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To: SamAdams76
You have to be comfortable treading water as you seem to be getting flushed out to sea. Then you can head north or south once the rip loses its energy.

I went to college near Sebastian Inlet in Florida. I was a beach bum, only doing school at nights. Several times I found myself two miles off the coastline. I am a very strong swimmer and comfortable in the ocean.

11 posted on 07/22/2018 6:22:18 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: blackdog

Wow, Blackdog, that is way out, 2 miles! Yikes. I winter down by Melbourne, and having never been caught in a really bad rip current, always wondered about how far out one could get pulled.

Were you pulled out that far against your will by the rip current, or did you just sort of allow yourself to go with the flow for a while without attempting to escape it out of youthful fearlessness? Or are some rip currents really 2 miles in length? (I had no idea a rip current could drag one out 2 miles from shore) I’m so curious, I want to understand the nature of the enemy, so to speak, so that when I go swimming down there I better understand the nature of this danger. . . Thank you for sharing.


23 posted on 07/23/2018 6:14:55 AM PDT by ladyrustic
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