If you should get caught in a rip current, don’t panic. Try to remember a few simple rules from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
For more tips on how to avoid and survive rip currents, visit NOAA’s Rip Current Awareness Week Web site. While you’re there, check out cool video footage and aerial photographs, including video animation of a swimmer caught in a rip current, as well as first-person accounts from rip current survivors.
All May long, we’ll be bringing you resources for celebrating Water Safety Month!