Deadly beach rip currents claim 2 lives in Florida, 45 others rescued

[@C-1-FRY]

This happened in NY when I was younger. My buddy and I almost died. Easily the most terrifying experience of my life. By the time you realize what’s happening, you’re so exhausted you can barely swim. Luckily we were saved by a professional surfer, who saw us drowning. I barely go in the water since that day, seventeen years ago.

[@donaldeisenbarth5255]

I have been caught in a rip twice at Ormond. Don't try to swim to shore swim parallel to the beach and when you are out of the rip, then swim to shore.

[@gayle5967]

This is EXACTLY what I was taught by lifeguards and water rescue personnel. Swim parallel to shore until free of current, then swim to shore...... But most importantly don't panic, and don't go out if there are current warnings.

[@Adventureswithbecky]

You guys blew it with this story. I guarantee that Life guard was going to tell people HOW to get out of a rip. Swim parallel until it breaks then head to shore.

[@gayle5967]

This is EXACTLY what I was taught by lifeguards and water rescue personnel. Swim parallel to shore until free of current, then swim to shore...... But most importantly don't panic, and don't go out if there are current warnings.

[@LoLoLifeinFlorida]

That's what I was taught to do growing up!

[@LucrativeLarry]

Your so smart with the common sense that the whole world knows 😂smh acting like you invented side swimming 😂😂😂

[@Adventureswithbecky]

@@LucrativeLarry your comment makes zero sense.....

[@2TMarie]

There are signs saying, "Danger, Deadly Currents" yet, quite possibly I can imagine a tourist saying, "oh, well! We can't let that stop us from enjoying the ocean!" DUH! 😕

[@seanm3463]

Florida man disagrees with you

[@Soapboxstomper]

So you are assuming its dumb tourists and not dumb homegrowns??!!

[@2TMarie]

@gregcarver1915 YEP! Me too!

[@ginahickman6864]

Look at the water...Why would any sane person go in when the water is that rough...Just dog gone crazy.

[@reptar69]

Are you blind??? the water is calm..

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

Are you blind the winds are crazy! They should have evacuated the beach when the winds are that high.

[@lostone9700]

47 people.

[@Layheeee]

@@lostone9700 47 people that can’t chew gum and walk at the same time, I have no empathy for people that can’t swim.

[@c0gimyun]

respect the ocean, it always wins! teach and stress your children about ripcurrents and beach safety!

[@juliaweber212]

Wear a life jacket if there's bad weather stay out of the water and beach

[@Soapboxstomper]

AND listen to your lifeguards❤❤❤❤

[@Jacqueline888]

if you’re caught in a rip, stay calm, DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT, swim sideways! don’t scream for help, mostly likely no one will hear you + your open mouth can take on water. use your arms to signal.

[@e.turduckeny630]

Rip currents don't care if you can swim. I've been a great swimmer (in Florida) my whole life. Parent's made it a priority given how much water we have in the state. Got caught up in a rip current one summer in my 20's. Water honestly didn't look bad at all and it was a very busy, people filled day at the beach. Honestly that makes it worse, because you have less room to maneuver. I realized how far I'd drifted in the current and started working my way back towards the beach, but you have to fight constantly. Even in good condition and as a good swimmer you get exhausted very quickly. And every time you stop for a breather, the current pulls you back out. It's 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Only way I managed it was to start diving down and swimming underwater as hard as possible until I got close to shore and then basically grabbed ahold of some kind guy who let me hold on to his arm and rest a minute. When I made it back to shore I was completely exhausted and shaking.

[@bjvu9460]

So, in other words people should listen to your bad advice after the smarter people says, DONT FIGHT THE RIP CURENTS, but here you are, as hard headed as can be, telling the geniuses online that they should fight as hard as possible. and we wonder why people say the public school system is failing... by the way, rip current is on top , your best bet is to swim with the current and dive and it will inadvertently push you back to the top. People drown in rip current because of panic and the nonsense you are advising them to do. rip current are similar to a micro burst but in water

[@johnpembroke9869]

i was told that once your out of it to swim parallel with the beach a bit before turning in. instinct tells people to go right for the beach, thats where the trouble begins

[@e.turduckeny630]

@@bjvu9460 Actually the public school system worked out fine for me. The collegiate did as well. If you'd passed your own reading comprehension tests you'd have realized that everything I wrote was a personal account -- and no where in there did I use anything close to terminology similar to, "I'd advise..." I personally found what I detailed to work FOR ME specifically in THAT SITUATION. I didn't fight it for quite sometime (following the typical logic) and as I realized I was quickly being pulled out to sea -- not in line of sight of any lifeguard -- I decided to try something else and what I detailed luckily worked out. And since a rip current is primarily located on the surface of the water I was able to dive beneath the worst of it and make gains until I reached the shore. The only one being hard headed here is you. Completely overreacting to someone's personal account and projecting an enormous amount of internet rage for...well, no reason I can ascertain. It feels like you read a Wikipedia entry and then got on KZbin to proclaim your newfound intelligence.

[@moulikfalujah]

WAIT !! Allah said " I CREATETH THE OCEAN FOR THE SEA CREATURES & NOT FOR MAN. IF MAN DARE TREADETH IN THY WATER I CREATED FOR THY SEA CREATURES, THEN SATAN'S SERPENTS SHALL DEVOUR MAN & JOIN LUCIFER IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE " Deuteronomy 18:18 .. So why even go in the ocean when the Islamic bible says so ???

[@susana5505]

@@moulikfalujah your God is BS hate to tell you. Religion is a farce, & only away to control weak minds. Try thinking for yourself, dont quote crap from a book that was wrote 2000 yrs ago, by people just like you & me.

[@mark11967AD]

When I was about 12 I got caught in a less extreme rip current on Ft. Lauderdale beach. There was no lifeguard and my sister who drove us there was sunbathing and paying no attention. As I got pulled further out I realized somehow that instead of trying to swim back in if I swam parallel or sideways to the shore but at a slightly inward angle I started making progress getting back in. Finally I was back where I could plant my feet firmly into the sand and I knew I was safe. I consider it a blessing or good fortune that the survival strategy popped into my head.

[@vanessafranz7744]

Happened to me and a friend is San Diego many years ago. Had no clue we were in a rip current. Thank god the lifeguard saw this and got us out.

[@dhartist]

People don't understand just how dangerous it is! Read the signs and follow directions. A very sad preventable outcome prayers to the families during this difficult time.

[@stellarwind1946]

The way to not drown in a rip current is to not panic and float with the current until it dissipate on its own. Then you can easily swim around it back to shore. They don’t carry you out that far.

[@tashundrarobinson3792]

That's the tough part...not panicking

[@sweetsongstress7398]

Why is the beach open?

[@jimdoe3288]

A person died in a car crash today. Why are cars still on the road ? 🤣

[@brendatrump5163]

I'm a very weak swimmer and I've almost drown twice. Thanks to the Lord for helping me or I would have surely died.

[@bert1913]

666!!!

[@deborl7278]

Thankyou Jesus

[@andyroubik5760]

It was just dumb luck

[@GreenWitch1]

You survived on your own. No imaginary force saved you because it doesn’t exist.

[@bert1913]

@@GreenWitch1 I will pray for you! "Jesus please bend over! AMEN! 666!!!"

[@tammytilley6051]

People are ridiculous,,, a day like that is not fun at the beach … the sand probably blowing

[@moulikfalujah]

YES ,, ALso Allah said " I CREATETH THE OCEAN FOR THE SEA CREATURES & NOT FOR MAN. IF MAN DARE TREADETH IN THY WATER I CREATED FOR THY SEA CREATURES, THEN SATAN'S SERPENTS SHALL DEVOUR MAN & JOIN LUCIFER IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE " Deuteronomy 18:18 .. So why even go in the ocean when the Islamic bible says so ???

[@kennyfoxy2444]

Rip currents are very strong " if ur young or old don't fight a rip current " either stay out the water or in a low part of the water like next to the beach" prayers for the family of theses folks

[@moulikfalujah]

Also Allah said " I CREATETH THE OCEAN FOR THE SEA CREATURES & NOT FOR MAN. IF MAN DARE TREADETH IN THY WATER I CREATED FOR THY SEA CREATURES, THEN SATAN'S SERPENTS SHALL DEVOUR MAN & JOIN LUCIFER IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE " Deuteronomy 18:18 .. So why even go in the ocean when the Islamic bible says so ???

[@dalewilliams8001]

We have those here out at Lake Michigan. Sadly, occasionally they claim someone.

[@SirGriefALot]

It's windy, but waves don't look that rough. If you're in a rip current just swim sideways. And you can always take a big breath and just float there for a bit if you get tired. If you try to constantly swim as hard as you can trying to get back to shore you're going to get exhausted.

[@EmeraldView]

What do you mean it won't pull you under water? I got caught in an underwater rip current once. It was like a cement weight was sitting on top of me as it pulled me out and until it released me I couldn't even get above water.

[@edwardprice140]

Playing with fire and playing with water can both get out of control quickly.

[@fl_snorkeldork]

Dont fight th current. You'll waste too much energy. Swim parallel to the shore until you can get out of it, then swim toward the shore at an angle and away from the current. Its always better to just float around than to struggle.

[@jeremyjones9020]

I was caught in one of these on my 19th birthday weekend in Daytona beach me and my ol girl were having a great time hit the beach not educated to well in got caught in a rip current. Took me far out I am as well a great swimmer in have been since a kid but the strength is incomparable in within a blink of a eye. I was passed out in the water I am told in saved by lifeguard, my girl made it out safely thank god. None the less spent my 19th birthday in the hospital, tube down my throat after recovering consciousness. Great hospital I had a birthday cake in plenty of fam thank god I’m still here

[@Steven-xf8mz]

Currently doesn't look like a day where you can swim at the beach, at least not this beach. In fact it doesn't look like a day where people should go to the beach.

[@juliaweber212]

I thought that too

[@markfournette2483]

Huh. I wonder what it means when they put out a red flag. No telling. Gosh, the water looks friendly.

[@ButBigger42]

2 friends and I got pulled out by a rip current during an approaching hurricane whilst night swimming. I quickly figured out that you have to swim sideways to get out of the current. I told my friends and we all made it back to shore safely. Was a unique experience I don't wish to repeat.

[@ButBigger42]

@gregcarver1915 that's what I said... young and dumb.

[@notlisteningwhocares8877]

I’m sorry, this is too dangerous.

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

Why wasn't the beach closed for swimming?

[@systemofadownsyndrome7715]

I cant swim, but I know to swim to the side to get away.

[@brandonseelochan7731]

Danger⚠ no bathing in that beach. I am not bathing over there because, that beach is taking away lives. ⚰💀RIP.

[@NWforager]

back in the day in school Drown Proofing was Mandatory and in HI rip currents was part of the class .

[@DJ-vj4vi]

“Don’t panic “ Lol

[@Noahwillwalk]

Thats sad.

[@richardmorris7063]

Unbelievable comments, people mostly suck.

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

You can see when the surf gets rough. You can feel it if you are in the water. If you go there, be aware, be careful, I go there a lot, you really need to be super aware at all times. Jelly fish, and sharks too. Not mention the drunks.

[@stephanieclark6154]

EVEN THE WATER IN FLORIDA ISN'T HAPPY..... MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES

[@sbdr.1241]

& Mother Nature just getting warmed up😊

[@fl_snorkeldork]

A rip current in Florida is not news...

[@susana5505]

I got caught off the coast of Isla Mujeres Mexico. They are no joke. Had a Israeli guy from our boat come out and save me from going into deep water, the excursion guys just sat their. I was absolutely exhausted. The current took me 300 feet in just seconds. The island is very shallow for maybe a mile, one second your in 40 ft of water the next second the water goes dark & visually their is not bottom. That truly scared the hxll out of me.

[@Herbie11]

I saved a girl there in 1992. Any chance that was you?

[@susana5505]

@@Herbie11 no mine was recent right be 4 covid, so feb of 2020. But that is a great thing to do. I ask now before doing any snorkeling off the coast of Murejes & Cozumel.

[@Worry-Panic]

When I visited Florida, I was about 8 years old. I was not going to swim because it was cold and the ocean waves were big. I remember standing on the line of wet sand right were the waves would reach as far up the bank as I thought they could. I remember after staring at the sand I looked up and saw a large wave that was big enough to knocked me over and I was sucked out into the water. I immediately couldn't touch the bottom, was fully dressed and had on running shoes. I thought I was going to drown and I don't remember how I got back out but I assume someone saved me. I was only able to doggy paddle at the time. Your kid doesn't have to be in the water for it to end up being life or death.

[@bonnies4805]

500 people rescued, close the beaches.

[@kareneastman9695]

People didn't swim sideways for a short time ,then swim forward to get away from the current??

[@conqueringlion420]

Never turn your back on the ocean -old salt

[@iCANT_BELIEVE_YOU_SAID_THAT]

Know your limits. Some people go to far.

[@ladyhonor822]

Why go SWIMMING TODAY???👁️👁️

[@OlgaK5237]

OMG

[@lostone9700]

People stay out of the ocean. Silly silly people.

[@richardthetroll6758]

Nice 🙂👍

[@connormccoury9272]

the harder you struggle the worse it gets lol

[@ranndomundead9112]

if you get caught in a rip current just ride it out and keep your head above water. Once you stop moving swim at an angle back to shore.

[@AM-lz2jr]

How far out does ot take you? I would die just thinking about sharks

[@Boo-jy5ju]

Was unresponsive in the water? So dumb.

[@gccheryl4038]

People don't like it when they can't do what they came to do, so they go in anyway. Same here in Galveston and tragically drownings happen often. All ages.

[@mikef2811]

Just look at the beach. I would not even bother to swim there. Plus, you should never try to swim back to shore, you swim sideway to shore.

[@user-eh2hj8bx6O]

Tell people what to do?!!

[@usaearthling]

Some tourists go out to these spots, the weather gets bad, and I'll be damned if they are going home home without going to swim before they go home. Sadly, they sometimes go home in a body bag.

[@954brent954]

I mean it's no way they don't know it's RIP currents and unsafe. Between getting the alerts on your phone. To the life guards yelling over the bullhorns! To just common sense by looking at the water and all the wind.

[@eveskey7982]

Oh well swim at your own risk. There are people in Yellowstone trying to make pets out of wild animals. If a person doesn't use common sense then why use the resources to help them. Let nature take its course.

[@GreenWitch1]

😢

[@TheHolyGhost777]

One time, I got caught in a rip tide and just remembered to not swim against it... Just go with it and try to go to the side.

[@AM-lz2jr]

What about the fear of sharks as you are pulled further away from shore?

[@ladyfingersdippedinmoonlight]

Respect, to the lifeguards. ⛑️

[@LoLoLifeinFlorida]

😮😢

[@TangibleExistence]

If your not a waterman, stay in your pools townies. Quit stressing out lifeguards and risking the lives of others with your inexperience. The Ocean is not a pool

[@tylercj307]

Why don't people wear life jackets???????? I guess its not cool huh.

[@deerocker6987]

All of these new people coming down to Florida and do not read the rules

[@prayforthe_1644]

Please 🙏 bring Pool noodles. They may help save lives

[@sweetsongstress7398]

I think a life vest might work well????

[@prayforthe_1644]

@@sweetsongstress7398 I’m saying whatever works. Pool noodle less Dorky

[@sweetsongstress7398]

@@prayforthe_1644 less dorky but not practical in a riptide

[@prayforthe_1644]

@@sweetsongstress7398 Wrong again. With noodle you can float with current Parallel to beach Saving strength until rescue 🛟 or clear of ripple

[@sweetsongstress7398]

@@prayforthe_1644 excuse me.

[@Herbie11]

Nobody's gonna talk about Lizzo just hanging out in the background of the thumbnail photo?

[@randocommando6826]

more people need to go out there and play in those rip currants...

[@antoniobell4070]

Easy for you to say

[@patticartwright7027]

I don't feel bad at all because they're warned over and over again and people are ignorant

[@flashflame4952]

The water knows no friends. Rip currents can take anyone down, regardless how good of a swimmer you think you are.

[@mrs.hancock4124]

Out of towners

[@jamieberzett9655]

😢❤😊

[@jblps]

"Swim in front of lifeguards" that didn't help the person who was pulled out by a lifeguard and later died. You should be a strong swimmer if you're going above knees in the ocean. Learn what to do in rip currents and be aware of the tides and current conditions at the beach. Never turn your back on the waves. The end.

[@terryl.cooper]

B He wasn't swimming in front of them. They were off duty.

[@jblps]

@@terryl.cooper oh good shout

[@noreengirnis2233]

All the more reason to not got in the water over your knees.

[@jblps]

@@noreengirnis2233 it's fun, just respect the power of the ocean

[@jondurr]

Typical Flordia mentally!

[@scorporsupremacy7948]

🙏🏽💐🕊💐🙏🏽

[@moulikfalujah]

Allah said " I CREATETH THE OCEAN FOR THE SEA CREATURES & NOT FOR MAN. IF MAN DARE TREADETH IN THY WATER I CREATED FOR THY SEA CREATURES, THEN SATAN'S SERPENTS SHALL DEVOUR MAN & JOIN LUCIFER IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE " Deuteronomy 18:18 .. So why even go in the ocean when the Islamic bible says so ???

[@steve26791]

I’ve never seen a rip current in20 years. It’s drunks and children who are at risk. 500 people had to be rescued??? I know of one.

[@fl_snorkeldork]

I see a rip current every time I'm at the beach, which is 2-3 times a week.

[@lagodifuoco313]

Just one more reason NOT TO GO IN THE OCEAN. I won't even go on an ocean cruise. We have not evolved to be oceanic beings.

[@ERICANDYJASMINE]

Unsue

[@netshine]

do you see the waves and the crazy winds ??? i dont understand WHY people are allowed to be in this angry water ??? AND WHY PEOPLES DESIRE TO SWIN IN IT.

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

I lived in FL growing up & were told by my mother to never swim during high winds due to rip currents & not to swim after 5 o' clock bc of sharks eating time. Nature will win if you try & fight it.

[@netshine]

@@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691 i come from montreal im a french canadian and im persecute and shot down because my opinion and my fight against covid tyrany and libtards w0ke angry anti fa for tell my point of view... looking to visit florida soon

[@michjj9428]

"A lifeguard shortage." No, once again, just like every job in America nobody want's to work for unlivable salaries in out of control inflation and cost of living. They make it seem like there aren't enough people people in the Country.

[@bigtex4058]

Two more lucky Darwin Awards prize winners.

[@daveman5860]

Experienced

[@jayell8253]

Just sad. Everything is a risk. RIP

[@MsOSheDidIt]

That's messed up. Even the water is tired of Floridians 😂

[@467076]

Greta thunberg told all of you global warming was coming 😤give up your cars. We need to go electric, NOW! The sun is getting to hot and the ice to cold! The waves to wavy and the tornadoes to windy! This is global warming! We all gotta contribute and go electric. Don’t we all see what’s going on?

[@Soapboxstomper]

How com floridians cant listen to their lifeguards???????

[@melodylucas257]

How about use some common sense?

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

I swim all year around I swim as long as 6 hours and 10 minutes straight continuous

[@wandasewell4501]

Politics and The NEWS ruined KZbin and all Social Media!

[@NBF1865]

Thinning the heard mother nature working her magic 😉

[@unknownjoe36]

Don't panic guys it's just Jesus hard at work with Florida.

[@hoosierdaddy8002]

Ban high capacity rip currents.

[@avrandlane2735]

animals and sea life in nature even know better! this is what happens when people are just to use to living the good life they feel immortal and no harm can come to them, they forget that nature only cares about the strong and the intelligent, nature always claims the weak and being ignorant makes you weak. its sad but its the truth and its how it will always be that way thus teach your kids at a early age to not be to proudful or ignorant.

[@jimdoe3288]

Blame global warming or Trump

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

I hate to break it to you guys but I crave for rip currents stronger the currents the more of the challenges for me I have myself trained in such a way that I can swim through any conditions

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

I am Florida's toughest swimmer I made for rescue public assistant my life

[@moulikfalujah]

Allah said " I CREATETH THE OCEAN FOR THE SEA CREATURES & NOT FOR MAN. IF MAN DARE TREADETH IN THY WATER I CREATED FOR THY SEA CREATURES, THEN SATAN'S SERPENTS SHALL DEVOUR MAN & JOIN LUCIFER IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE " Deuteronomy 18:18 .. So why even go in the ocean when the Islamic bible says so ???

[@bert1913]

Thank you Jesus for punishing Trump supporters! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 AMEN!!!!

[@sunshine8711]

unnecessary in time of tragedy... shows YOUR ignorance!

[@paulenciso]

I'm pretty sure swimming against an advisory is a Biden voter thing that group likes scoffing at common sense

[@safeandeffectivelol]

Volusia is mostly dumbocraps, thank Allah for sending them to satan 🤣🤣🤣

[@sweetsongstress7398]

Riiiiiight. Attention seeking much?

[@richardmorris7063]

I'm amazed you believe in God.

[@velocity5918]

People forget that all of us will float in salt water, relax and don't panic and exert yourself, most people drown in only 8 feet of water, learn to do 'bobs' sink to the bottom and spring back to the surface swim paralel to beach and when you are no longer being pulled out ride the waves in.

[@LucrativeLarry]

Rip current is like honey badger

[@inyourmama1559]

No not rip current it the ocean it's alive and has feelings too it's trying to tell you to stay out it home by dragging you down Till your death

[@cody4715]

They shouldn't let people swim out there, when it's like that.

[@momma3204]

There were signs posted NOT to swim in the area where the ppl drowned bcz there were NO guards on duty. You can’t rope off an entire beach front bcz ppl don’t read and have zero common sense. Ppl should be able to enjoy the beach but to understand NOT to go in the water when signs are posted. Heartfelt condolences to the families who lost loved ones💔😭

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Signs do not matter, I live near a riptide and some people are grateful for the warning from me and some obstinate. I’m concerned for the children who don’t know any better. 🐬