Rip Current Links

Technical
Safety, Statistics
Local Information

Bibliography of Published Rip Current Research, courtesy of Delaware Sea Grant

Technical

• Wave and rip current training modules, from the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET)
• Rip Currents: A Field Experiment and Numerical Model
• Rip currents may hang around for weeks, months,UF Research
• Lifeguard Effectiveness, A Report of the Working Group, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2001.
• Formulation of a Rip Current Predictive Index Using Rescue Data
• Facts About Injuries and Drowning
• Rip Current Instabilities, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware
• Experimental Study of Nearshore Dynamics on a Barred Beach
  with Rip Channels, Journal of Geophysical Research
• Rip Currents: Nearshore Fundamentals
• Rip Currents: NWS Mission and Partnerships
• Center for Disease Control statistics on rip currents, injury information
  links on the side
  Centers for Disease Control fact sheet on drowning deaths, with links
  to the healthy swimming site.

Safety and Awareness Publications/Statistics

• Rip Currents: Don't Panic, North Carolina Sea Grant
• Rip Current Statistics, United States Lifesaving Association
• Rip Current Education and Awareness, Delaware Sea Grant

Local NWS Office Information

• NWS Wilmington, NC, Educational Rip Current Site
• NWS Melbourne, FL, East Central Florida Rip Current Program
• NWS Wilmington, NC, Rip Currents
• NWS Wakefield, VA, Rip Currents