rip current
noun
: a strong usually narrow surface current flowing outward from a shore that results from the return flow of waves and wind-driven water
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There is a moderate risk of rip currents at all area beaches.
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Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025
The force can carve a trench into the sand below you and create a rip current, a fast-moving channel of water that will haul your unsuspecting ass out to sea.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
What To Know Several drownings have already occurred this season because of rip currents, including a 17-year-old boy who died on April 14 after being swept away in a rip current at Lake Worth Beach in Palm Beach County.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
What is a rip current Rip currents form when waves crash at the shore, creating water currents that flow away from a beach’s edge, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
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Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025
The force can carve a trench into the sand below you and create a rip current, a fast-moving channel of water that will haul your unsuspecting ass out to sea.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
What To Know Several drownings have already occurred this season because of rip currents, including a 17-year-old boy who died on April 14 after being swept away in a rip current at Lake Worth Beach in Palm Beach County.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
What is a rip current Rip currents form when waves crash at the shore, creating water currents that flow away from a beach’s edge, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Rip current.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20current. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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