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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As of Thursday, the service is not warning of rip currents for the weekend or into Christmas week.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
There is a dangerous high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Nearly 2 miles away from the home, surfers alerted Lifeguard Tower 2 in Ocean Beach to a dog that had been swept into a rip current near the jetty.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Lifeguards in Ocean Beach, nearly two miles away, alerted a lifeguard tower about a dog that had been swept out into the rip current near a jetty.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
There is a dangerous high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Nearly 2 miles away from the home, surfers alerted Lifeguard Tower 2 in Ocean Beach to a dog that had been swept into a rip current near the jetty.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Lifeguards in Ocean Beach, nearly two miles away, alerted a lifeguard tower about a dog that had been swept out into the rip current near a jetty.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Rip current.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20current. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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