The Deadliest Thing At The Beach

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MinuteEarth

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@lukaskraak9313
@lukaskraak9313 5 ай бұрын
As a surfer, we love them. Its a conveyor belt past the break zone
@RealCCre
@RealCCre 5 ай бұрын
WHAT IS A BREAK ZONE?
@1224chrisng
@1224chrisng 5 ай бұрын
As a shark, I also love rip currents. It's like a reverse sushi conveyor
@Eloraurora
@Eloraurora 5 ай бұрын
​@@RealCCre Where the waves stop being water bumps and start doing the curly-splashy-foam thing, I think.
@superpig9458
@superpig9458 5 ай бұрын
Can confirm
@professorquack32
@professorquack32 5 ай бұрын
@@1224chrisng ...
@Titanic-wo6bq
@Titanic-wo6bq 5 ай бұрын
raw footage of MinuteEarth members being too busy taking selfies to rescue their friend:
@mr.boomguy
@mr.boomguy 5 ай бұрын
Sadly has become a reality 😟
@Novabom_
@Novabom_ 5 ай бұрын
It's for science 🔭
@alphaapple1375
@alphaapple1375 5 ай бұрын
#MinuteEarth should have used the metric system!
@LittleMikaMiss
@LittleMikaMiss 5 ай бұрын
lol i thought they were taking pictures of him drowning
@hafda010
@hafda010 5 ай бұрын
@@alphaapple1375What does that even mean
@resethel3843
@resethel3843 5 ай бұрын
For people not using freedom units: - 1-2 ft/s = 0.3 to 0.6 m/s - 6.6 ft/s = 2 m/s - 8 ft/s = 2.439 m/s
@Soken50
@Soken50 5 ай бұрын
THANK YOU, I know they are U.S. American but still, this is supposed to be a science channel, with an international audience.
@iprobablyforgotsomething
@iprobablyforgotsomething 5 ай бұрын
@resethel3843 -- Freedom units, I love that! xD
@alphaapple1375
@alphaapple1375 5 ай бұрын
@@resethel3843 Much appreciated! I am from the United States (🇺🇸), but the metric system is far more practical as it has metric prefixes based on decimal numbers. For instance, 1 kilometer is equivalent to exactly 1,000 meters!
@BitterTast3
@BitterTast3 5 ай бұрын
"When you use the devil's measurements, you ALWAYS come up short!"
@remliqa
@remliqa 5 ай бұрын
Meh, I still call them French fries.
@gaelcalloch3200
@gaelcalloch3200 5 ай бұрын
I once was pulled by one of those, scariest thing I ever lived.
@ankitlai
@ankitlai 5 ай бұрын
I was too. Luckily I was found by a Mongolian Navy aircraft carrier
@mananarora4172
@mananarora4172 5 ай бұрын
​​@@ankitlaiLuckily I was found by Noah
@trueordrue
@trueordrue 5 ай бұрын
​@@ankitlai luckily i was found by Kazakhstani Navy aircraft carrier
@SECONDQUEST
@SECONDQUEST 5 ай бұрын
​@@trueordrueHank Green found me
@Novabom_
@Novabom_ 5 ай бұрын
I was found by a Shark he wasn't that bad he brought me food everyday.
@pinkace
@pinkace 5 ай бұрын
I've been caught in a rip current, and it took me so far out I couldn't see the shore. So no, DO NOT WAIT, don't risk it, start swimming parallel to the shore as soon as you can.
@dragonwhisperer1571
@dragonwhisperer1571 5 ай бұрын
Highly doubt that
@pinkace
@pinkace 5 ай бұрын
@@dragonwhisperer1571 I appreciate your skepticism. I was on a bodyboard, that's why I'm not dead.
@dragonwhisperer1571
@dragonwhisperer1571 5 ай бұрын
@@pinkace no no, that it took you out so far you couldn't see the land. the rip affects surface water less, because the current is underneath for the most part, where the sand splits to make a path for it you'd have to be in a hell of a rip current for it to do that to you. what country and ocean was this?
@pinkace
@pinkace 5 ай бұрын
@@dragonwhisperer1571 Panama, the pacific, Kobe beach. I saw the mast of a fishing boat, paddled towards it. The guy took me back to shore.
@dragonwhisperer1571
@dragonwhisperer1571 5 ай бұрын
@@pinkace that's a frightening experience. I believe you
@Dsyphus0
@Dsyphus0 5 ай бұрын
I got caught in a rip current when i was a kid, it took me way out, I was already pretty tired from playing at the beach all day, and wasnt able to yell loud enough to be heard. Seems like nobody noticed. So i just floated thinking i was going drift off into the ocean. Thankfully, i was able to mostly just float and ride the waves back in. But god damn i was confident i was going to die
@awaustinl3184
@awaustinl3184 5 ай бұрын
Your confidence in your death probably saved you. If you panicked and tried really hard to swim to shore you would've died.
@jlittlenz
@jlittlenz 5 ай бұрын
At 1:24 the video says "wave breaks won't be as big". This can lead those who don't know to swim there, and get into trouble. Any discussion of swimming at a beach with waves should mention this.
@Asvnaro
@Asvnaro 5 ай бұрын
If you don’t know how to swim, honestly, you shouldn’t be near the beach. If you want to learn, go to the pool firstz
@Jane-75-80
@Jane-75-80 3 ай бұрын
​@@Asvnaro it's not that, they might get pushed too far for people that aren't really good swimmers
@JoelReid
@JoelReid 5 ай бұрын
In Australia rip currents are taught to bathers on a regular basis. This is why we have flags to swim between. i was taught about rips when I was a kid, and I was a city dweller. We are taught to swim sideways since it is unlikely you are aware of how far the rip will go out. Interesting point, you can often identify an immigrant to Australia because they can not swim. It is extremely common to learn to swim in Australia compared to other similar countries.
@ebonydarkness
@ebonydarkness 5 ай бұрын
My Canadian friend drowned in a rip current in Australia. It wasn't something I could have expected but I started watching Bondi Rescue because of that and learned about beach safety.
@johnkeefer8760
@johnkeefer8760 5 ай бұрын
One of my favorite Australian history facts is that the Prime Minister, Harold Holt was an avid swimmer. But in 1967 while swimming he presumably drowned in the ocean. Then they named a swim center after him
@jlittlenz
@jlittlenz 5 ай бұрын
In the 19th century drowning was called the "New Zealand death". Now, almost all children are taught to swim well; but immigrants are drowned too often.
@Hebdomad7
@Hebdomad7 5 ай бұрын
They also tend to try swim in the 'calm' areas... These are the areas that tend to have rips.
@billberg1264
@billberg1264 5 ай бұрын
I also learned about rip currents as a child, and I live roughly in the center of the North American continent, which is almost as far from the ocean as it's possible to get. Then again, Google just now informed me that rip currents can occur if the Great Lakes, so maybe it makes more sense than I originally thought for us to learn about them.
@schrodingerscat4503
@schrodingerscat4503 5 ай бұрын
I got caught in a rip current once. I was being pulled sideways, towards the part that pulls you out to sea. I couldn’t touch the bottom and was starting to feel tired. So the lifeguard helped me swim back to shore. I just swam diagonally towards her and made it out myself. But when that stress sets in critical thinking flies out the window.
@Miguecraft
@Miguecraft 5 ай бұрын
I have lived my entire life in a place with "dangerous ocean" (Canary Islands, North Atlantic) and my advice is: 1. Swim only during the day 2. Swim in company 3. Come back to the coast at a 45° angle 4. If you are getting tired, don't push yourself to the limit. Stop swimming and focus only on floating (you'll drown of exhaustion otherwise) 5. Never try to rescue someone from the currents. You'll drown if you try. Call emergencies and wait safe on the coast.
@Michaelonyoutub
@Michaelonyoutub 5 ай бұрын
I live on an island on the east coast of Canada, and swimming with company is huge. There have been too many stories of people around here going out and swimming on their own and dying. At a minimum people should at least inform someone else that they are going and when they expect to be back, it won't save them if they need help quickly, but if they get swept out, they might get rescued in 8hr instead of like 24hr when it almost certainly would be too late.
@benjaminlieberman3932
@benjaminlieberman3932 5 ай бұрын
The current was a good man. RIP current.
@baguettedepain3975
@baguettedepain3975 5 ай бұрын
Better than most MinuteEarth puns tbh.
@redaurora8602
@redaurora8602 5 ай бұрын
Take my like and go duck yourself
@Awesomekraken677
@Awesomekraken677 5 ай бұрын
Shut
@whitesailproductionsofficial
@whitesailproductionsofficial 5 ай бұрын
They should hire you
@victoriasalcido2099
@victoriasalcido2099 5 ай бұрын
😂. I get it, a rip current!
@MotoCat91
@MotoCat91 5 ай бұрын
Additional tip for anyone visiting Australia - swim between the flags! Every popular beach will have red/yellow flags up with life guards nearby. The flags designate the region they feel is the safest that day and so should anything happen you're most likely to get help fast in that area 👍
@DeRien8
@DeRien8 5 ай бұрын
A lot of guarded and managed beaches in NJ do that too. I grew up swimming at unprotected beaches in northern California, so I used to get really annoyed anytime I was somewhere with strict rules about distance, depth, or position on the beach. Given what I have learned about how many people don't actually know how to swim, and how many drown every year (it's mindboggling), now I can be grateful for people trying to make time at the beach safer. Still bums me out with the restrictions though, and I get so confused with constant whistling at crowded beaches, not knowing who they're actually whistling at or why. Guess I'll just take my risks elsewhere 🤣 or put up with it for safety. I've been caught in rips before, but only once was I caught off guard enough for it to worry me. I was swimming back toward shore after toe-hopping out, but when I noticed I was getting tired and not getting closer, I had to swim parallel out. It was a little scary realizing I was going out, but glad that I had learned what to do and paid attention to the warning signs posted everywhere
@crimsonraen
@crimsonraen 5 ай бұрын
Definitely really important for people to know! Also good to know that places where people often swim are typically okay. (obviously random exceptions can occur..) If there's a beach that nobody ever swims or surfs at, it's probably for a good reason, and they should likely be avoided.
@iprobablyforgotsomething
@iprobablyforgotsomething 5 ай бұрын
I wish all (or any) of my teachers ever had been as clear in their teaching methods as you/your team are.
@tlotro625
@tlotro625 5 ай бұрын
Wow. Never knew of such things. Just water physics deciding "into the sea you go" out of seemingly nowhere. No wonder ancient people had entire gods and mythical creatures dedicated to the sea world.
@adriantween584
@adriantween584 5 ай бұрын
I have had warnings from good life guards when swimming in the ocean for going to far. I didn’t understand that I was putting myself at risk until they yelled at me. I appreciate them.
@whazzup_teacup
@whazzup_teacup 5 ай бұрын
Currents are no stranger to me, I've lived my whole life near an ocean shore. My childhood beach is somewhat annoying since you have to walk about a kilometer into the ocean to reach 1,5 meter depth but once you were in there it felt liberating since there's only you and the sea. Very calming even with tides.
@itscorn3124
@itscorn3124 5 ай бұрын
what?? where is it??
@whazzup_teacup
@whazzup_teacup 5 ай бұрын
@@itscorn3124 Yyteri, Finland. The longest beach in the country. Has very small angle of decline into the water. Equally you have to walk a long way in the sand to get to the shore. I think the reason is the landmass has slowly risen above sea-level for millenias and still does.
@itscorn3124
@itscorn3124 5 ай бұрын
@@whazzup_teacup thx
@marianoguy
@marianoguy 5 ай бұрын
0:15 they did a really good job at naming them, then
@sosheeanand3537
@sosheeanand3537 5 ай бұрын
I was seconds away to get trapped but luckily got out of it. I didn't knew at that time what was that force dragging me into the sea but now I understand it clearly. Trust me unknowingly I swam left to the drag force at that time, I still remember.
@Soooooooooooonicable
@Soooooooooooonicable 5 ай бұрын
I've heard about this technique before, but I've never actually seen an illustration about how rip currents work. Puts my mind at ease a little.
@ShadowDrakken
@ShadowDrakken 5 ай бұрын
Shark attack? that's what you went with? Those are so rare... I'm FAR more worried about jellies...
@aizuni
@aizuni 5 ай бұрын
you’d be surprised by the amount of people that refuse to swim in the sea because they’re “scared of sharks”
@DeRien8
@DeRien8 5 ай бұрын
Ah, the signs of warming seas
@946towguy2
@946towguy2 5 ай бұрын
Shark attacks happened every day the first few weeks of army basic.
@Michaelonyoutub
@Michaelonyoutub 5 ай бұрын
I am not an expert on all jellyfish everywhere, but the ones near where I live in eastern Canada, their stingers won't sting the palms of your hands or the bottoms of your feet. There are definitely some jellyfish that are seriously dangerous to humans that I wouldn't test that on, but if the jellyfish you are ever dealing with are not that dangerous, it might be worth it to see if they sting your palm. If not, it opens up a lot of options for dealing with them, like pushing them out of the way, or throwing smaller ones away from you.
@Magnettik
@Magnettik 5 ай бұрын
Yup, literally saw one while swimming today. Thankfully it was a smaller one and it was too deep to be able to reach me. With that said I did swim into one last year. Shit's painful lol
@tobyatlas6480
@tobyatlas6480 5 ай бұрын
I grew up on the coast, we're taught YOUNG about these things because they're far far more dangerous for young or especially small people. Here are my safety tips. 1. If you're not a strong swimmer, stay in shallow water (about up to your hips or waist) 2. Don't keep swimming until you're totally exhausted, you wanna always have enough energy to swim back to shore if you get pulled out, basically. 3. Protect your head if you're on a rocky coast and get caught in a rip, they can go pretty fast and you don't wanna get a head injury in the ocean. Most of the time rips will mess your beach day up and scare the hell out of you but that's about it, but they can be super dangerous if you're not prepared for them.
@cheetahrunout
@cheetahrunout 5 ай бұрын
Ah yes 8 ft/sec. I think the biggest scare to me is the rip current flowing in the imperial system.
@chlorophyllphile
@chlorophyllphile 5 ай бұрын
I'm glad there's no imperial system in the Netherlands, because these currents sound scary
@Naidnapurugavihs
@Naidnapurugavihs 5 ай бұрын
Wow I am really drowning in this ocean of knowledge, then getting stuck on Minute Earth video binge watching riptide and returning to the piles of sand that is my 17 missing college assignments, like literally I have 17 assignments on due ryt now
@syedhamdan5629
@syedhamdan5629 5 ай бұрын
Good luck
@callyral
@callyral 5 ай бұрын
Reminder to turn off social media notifications so you can focus better on the assignments
@dragonwhisperer1571
@dragonwhisperer1571 5 ай бұрын
You can spot a rip current by looking for 1. Sandy/brownish water (the rip current stirs up sand) 2. Waves. If you’re in a rip current, there likely won’t be waves breaking in front of you because the current is disrupting them. Don’t worry too much about rips. Lifeguards know exactly what they look like and surfers usually sit on the “outside” (outside of shore break, or waves that break close to shore), and they are also past most rips. They will help you if you get sucked out and there’s no lifeguard.
@Pottery4Life
@Pottery4Life 5 ай бұрын
Thank you. Excellent PSA timing for the summer.
@ZaDussault
@ZaDussault 5 ай бұрын
At my seaside shack, we know on the rock near the cliff, you must never go swim. Apparently the rip current there is insane and the water is always freezing cold (4-6°C max) so you're very likely to never get back if you end up caught in one. My mother once got caught with her sailboard (she fell), but she just floated on the board and a fisherman came by and towed her back to the beach. The rocks are also very slippery so it's kind of a dangerous place
@BitterTast3
@BitterTast3 5 ай бұрын
What I find fascinating about rip currents is that they are the ONLY effect that I'm aware of that converts waves into current (besides relatively tiny effects like strokes drift).
@atamaya96
@atamaya96 5 ай бұрын
I couldn't swim and I was dumb enough to think I was safe as long as my feet were on sand while my head was above water. I was neck deep with no fear. Suddenly, it's like the sand disappeared from beneath my feet. I kept composure and paddle my arms a bit til my tip toes could just touch the sand and I pushed with my toes out of there to shallower waters. Got out breathing heavily. Never been in sea water above knee level ever again.
@RK4000
@RK4000 5 ай бұрын
My brother and i were caught in one when we were young, we managed to swim against the current and possibly gradually out of it. 30+ years later i look back ar how lucky we were to actually escape it, we called for help were too far to be heard. I think it should be a requirement for any beech goer to know about rip currents. One more solution to that is to float on your back and gradually try to push yourself out of the current since by floating on yout back, less of your body is underwater and the current has less power over you while breathe more easily.
@jessiejamesferruolo
@jessiejamesferruolo 5 ай бұрын
When I was in my early 20s, back in the early 2000s, a couple friends visited me in Florida and we went out a little too deep. Before I knew it, we were literally in over our heads and I was trying to swim back to shore, but noticed that no matter how hard I swam, I wasnt going anywhere. Being a floridian, I was more than aware of rip currents and it was one of the few times in my life where I actually started laughing because I was nervous and knew I was in alot of trouble. Thankfully after swimming parallel to the shore for a very short amount of time, I made it back into water where I could stand. My other friend was in front of me and safe, but I turned around to see my other friend swimming frantically, obviously scared. He went underwater, and then came back up and said "Help!!" I was kinda frozen for a second, unsure of what to do. He went back under for a second then, before I could react, made it safely back to shallow water.... Its crazy to think about how all of our lives almost got cut very short. When we made it back to the shore, the life guard, who was already getting ready to enter the water chewed us out for going too deep 😅
@Pikero24
@Pikero24 5 ай бұрын
There was a recent report of a woman in Japan being pulled 50 miles out to sea in a rip current. I don't know how good the advice of "just wait it out" was to her. She got lucky with a passing tanker seeing her (unlikely) and picked her up.
@mytube001
@mytube001 5 ай бұрын
That was not a rip current all the way, because that's impossible. She must've been unlucky enough to get caught in a larger current, possibly tidal, or just another coastal current.
@person8064
@person8064 5 ай бұрын
​@@mytube001 still, waiting it out was a bad choice for her lol
@mytube001
@mytube001 5 ай бұрын
@@person8064 Heh, yeah, but surviving that provided her with one hell of a story for the grandkids!
@tiaxanderson9725
@tiaxanderson9725 5 ай бұрын
MinuteEarth: "... shark attack ... tsunami ..." Me just from a beach in the Netherlands: "No, it's definitely that third option"
@GeanAmiraku
@GeanAmiraku 5 ай бұрын
I always assumed relaxing in the water would be the safest option. Was never sure that it was the best option but it always worked so I kind of... accepted that very rarely I may just have to swim back later at my own pace. I mean, I can float forever with my face out of the water but I can't even outswim the very slow current that pushes me to the side all the time. Meanwhile, if you just relax and forget about it, the waves will even bring you back to the shore eventually. You should still be careful and make sure that you can hear the people around you and that you aren't getting carried too far away, of course, especially if there isn't a net around the swimming area. Oh, and be careful not to hit your head if there's a concrete pier somewhere around within a kilometre of where you started. So far the worst thing that happened to me with the rip currents is that it once dragged my swimsuit under the water faster than it dragged me, and I almost lost it. I'm surprised and a bit terrified to learn how many people die to them. Good to know :(
@berkhanb
@berkhanb 5 ай бұрын
What's more important is that the bottom also flows with the current. So, don't think that your are safe because the water is shallower than your height. One time, I was caught by a RIP current and bottom sand is completely disappeared. It also took me 5 minutes to realise that I am in RIP current since it was bearly above my slow swimming speed.
@goncal7099
@goncal7099 5 ай бұрын
I just realized you have a Catalan staff member (Arcadi)! curious about his role in the team! I love the channel!
@videakias3000
@videakias3000 5 ай бұрын
I didn't know these things existed. I have been swimming in the sea for years.
@SECONDQUEST
@SECONDQUEST 5 ай бұрын
In Oregon you just die from how cold the ocean is.
@grantdixson1442
@grantdixson1442 5 ай бұрын
That's why we call it the coast, not the beach. Just rocks and water in the 50s.
@avaarrow7478
@avaarrow7478 5 ай бұрын
Why is the music sooo good??? Like- can tbey please put them on KZbin music or something??? Edit: I found the minjte earth composer's, Nathaniel Schroeder, channel, but the most recent upload was, like, 3 years ago. I would study to the minute earth music. In fact, I would pay for a digital copy. It would just be such a studying banger! How much do you want? Twenty bucks? My soul?
@irenedovalmarcos4385
@irenedovalmarcos4385 5 ай бұрын
I am Tiago, I am 7, I am in Ireland and I really love your channel.
@punchpineapple
@punchpineapple 5 ай бұрын
Super important topic, especially if you're not familiar with swimming in the ocean and are travelling to a beach.
@steefant
@steefant 5 ай бұрын
the "current events" got me way better than id normally admit :)
@penguinpie5056
@penguinpie5056 5 ай бұрын
these are no joke. I knew about these and what to do and so did my girlfriend and she still got in a scary situation where she was really having a hard time. What actually happened was the lateral current maybe 25 feet from shore pulled us across slowly (very strongly) til we were in the rip and then she wandered out a bit too far and was having a really tough time getting back in. I tried to stand off to the side and guide her back in and not get sucked out myself. Scarier than being in it, watching someone else in it trying to swim directly back and slowly getting worn out. If there's any strong lateral pull, be very careful and really just get out of there. some warning signs were the amount of sand being pulled laterally was a LOT and the water was very turbulent. try not to panic and try to swim across for a little bit first as it sort of pulls you back in from the side so you want to try and get far enough away that when you swim back in you aren't just back in the part pulling you out again. it's also deeper in the rip because the sand is getting blown out. I could barely hold position standing in the lateral current
@dologongpoloponobonotongpo235
@dologongpoloponobonotongpo235 5 ай бұрын
if going with the flow is not a problem then what causes all those fatalities? isn't getting carried by the the rip current just going with the flow?
@MinuteEarth
@MinuteEarth 5 ай бұрын
The danger tends to come from the fact that people try to swim against the current and exhaust themselves.
@LuddyFish_
@LuddyFish_ 5 ай бұрын
As MinuteEarth explained, it's people's psychological reaction that cause them to drown. People panic, constricting their breathing and causing a loss of ability to float, and they try to fight against the current tiring themselves out very quickly. 99% of cases it's non-locals who drown because of their inexperience.
@fantasyenjoyer123
@fantasyenjoyer123 5 ай бұрын
i experienced this b4, and on top of being pulled , a fat guy in front of me use a as a leverage and push my head down for him to get back, some how i still live today
@BioniclesaurKing4t2
@BioniclesaurKing4t2 5 ай бұрын
Growing up in Florida, I've known and been more sure of how to escape one (swim sideways) than what it was properly called (it's rip current, but can it be rip tide, and how about undertow, always thought it was "undertoe" because it was always spoken not written).
@ViridisIV
@ViridisIV 5 ай бұрын
Love your animation!.
@LadyAnuB
@LadyAnuB 5 ай бұрын
Swim in the ocean? Not on the beaches near where I live. The water's freakin' cold!!! For those playing in the wave zone who do get swept out to sea by a rip current this is sage advice
@therecogniser2122
@therecogniser2122 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the survival tips, I'm ready for summer beach now.
@charleslampman6971
@charleslampman6971 5 ай бұрын
SAVE YOUR LIFE! Sometimes rips can occur parallel to shore for up to 10 meters . If you try to swim "out of it" by going parallel to shore you can exhaust yourself. Swim smart!!
@SyDatNguyen-r4j
@SyDatNguyen-r4j 5 ай бұрын
The width can reaches 25 meters at max
@goslin8629
@goslin8629 5 ай бұрын
when i was a kid in florida there was an ad campaign singing "Swim to the side to stay alive" about rip current
@rebdomine1
@rebdomine1 5 ай бұрын
The piece of advice that I always look for but rarely see is to not panic. If you are an at all competent swimmer, and you are not panicked, you are unlikely to drown. The second thing that I rarely see mentioned is how the water moves faster the lower you are in a rip. This will cause your legs to be pulled along faster than your torso, and can pull you under. If you know what to expect, remain calm, and try to float on the surface of the water, rips are a lot less scary. I think even the name "rip" causes undue alarm.
@FrhayDukien
@FrhayDukien 5 ай бұрын
Ah good old memories from when I was like 13 and almost died that way! Even the lifeguard had a hard time pulling me out of water.
@danser_theplayer01
@danser_theplayer01 4 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, I went at a black sand beach once, to be honest the "beach" was a quite small accessible part of land to water contact zone. Anyways, there was a big stone wall acting as a wave breaker, and the winds in that area are decently strong, because of the small size and because of that wave breaker the place resembled more a small lagoon. And a life guard or a local (idk it was years ago) told us to not go near the end of that wall by a good 10-20 meters. Apparently that wall was making the lagoon calmer but as you got closer to it the ground would just disappear right from under your feet (I felt that), it was like a blender down there I knew if make a few more steps towards it I would get sucked into a "drain" spiral like from Pirates of the Carribbean.
@Drareg_Espanol
@Drareg_Espanol 5 ай бұрын
How many meters can one of these currents get you away from the shore?
@PureAlbania
@PureAlbania 5 ай бұрын
Only people from US know. The rest of the world lost in translation
@lisecarolina
@lisecarolina 5 ай бұрын
Do any rip current drag you down the water? Because I always thought that was what it did. I’ve heard of strong swimmers drowning and always thought it was because something was pulling them down.
@avaarrow7478
@avaarrow7478 5 ай бұрын
I believe that the word you're looking for is undertows. They are, essentially, a secondary current and pose a really good threat of drowning you. Rip currents can still drown you, though, if you don't react right.
@LuddyFish_
@LuddyFish_ 5 ай бұрын
As avaarrow7478 said, that's an undertow. The main reason why people drown in rip currents is because they try to fight and swim against rips, tiring themselves out. Panic is another overlooked factor as panic constricts your ability to breathe properly.
@malingpalsu
@malingpalsu 5 ай бұрын
Am going to Bali! Thanks for the safety info :)
@mspotato138
@mspotato138 5 ай бұрын
When a minute earth video gets released and you drop everything to watch it
@KuruGDI
@KuruGDI 5 ай бұрын
How far can these currents drag you out?
@SilverScarletSpider
@SilverScarletSpider 5 ай бұрын
this is a great video. how do other animals interact with rip currents?
@kordellcurl7559
@kordellcurl7559 5 ай бұрын
What about swimming diagonally away from shore to get away from a rip current.
@mojojojo813
@mojojojo813 5 ай бұрын
Better to swim diagonally TOWARD shore to get out of the current but also closer to shore. Longshore currents can pull you diagonally, too.
@Mistyc4tt
@Mistyc4tt 4 ай бұрын
You should do a video on how the ocean got salty
@JustTata.H
@JustTata.H 4 ай бұрын
Ohhh so that's what pushed me very far when I was a kid, I liked to jump in a rip current
@TheRexisFern
@TheRexisFern 5 ай бұрын
One of the first things we learn living near large water bodies.
@RBRT02
@RBRT02 5 ай бұрын
Would gueniss accept a swimming speed record if I were to do it in a ripcurrent?
@TriegaDN
@TriegaDN 5 ай бұрын
These have been an issue on the great lakes. There has been effort to educate people on how to get out of rip currents on Lake Michigan beaches
@dr.jackauty4415
@dr.jackauty4415 5 ай бұрын
I was surfing and got caught in the worst rip of my life. I paddled sideways for two hours and only just got out. Two other surfers I was with went with the current and tried to go around. The current dumped them on a tiny rock island 3km off shore. If they'd missed that island, who knows where they'd end up. Be careful out there!
@Proverbially31
@Proverbially31 5 ай бұрын
I remember getting caught in a rip in the Atlantic as a teenager. It felt like a monstrous pair of hands had grabbed onto my thighs and was pulling me under. I'll never, ever forget that sensation. I looked up ocean safety before I left for the beach, and remembered to swim parallel to shore. Managed to swim out of it, got lucky.
@Squidboi6677
@Squidboi6677 5 ай бұрын
Achivement unlocked: New fear
@BaeYeou
@BaeYeou 5 ай бұрын
You know how as kids we were convinced that the sun expanding and dying in 5 billion years and quicksand were dangers we'd face later in life? I'm getting that same kind of feeling here.
@mojojojo813
@mojojojo813 5 ай бұрын
It's a real danger on the coast.
@user-et2dx5du7e
@user-et2dx5du7e 5 ай бұрын
Glad I’m not the only one who freaked out and told all of my friends that the sun was going to die
@okman9684
@okman9684 5 ай бұрын
One of my firends friend died because of rip currents
@Novastar.SaberCombat
@Novastar.SaberCombat 5 ай бұрын
30+ years ago, I fell off a (low) cliff into the ocean. Long story short, despite my injuries and lost glasses, I had enough sense to understand that I was going to have to be VERY judicious about my next choices to survive. Recognizing the threat of riptides and undertow proved to be key. Clearly, I made it out, but I had some friends over the years who drowned... probably due to--yes, you guessed it--riptides. 😓 It is what it is; brainwork can save your life (if you let it), but adrenaline and panic might burn it away faster than you can scream "help" (which, btw, won't be heard over ocean waves).
@thuphumong1003
@thuphumong1003 5 ай бұрын
Bro I love your channel so much 💀
@fearisthemind-killer
@fearisthemind-killer 5 ай бұрын
Good info.
@game__r
@game__r 5 ай бұрын
as a beach lifeguard, people not being able to swim usually is already a hazard, this just makes it even more dangerous for them luckily we use them to get out faster to them if shit hits the fan children with lifejackets on are even more susceptible to rip currents, which funnily enough defeats the entire purpose of it (basically if your kid can’t swim don’t use a life jacket, instead be RIGHT by their side the entire time and not far out)
@mopman9264
@mopman9264 5 ай бұрын
The best way to not get caught in rip currents is to simply not go the the beach
@AddyL-z3j
@AddyL-z3j 5 ай бұрын
I love your yt channel ❤
@rikrikonius1301
@rikrikonius1301 5 ай бұрын
When I was in my 20s, my mother asked me if I remembered going to the beach as a little kid. "It was OK. The only part I really likes was that cool thing the water did sometimes where the currents went in different directions." I never saw someone turn so white so fast. "What?" "That was the rip tide!" "Oh... oh! Wow. So that was a rip tide?" "How often did it do that?" "I dunno, about half the time" I think what saved me was A) the beach was shaped so the current went to the side, and B) I didn't so much swim as float and relax in the fun ride that I had no idea was a deadly peril.
@UkiMalefu
@UkiMalefu 5 ай бұрын
Moving sideways works. I've experienced it more than once.
@asnyder1635
@asnyder1635 5 ай бұрын
I don't think I would have the calm to tread water and hope the rip current deposits me onto a sandbar I can stand on. Just the thought of that is horrifying.
@culwin
@culwin 5 ай бұрын
I watched the show Riptide in the 80's as a kid
@barmansushi
@barmansushi 5 ай бұрын
I expect the newsletter to have no hesitation, repetition or deviation
@TheArchitectThatWas
@TheArchitectThatWas 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for making very short and informative videos. I often don't watch videos that looks interesting because the question in the title could be answered in two minutes but the video is 25 minutes long.
@nahblue
@nahblue 5 ай бұрын
Sounds cool, now I want to try
@LCCWPresents
@LCCWPresents 5 ай бұрын
The rip tides are notorious in California and on senior ditch day a small rip tide took me .1 miles from where I went in the water.
@kevinjpluck
@kevinjpluck 5 ай бұрын
Growing up in New Zealand there was a regular PSA to never swim in a calm spot on a surf beach because it's a RIP .
@kevinjpluck
@kevinjpluck 5 ай бұрын
Turns out it was a Lotto ad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHbFfnl8atObn6s
@Texan_christian1132
@Texan_christian1132 13 күн бұрын
2:55 NO! HOW DARE YOU!
@BaileyRenfroe
@BaileyRenfroe 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! I was actually going to go to the ocean so knowing this is really helpful
@Gintokikreuz1
@Gintokikreuz1 5 ай бұрын
So how do people die from then?
@wooy1701
@wooy1701 5 ай бұрын
they try to fight them and get exhausted at whih point either drowning or hypothermia or people who aren't able to swim well getting dragged away from where the water is low enough to stand
@JimiPain
@JimiPain 5 ай бұрын
That music seems a bit out of place when talking about something deadly :D
@Grond112358
@Grond112358 5 ай бұрын
How to avoid being pulled out to sea, a step-by-step guide: 1. Do not go into the water. 2. Get an ice cream. 3. Done.
@Ryan50Ryan
@Ryan50Ryan 5 ай бұрын
Mom, can you pick me up. The rip currents are being jerks again.
@user-Herobro
@user-Herobro 5 ай бұрын
For some reason my brain is saying that it would be fun
@DC-ox4rc
@DC-ox4rc 5 ай бұрын
Something seems off with the audio
@jasperiscool
@jasperiscool 5 ай бұрын
I’m loving the 14/8 time background music!
@kimberlylewistyner2070
@kimberlylewistyner2070 5 ай бұрын
1:29 I’ve been on one before just smaller !
@deleted_handle
@deleted_handle 5 ай бұрын
beaches are scary
@yourin8er
@yourin8er 5 ай бұрын
Can anyone verify this works in Nevada?
@AnikKasumi
@AnikKasumi 16 күн бұрын
I swim a lot so i have gotten stuck in quite a bit of rip currents and its pretty scary but if you are a good swimmer its a little less dangerous. But once i got stuck in one of those sand bar ones, it draged me pretty far and it was realy fast. I kinda liked it,it was like a roller coater.
@berserkermaniac8697
@berserkermaniac8697 Ай бұрын
Also called an undertoe. My parents were caught in one of those in hawaii and were swimming all crazy in it and they weren't moving at all. everyone was moving around them. quite the spectical
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