“Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats near shore,” the weather service said in its advisory.

Hundreds rescued from rip currents on East Coast beaches as expert shares safety tips for 4th of July weekend, including how to escape dangerous currents and stay aware.

Rip currents can result in drowning deaths when swimmers caught in a current aren't able to swim back to shore. According to the NWS, rip currents are the greatest surf-zone hazard to beachgoers.

Rip currents can be found at any beach with waves, at any time. “Measured at speeds up to 8 feet per second (more than 5 miles per hour), rip currents can be faster than an Olympic swimmer ...

Rip currents can easily be seen from the shore with the naked eye, but you have to know what to look for. And they’re much more difficult to see when you’re in the water.

Rip current formation is more favorable with incoming wave direction perpendicular to shore, larger wave heights, and longer wave periods. However, rip currents can still form in surf of only 1 to ...

Rip currents are silent killers. These fast-moving channels of water can reach speeds of 1 to 2 feet per second, but have been measured as high as 8 feet per second.

Rip currents are notoriously difficult to see, even for experts, and can change in minutes. “I've been surfing for 30 years,” says Chris Cousens, water safety lead at the RNLI in Wales.

Rip currents can be as narrow as 10 or 20 feet in width though some may be up to 10 times wider. The length of the rip current also varies. Video below: How to spot, escape rip currents ...

A rip current is simply a current of water flowing away from the shore at surf beaches. They typically start near the shoreline and run through the zone of the surf and out past the line of ...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — It’s a danger we hear about all the time living in Florida and one our lifeguards train for: rip currents. “Our beaches are kind of set up in a way that rip currents ...

Rip currents account for about 80% of the 60,000 rescues conducted each year at U.S. beaches. Old Orchard isn’t the only community coping with new rip currents created by a storm-altered surf zone.