Rip current

:Riptide redirects here. Riptide may also refer to an American TV series.

Safety tips

Posted warnings, where available, should always be heeded. It is advisable to stay at least 100 feet away from piers and jetties, which impede waves, encouraging rip currents to form. Also, check the local newspaper and internet for tide timetables. (Beware that tides can be substantially different at beaches relatively close to each other.) Never go into the water without lifeguard supervision from -2 to +4 hours of low tide — especially at night.

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