Rescue From The Rip Current

[@roflmows]

i fell in the deep end of the pool when i was 3 and sank right to the bottom, being a toddler i didn't know to hold my breath or swim for the surface. a lifeguard dove in immediately and pulled me out, and i was fine. thank you lifeguards for risking your lives for all of us who adore the ocean and all bodies of water. you're true heroes

[@finsfan90]

What? They do it for a paycheck lol.

[@aharmer1]

+finsfan90 There are easier ways to make a living. None of them are getting rich.

[@finsfan90]

+Andrew Harmer Sure but at the end of the day theyre in it for the money. This guy is praising them like they are fucking Navy Seals or something.

[@2000mightymegatron]

Anyone that saves a life is just as valuable in my opinion. Not throwing shade at the military folk.

[@emigenetics2128]

+Andrew Harmer totally.... how is this even being argued? Well it's the same for doctors and police so shit, nobody is altruistic if they are getting paid while they do it so they can eat and live to continue doing it.

[@Darksagan]

I cant really tell from the angle but It looked they had the right idea swimming away (right) of the current.

[@emigenetics2128]

I asked the same... WHAT the fuck is up here with this rip?

[@aharmer1]

It is probably just an issue with my angle, and the irregularities in the coastline. The rip current is more or less perpendicular to shore.

[@riddley39]

That’s what I thought, they was swimming side ways was they not?

[@tinkerer67]

Rip currents can be angular (not always perpendicular to the shore), and to me it looked like it was an angular current that they were fighting head on.

[@cgm0826]

@@tinkerer67 so they should have swam left ?

[@georgelewko3416]

Rip currents can be very deceptive. And pull You beyond the breaking waves where most certainly the water is well over your head. Depends on how strong the rip and how wide. Eventually it will release you and sometimes bring you back too shore. However panick happens too most everyone and you get so tired that when you will drown. Also never ever go into the water without a lifeguard. 95 percent of all drawings. Happen after guards off duty.

[@jameswilliams5104]

And always swim with a life jacket on

[@cpmvmaker1]

****PERSONAL RIP-CURRENT STORY**** EVERYONE MUST LEARN HOW TO SPOT AND ESCAPE A CURRENT!!! These things are really no joke. No matter how good of a swimmer you are, these currents are SO fucking tiring that you will literally start to "Go Down" because of how exhausted you get by purely treading water. My & I girlfriend went snorkeling in Hawaii, And no joke after 4 or 6 minutes in the water. We noticed we weren't going anywhere and luckily we knew how to escape a rip current but if we were out there for 3-5 minutes longer without realizing what the situation was. In 100% honestly, We probably would have drowned that day. You cant describe Knowing that the fate of your life is going to be determined in a 10-minute period .

[@TheSurfRack1]

today I surfed jockos for about four hours. my arms got so tired paddling in my legs started to shake and i had to work hard to get back in. long easy strokes with no breaks until i'm on the beach. chuns had like fifty people and jockos four. maybe the current keeps the crowd down. I always keep an eye on other people paddling in the make sure they make it. I am also a lifeguard

[@Brewdiver82]

They probably have no clue as to how lucky they are.

[@ladybug7959]

When I was 16 I thought it was a good idea to dig my feet into the sand while the waves crash on me... I ended up being dragged backwards and back out into deeper water ... I random guy was on his surf board relaxing and seen me struggling ... he saved me and brought me back to the beach... I don't swim in the ocean anymore:( I have a fear of water and I'm 30

[@VladimirVladimir-tl3gy]

and if you go only in nice weather swimming with not waves ? you have all the time fear or or only when you see big waves ?

[@badddbeachhh409]

I’ve been thrown and tossed in waves since a young age every so often but it doesn’t stop me from going in the water

[@janossario3527]

How sad something minimal like that will stop you from going in the ocean. Just understand your environment & beware of the dangers.

[@riddley39]

Awww you poor thing. Can’t be a nice experience at all man.

[@urvashipatel5214]

This is exactly how my brother died in canberra on feb 4 2018...standing in knee level water at pretty bech he was pulled in by rip current and drowned.at 39 yrs v lodt him.7 mths have passed cant come 2 terms him gone.

[@gaydenmaccallum1369]

Sorry meant to say rips here. In fact I was at the beach with friends and didn't realize how far we had been carried out. I didn't panic but it felt like I couldn't move my arms and the waves were starting to build. I flipped over on my back a minute but I swallowed water. Luckily one of my friends is a great swimmer and towed me in a bit so I could get my breath and just swim parallel to the shore until I could reach shore. No lifeguards at this particular beach which is nice and sandy and lots of sand bars. Reminded myself I hadn't been swimming in a couple of years and to take it easy. We were so far out the people on the shore looked like pinheads!

[@aharmer1]

I think that life guard gave them an idea, but you are right they probably really don't have a clue.

[@jbonnett1225]

Nice of the surfer to loan his board out.

[@gaydenmaccallum1369]

Swim parallel to the shore to get out of a rip. Don't try to fight the current. You will only wear yourself out and probably drown if no one spots you. I live on the East coast of Canada and we get some good tips here.

[@beardedyaker9767]

Did the guy get his board back?

[@USMCKong0311]

Stern lecture. lol

[@ST-mm4ss]

Moral of the story is swim hard with the rip current, wherever that may take you, got it.

[@csgogaming9862]

Hell no

[@emigenetics2128]

I don't understand.... they were both swimming parallel to shore??? Or to waves? Why didn't that get them out of the rip?

[@poconofriend777]

I'm confused on the direction they were swimming. It looks like they were swimming parallel. They probably were swimming into the current (the ocean always has a left or right current) which pulled them back into the rip. You gotta swim with the ocean's current parallel to the shore until you're out of the rip.

[@aharmer1]

They were swimming perpendicular to shore. It was a pretty classic rip and not very wide but very swift.

[@alanwayne7643]

That foam line is the top part of the rip current. It looked like it was going diagonally down the beach and they were trying to get above it. However, they were still close so it likely slowed them down.

[@aharmer1]

I know, that guy is solid!

[@jesusochoa8532]

Why did she take his board though when the jet ski was there

[@xyzct]

2:07 ... Brudda, have some pride and lose the opu.

[@riddley39]

Is it me or did they look completely relaxed and in no trouble at all?🤔 Also I’ve always wondered how the hell can you just get pulled out randomly into the water when you are standing on the beach? Baffles the f out of me! I’ve been on a million beaches and seen crazy waves, but if I’m standing and can feel sand at the bottom of my feet ther is no way you can just pull me out just like that. I don’t get this rip tide shit. Googled it now coz I’ve never heard of it in my life mate. But I’m British so ther you go.lol

[@urvashipatel5214]

Its happened 2 my brother standing knee level water sand at pretty beach rip current pulled him in n he drowned at 39. Yrs v lost him...too big a loss my only sibling brother...i cant understand it too but its happened

[@urvashipatel5214]

@Cesar Chavez thanku for replying...n explaining...i always think if he had knoen hown how to float or sm1 cld jave rescued him....but i guess destiny had other plans...he was full of life n he just went away without a gd bye.i still light a candle every day to ley him know he is not forgotten.thanx for taking the time to explain.

[@carlosgrajales44]

Well that’s exactly what you have to to when you are in a rip current , relax and don’t get in panic cause that’s what it kills you they know how to swim , and they knew what was going on and what to do in that situation if you paid attention to the video you can see the guy turned around to float on his back to get more breath ,lifeguard just helped them to get out of the danger zone faster I’m sure they were going to make it but not that easy without being helped

[@michaelduha]

You can see the edge of it to the right of them. Just swim right until the pull stops then swim in.

[@Makedafloorshake]

Great job life guard...

[@kornykorhorn]

Those stink! I hate getting stuck in those.

[@surfers2therescueoceanresc337]

I deal with this problem almost every day

[@urvashipatel5214]

Pls can u explain how a person standing in knee level water cld b pulled in rip current? Feb 4 pretty beach canberra 39yrs old brother drowned.was just stsnding there 1 minute next minute he was drahged in.his friend informed the police.

[@djtrumpet1155]

Urvashi Patel First, I hate to hear about your brother. Second, rip currents from the shoreline to beyond breaking waves. They can move rapidly, at about 2 feet per second. The fastest ones have had a history of moving at 8 feet per second. Though that is extreme, that is faster than an Olympic swimmer. The best advice is to begin by heeding all flag conditions. Google the beach flag warning system for more in depth information. Every time you enter the water, look at breaking waves. If there is a flatter, non white part of a breaking wave looking calm, that’s a rip current. If it is a bit of a different color, it’s a rip current.

[@aralissuriel792]

Why don’t they just read the safety manual?!

[@Daisy-Moo]

This type of shit always baffles me. The water around you is darker, colder, and is harder to swim against. How can they not tell they are in a rip current? Sideways isn't always the best way to get out of a rip current if the rip current is also going sideways. All they needed to do was to let the rip current take them out and then swim sideways.

[@olivierb9716]

alway easy when you are on beach. when you are on water, you don't see where you can escape

[@clarkewi]

They just had a little farther to go and they would have been where the waves were breaking (where the white water is). The current would have been flowing towards shore and they could have gotten in.

[@ChiDraconis]

Like Theoretical Physicists & ​"What is a reference frame?" None of them are getting rich & there are easier ways to purchase Lifeguard Rescue Can that driving to Surf City - Myrtle Beach → Folks this is Memorial Day 2021 & I am posting to inform if you are not an aggressive swimmer do not make the LG's work > They are outdoor people and can find plenty to do without your help; If you cannot do 10 laps aggressively in a pool do not go in deeper than your waist @ 1:41 I see several errors which the video-graph-er is is delineating plus one person beyond the Beach Shelf in total control → Myself this is a weak Ripp but could get me in a bad position which requires assistance ~ Carry anything that floats and do not go beyond your endurance

[@one766]

If you get caught by a rip current, the only thing you can say at that moment is R.I.P

[@BenavidesJorge]

no swim sideways parallel to rip current or simply ride it

[@ccc-fd3ls]

lol game over

[@jameswilliams5104]

That's why it's good to wear a life jacket

[@potatopobobot4231]

F

[@Blackandwhitecat-u9v]

I’m confused!

[@TheMAORIRULE]

I've been caught in a few rips one incident had taken me miles offshore lucky enough a freak wave came which I caught back in.

[@luckyjhauling1573]

Scary

[@gianlucapirro9054]

Miles ? Really ?

[@waterstridersup4368]

miles offsore? rip currents usually just a few yards long!

[@waterstridersup4368]

@@gianlucapirro9054 apprently, that's bullshi! hahaha....

[@sealifett8395]

Lol miles?Sure you wasnt high?Or maybe you mean meters

[@_Auroswim._.Ocean_Swimming]

I am wondering why people are so lazy and don't want to learn how to swim effortlessly in the ocean at any conditions! ))

[@waterstridersup4368]

because they are bitches.

[@Daisy-Moo]

They're not strong enough swimmers to be doing the shit they're doing. They should be out there with a board or they shouldn't have been swimming that far out.

[@GUMMYBEAYUH]

When the water is rough I always have my board. If I'm not with a board in the ocean, then I'm at least with mask, snorkel, and fins.

[@sanketochavan]

what if they are out there with a buoy, will it help?

[@djtrumpet1155]

They may not have intentionally gone out that far. Rip currents extend from the shoreline to beyond breaking waves, which can be about 100 yards out. They can pull you at a speed of around 2 feet per second. Even if you are just knee deep.

[@jameswilliams5104]

Put a life jacket on

[@sealifett8395]

Just wear a wet suit.It saved me plenty of times

[@kristenk708]

How?