NWS Melbourne Rip Current Page

East Central Florida Rip Current Program

Program Leader: Randy Lascody

Rip Current Awareness Week June 2-8, 2013

NOAANews: Rip Currents among the most Dangerous Summer Beach Hazards

Latest Rip Current Risk
Latest Surf Zone Forecast
East Central Florida Drowning Statistics (unofficial)

Safety

NOAA Rip Current Web site
YouTube Rip Current Safety Video (4.5 minutes)
(Dr. Rob Brander, coastal scientist, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
USLA (United States Lifesaving Association)
Rip Current Fact Sheet
Longshore Current Fact Sheet

Training

Low Wave Height/High Rescue Event in East Central Florida
(presented at 2010 International Rip Current Symposium)
NWS Melbourne Rip Current Program
Original NWS Melbourne Rip Current Initiative Page
COMET Rip Currents: NWS Mission
COMET Rip Currents: Forecasting
COMET Nearshore Fundamentals
Lushine Rip Current Forecasting Paper (1991)

Photos of Rip Currents

Scenic photo of multiple rip currents at Tunquen, Chile
(taken by Cecilia Lascody)

Photo of Vero Beach rip current channel in sand bar after hurricane Jeanne
(taken by Dennis Decker)
(Note: Erosion of sand caused by the hurricane built the large sand bar
and this picture was taken near HIGH tide)

Rip Current Awareness Week June 2-8, 2013
NOAANews: Rip Currents among the most Dangerous Summer Beach Hazards

Latest Rip Current Risk Latest Surf Zone Forecast East Central Florida Drowning Statistics (unofficial)
Safety NOAA Rip Current Web site YouTube Rip Current Safety Video (4.5 minutes) (Dr. Rob Brander, coastal scientist, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) USLA (United States Lifesaving Association) Rip Current Fact Sheet Longshore Current Fact Sheet
Training Low Wave Height/High Rescue Event in East Central Florida (presented at 2010 International Rip Current Symposium) NWS Melbourne Rip Current Program Original NWS Melbourne Rip Current Initiative Page COMET Rip Currents: NWS Mission COMET Rip Currents: Forecasting COMET Nearshore Fundamentals Lushine Rip Current Forecasting Paper (1991)
Photos of Rip Currents Scenic photo of multiple rip currents at Tunquen, Chile (taken by Cecilia Lascody) Photo of Vero Beach rip current channel in sand bar after hurricane Jeanne (taken by Dennis Decker) (Note: Erosion of sand caused by the hurricane built the large sand bar and this picture was taken near HIGH tide)