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Question by jack
Submitted on 8/18/2003
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what is a riptide ?


Answer by Kevin Haddock
Submitted on 10/13/2003
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Riptides are rapidly moving river like currents of water where it returns to sea after being pushed up on beach by wind and swell action.  Swimmers caught in it can be dragged out to sea unless they swim perpendicular to the riptide (e.g. parallel to shore).

 

Answer by bunghole
Submitted on 3/18/2005
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Answer by Beavertown
Submitted on 6/21/2005
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A riptide is where one current crosses or enters another current of a different direction and "pulls" out to sea or in a separate direction from the two currents in question.  There are some physical characteristics of a beach that can help swimmers identify a potential riptide, i.e. two sandbars roughly 500 feet or more from the high tide break line on shore.  Water can rush out to the ocean through the separation of the sandbars, causing a riptide.

 

Answer by Kiwi head
Submitted on 11/27/2005
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A riptide is a movment of water with very powerful force upon the human body due to our shape and the way our body moves and its physical limitations also make it very hard to avoid them with the due factor of their speed for at one moment you could be no more than 30 feet from shore when suddenly the next moment you could be 2 miles out to sea(10,560 ft or 2.23 km.)The most effective way to escape a riptide it to swim parrallel to the shore. Do not underestimate the power of a riptide! They are a force to be reckoned with!

 

Answer by George
Submitted on 5/15/2006
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