Swimming could be done in both swimming pool and in the sea. Different with swimming in the pool, swimming in the sea although its very fun and pleasant, it required more technique and skill.
Some of us might not know that not all coast border is safe to perform swimming activities. You should pay attention to signs that are placed in certain area. Beware of red flags sign marked with “Do not Swim” board. These kind of sign are placed to secure you for good reasons, usually to avoid you from high rip current.
Rip current with 80 miles per hour, the reverse current is not only strong, but can also be deadly. So what is rip current?
Rip Current (Reverse Flow) is a stream of water coming wave that hit the coast and back again to the sea. That stream can be very powerful because it is usually an accumulation of the meeting of two or more arriving waves. Rip Current can be seen from the higher ground around the beach.
Based on observations, Rip Current could be determined by:
* Seeing the wave height difference between left and right and between. High wave on the left and right greater than them.
* Placing an item that might float. If the object is being dragged towards the offshore (offshore) then in that place there is Rip Current.
* Seeing the water turbidity is happening, where the water on the surf zone is mixed with water from land. When you look into the murky waters off shore, then there is a Rip Current place.
If you accidentally caught in a back flow current try not to panic, if you use the swimming facilities (boogie boards / tires) do not try to remove it, immediately ask for help or the simple thing to do is screaming for help and waving.
If caught in a reverse flow into the sea, do not try to swim against the stream (the beach), swim to the area to the left / right of us and then swam back toward the beach (or follow the waves toward the shore). Of course we must keep to stay out of the drag flow. Stay calm and swim along the flow, outside the reverse flow, take advantage of the wave (waves) to push us into shore, and that’s should kept you out from trouble, at least until helps arrived.
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