Rip Current Links

Technical
Safety, Statistics
Local Information
Bibliography of Published Rip Current Research, courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant

Technical

• Science of the Surf: Australia's Rip Current Safety Site
• Minnesota Sea Grant Great Lake Radio Program on Rip Currents
• Minnesota Sea Grant Great Lake Info
• Wave and rip current training modules, from the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET)
• Rip Currents: A Field Experiment and Numerical Model
• Rip currents may hang around for weeks, months,UF Research
• Lifeguard Effectiveness, A Report of the Working Group, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2001.
• Formulation of a Rip Current Predictive Index Using Rescue Data
• Facts About Injuries and Drowning
• Rip Current Instabilities, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware
• Experimental Study of Nearshore Dynamics on a Barred Beach
  with Rip Channels, Journal of Geophysical Research
• Rip Currents: Nearshore Fundamentals
• Rip Currents: NWS Mission and Partnerships
• Center for Disease Control statistics on rip currents, injury information
  links on the side
• Centers for Disease Control fact sheet on drowning deaths, with links
  to the healthy swimming site.

Safety and Awareness Publications/Statistics

• Science of the Surf
• Rip Currents: Don't Panic, North Carolina Sea Grant
• Rip Current Statistics, United States Lifesaving Association
• Rip Current Education and Awareness, Delaware Sea Grant

Local Information

• NWS San Diego, CA, 2010 Hazardous Beach Conditions Safety Bulletin
• NWS Melbourne, FL, East Central Florida Rip Current Program
• NWS Marquette, MI, Safety Info
• NWS Wilmington, NC, Rip Currents
• NWS Wakefield, VA, Rip Currents
• Walton County, MI, website information page and daily conditions