Live Lifeguard Rip Current Rescue

[007peaceandlove]

Almost sounds like Adam Sandler behind the camera.

[AnaBanana311]

@007peaceandlove hahaha it does!

[Angelaisepic]

XD those people were like...what the hell?!

[alexpapyz31]

Scarry... Got caught in today's high surf over at Manhattan beach. It was scary for a moment.

[kidsguitar3]

God bless the lifeguard and the man who rescued the boy. Those are some nasty waves.

[TheEliandTaniashow]

If I had $1 for every Pixel I would be Broke.

[shqiperiany]

was the boy who was drowing rescued too?

[kazumazkan]

thats it im not swiming no more

[187prettyboy]

The reason lifesaver is taking so long: you have to swim sideways to the beach (parallel) until you get out of the rip, before swiming towards the beach. Dont try and swim against the rip, you won't win, and will drown with exhaustion.

[Tomuchcheese7244]

i got cought in one over the summer hahaha i turned to my pal said its to rough lets go and in a sec i was 7 feet away

[thewastedguitarist]

@Tomuchcheese7244 don't even go in. always ask a lifeguard what to do/ where to swim. we are always happy to help, and even happier if it's on land.

[juliette642]

i was with my family on vacation in new jersey. i went really far out and the waves were starting to get big and rough. i was trying to body surf back in, but i ended up getting pulled out so i start flailing my arms and the lifeguards came to get me. i went unconscious from the cold.

the lifeguards saved my life.

[pacman812]

ups for the L=guards who do you call when you need help Domino's???

[zanacuba12]

wow I don't wan tto be there in the water no way

[theblackcatofpb]

they need to question him to get information for their reports although im sure they were doing an injury summary...

[clarkewi]

Where is this Mexico?

[fancymen1]

Lifeguards are the best they saved my life once

[NOKLifeguardsCorfu]

Rip currents are not infinite neither in lenght neither in size. They stop somewhere between 50-200m to the deep and many times 50-150m to the sides. The solution is (if there is no lifeguard) to let go by rip current into the deep. Then try to come out from at a different point. No panic. If there is lifeguard he should come out of the rip and come to the shore from a different point. Anywas that was a strong rip and could be lethal for one with no experiance and physical condition. Good job!

[youojesus]

@NOKLifeguardsCorfu Isn't their sharks?

[NOKLifeguardsCorfu]

@youojesus

Depends in what sea you are.

[iluvfatchx]

kid better get on his knees!!!

[mach5drms12]

looks like a river

[aldamano9]

thats one nasty rip

[jbyrsm1]

Oh my gosh. I would freak. This has never happened to me, and I hope it never does.

[JorgHeinrichreich]

it happened me when surfing in Doonbeg, Ireland...very shitty

[DemonicRoadrunnerInc]

i was in a very tiny one once, luckily i was lke 30 feet from the ebach when I noticed it, so I didn't even dot he parallel thing, I just swam for it. Half the time I was running cuz it was so shallow. But it was cool.

[twinscrewcobra]

as someone said earlier small rips are fun to ride...but when you mess with rips from hurricane swells with 8ft + waves, it scares the shit out of you. i bodyboard and i use fins and even then u are no match for the current. just let it take u out.

[no1zgrl4eva]

You cn't swim against a rip, the thing to do it let it take you to where you can go sideways and then swim in. People drown in these all the time, I am glad this boy got out.

[Lehmann108]

It's a psychological thing. People freakout as they fly away from the beach. It happened to me when I was 12 in Cape Code. Luckily I knew all about rips and just rode it out and swam easily parallel to the beach. But it was pretty intense!

[no1zgrl4eva]

No kidding....even though I understand how these work, I probably would still totally freak out if this happened to me. I'm glad you are ok.

[xInfected27x]

@no1zgrl4eva The Only Reason I Would Get Scared Is The Water Is Way Out And I Dont Like Deep Dark Water Cause Sharks And All The Stuff In It

[iluvfatchx]

@Lehmann108 u cant swim parallel to the beach ud never get there then, do u mean diagonal, or latter toward shore?

[BAWLINGNIGGER69666]

many lifeguards do from the coast retartttt benys dont know hot swim ARTARD!

[bohdifrompointbreak]

Many life guards don't come from the coast. They come to the beach to spend the summer. they are trained...by I bet a local wouldn't pull someone back in through the rip.

[sbinsdca]

Why are they pulling them out THROUGH the rip current? Walk along the shore, until they are out of the RC... and then pull them toward shore.

Rip current can be fun if you know what they are and how to use them. As kids in Florida, we used to ride these things where the inland bay passes met the Gulf of Mexico.

[TheTurbinator]

Exactly, they are not the man eating things everyone makes them out to be. It's only dangerous, to the tourists who have never seen a beach before.

All you need to do is hear the basics from someone who knows, and you can use the rip currents for fun.

[GUMMYBEAYUH]

You've never been in a strong rip in rough water, because I guarantee you that you will not like it. Granted, a rip that carries you out 30 feet or so in relatively calm surf might be exciting, but not for 100+ Feet, and especially not so when you have 6 foot seas.

[jaimepablo]

agreed, why go back via the rip current. I think its because they had no idea.

[GUMMYBEAYUH]

He's pulling them straight in because he can, hence the line. I'm in Florida, and hell no rips aren't fun. I personally love some rough water for boarding, but being overpowered in it is not fun. It's especially not fun when you know that 300 feet out there's a sudden drop in depth, with a nearby reef, and Bull Sharks patrol the area on a regular basis.

[GenuineRuksadindan]

Very Brave.

[dantheman374]

haha me too i felt it starting up and when i got out of the water the lifegaurd blew the whistle and the current poped up rite where i was at.

[JasonLIKESturtles]

cool. i almost got caught in one too it was scary :(

[seskie]

my friend got caught in one and they had to get him out with a jet ski cuz it was too risky to have a lifeguard just swim into it!