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East Central Florida Rip Current Program

Program Leader: Krizia Negron

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Statistics

Rip currents more deadly than Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Lightning combined, in east central Florida

East Central Florida Drowning Statistics (unofficial)
Rip Current Victim Data
High Surf Victim Data


Safety Brevard Ocean Rescue YouTube Rip Current Video NOAA Rip Current Web site National Ocean Service Rip Currents page 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 Rip Current Brochure
Training Subtle Weather Change Leading to Hundreds of Rip Current Rescues at Daytona Beach, Florida on Memorial Day Weekend 2014 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 Typical Subtle Summer Rip Current Rescue Event--June 1999 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)

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