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7/3/23

WHAT IS A RIPTIDE and HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM UNDERTOW? 6000 WAVES A DAY BREAKON A BEACH....

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You go to the beach and you see warning signs about the conditions... Have you been sucked under?

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 This article explains the three types of dangerous tides or tows that can drag you out or under...

Excerpt:  Every day, some 6.000 waves break on a given beach.

The broken wave pushes water up the beach, and gravity pulls the water back down the beach as a backwash.

When big waves break on the beach, a large uprush and backwash of water and sand are generated: this seaward-flowing water/sand mixture is pulled strongly into the next breaking wave...


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