Rip Current Photos and Graphics

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Great Lakes
Berrien County, MI. Courtesy of the University of South Florida	Grand Sable Dunes, near Grand Marais, MI, on Lake Superior. NOAA	Off Highway 2, Mackinac County, MI. Courtesy of Steve Hernek	Sleeping Bear Dunes, near Ludington, MI. Courtesy Univ. of Michigan coastal engineering department.
Gulf Coast
No swimming signs around stone groins, Galveston, Texas. Courtesy of Spencer Rogers, North Carolina Sea Grant.	No swimming signs around stone groins, Galveston, Texas. Courtesy of Spencer Rogers, North Carolina Sea Grant.	No swimming signs around stone groins, Galveston, Texas. Courtesy of Spencer Rogers, North Carolina Sea Grant.	.
Pacific Ocean
Rip Current on Grand Avenue Beach with child and parent Courtesy of Chris Brewster, USLA	Rip Current on Grand Avenue Beach with child and parent Courtesy of Chris Brewster, USLA	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant
Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant
Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant
Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Rip current off Big Sur, CA. Courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant	Close up of Rip Current Courtesy of Lifeguard Captain Nick Steers, County of Los Angeles Fire Department
Atlantic
Oak Island, NC, 2002, Courtesy of Jeff Otto, Wilmington Star News	Carolina Beach, NC, 2001, Courtesy of the Carolina Beach Police Departmen	Rip Current in Florida after Hurricane Jeanne Courtesy of Dennis Decker, WCM, NWS Melbourne, FL	Aerial View of Several Rip Currents Courtesy of Dr. Wendy Carey, Delaware Sea Grant
Surfer just north of Rip Current near timber piles Courtesy of Dr. Wendy Carey, Delaware Sea Grant	Rip Currents Along Groin Courtesy of Dr. Wendy Carey, Delaware Sea Grant	Closeup of Aerial View of Rip Current Courtesy of Dr. Wendy Carey, Delaware Sea Grant	Rip Current in Florida after Hurricane Jeanne Courtesy of Dennis Decker, WCM, NWS Melbourne, FL
Crowded Beach with Rip Currents Present Courtesy of Dr. Wendy Carey, Delaware Sea Grant	People in Rip Current Courtesy of Discovery Communications	Beach View of Rip Current Along Jetty Courtesy of Dr. Tom Herrington, Stevens Institute of Technology	Rip Current in Florida after Hurricane Jeanne Courtesy of Dennis Decker, WCM, NWS Melbourne, FL
International
Multiple rip currents in Tunquen, Chili. Courtesy of Cecilia and Randy Lascody
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