calm, don't panic, don't fight it. Yell! Wave your hands vigorously get as much attention as you can so people will see you. If you see someone in distress 911 is your best friend. Do whatever you can to get as much attention as you can so lifeguards can get there quickly. Use common sense.

[@СветланаПахомова-ь3и]

Спасибо за наглядную демонстрацию как нужно вести себя при попадании в рип

[@luciobarbato1461]

But it looks like the lifeguard could make it if he wanted , meaning he swam not at full speed

[@BillyWarpinjur]

True this was only a display of what to do. The conditions were at low tide when we filmed this, so please don't focus on that.

[@9webwiz9]

with a good sea kayak, these can be real fun! just gotta know what to do if you fall in

[@wedamahesa7816]

damnnn! dis is so fucking useful 😭 thanks a lot for posting dis video

[@kayleebaker9836]

Ive been in the ocean before when it was dragging us out and we were almost out to where my dad couldn't touch and i was trying to swim but it would drag us back and we did this and we made it all the way back but the waves were almost as big as me and they would like bring us back a yard it was annoying but we made it i was scared too also that was when they said a hurricane would come soon and people shouldn't be out in the water. I think the storm was either irma katrina or matthew it was this summer i know that. It was windy under the water too. it was like making me trip and my grandma was there too, my dad had to carry her and take my hand because she weighs about 100 pounds

[@ImGeoX]

The life guard wasn't even trying to swim. His arms and hands were so limp and his knees were out in front of him.

[@Andrew-vt2wq]

I'd pay good money to watch michael phelps vs rip current straight to the shore race. i bet on phelps

[@TheGunzSkido]

@Ashok i5 phelp is aquaman

[@bluze6131]

@@TheGunzSkido good point

[@crashx7]

Great video,

[@xisting4me]

You said to relax and let the current take you until it stops which sounds misleading....I was told to swim diagonal to shore which sounds more logical...can you explain why you would just let the current take you?

[@BillyWarpinjur]

No it's not misleading because the majority of people will try to swim in against the current and get tired or suck in water and then they are in trouble. Yes if you are a strong enough swimmer, depending on the size and strength of the rip you could swim diagonally. But some rips are so powerful, they would not let you get out of them and you've exhausted valuable energy! This is intended for the majority of inexperienced ocean swimmers, to relax and let the rip take you without panicking and let the lifeguard save you! If you swim in a non lifeguarded area, You're a Dumb Ass!!!

[@seacaptain2431]

Hahahhahahaha "you re a dumbass" fucking loved that

[@godsdisciple2904]

Billy Warpinjur Thanks 4 this info Be Safe Bro Godbless i appreciate ur Vid👍🙏

[@maryhasfaithmuchlove2570]

Dang that's scary 😣😯

[@taxuanthaian]

Thank you so much!

[@EppingForest304]

Good video, except for the 70s porno style soundtrack

[@JuniorSilva-yl7xy]

The best video!

[@trustissues3461]

Is a rip current like a whirlpool?

[@Whostrikes]

It's just a current of water that goes back to the ocean, The water from the waves have to get back somehow and that's where the rip current forms

[@pennywisethedancingclown299]

No it's more like a river

[@TheBelilu]

Thank you!

[@ChandraAnt]

thanks for the tips ,,this is very usefull

[@ولدالسلطنة-ع7ث]

مشكورين على الماده العلميه المفيده

[@sl9wdive]

the music is so good

[@paillette2010]

🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thank you!!!

[@wampachomp5120]

love the music choice

[@teddyarman2221]

I am ftom Indonesia. This vlog is attractive when there is model is taken by rip current

[@richardneagle3177]

Really helpful 👌

[@sealifett8395]

Use a wetsuit when swimming open water.It can save you from currents and cramps

[@TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

Why do people drown sometimes with rip currents?

[@sib30four]

+TheSpiritOfTheTimes My guess is they use all their energy trying to swim straight into shore and can no longer stay afloat.

[@christianespina5433]

Well demo and explained

[@johnroedbacting6620]

Thanks for info.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Ty important info

[@queeniecerenado1302]

I still dont get it.....I cant see or spot it

[@HengkiIrawwan]

Good information

[@martinsvensson7744]

Very good video

[@BillyWarpinjur]

Thank You Martin, I'm glad you like it!

[@MrJellybelly420]

Shouldnt scare you to go to the beach, it doesnt happen everytime your in the ocean but it can happen and its happened to me before. Its easy , dont fight your way back forward cuz you aint gonna fight the water , youll lose. Just keep cool let it take you till you feel it stop bringing you back and swim opposite away from that area of water and catch the waves back in shore a ways over. Its sketchy but it happens so dont let the ocean scare you.

[@seacaptain2431]

Please name of music

[@RamirezHD]

I live in Hollywood FL, and one of these bitches got me! it freaked out the hell out of my life. But, I just did exactly what this video shows. Scary feeling man. Be safe