Don't get sucked in by the rip...

Rip currents are the greatest hazards on our beaches. This national award-winning video shows what they are, how to spot them, what to do if you get stuck in one, and the different types of rips.

http://www.scienceofthesurf.com

Contact:
Mary O'Malley | +61 2 9385 2873 | m.omalley@unsw.edu.au

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  Science & Technology

[calibornwaverider]

He sounds american

[UNSW]

Proudly Canadian.

[UNSW]

We'd love to do that. When we investigated this a while back we were told the airlines thought we'd turn away tourists if we showed them the dangers on our beaches. It makes much sense to us to prepare tourists.

[UNSW]

Dr Rob Brander last night won Australia's top science prize, the Eureka, for his work on this Science of the Surf program. Well-deserved! Congratulations Rob.

[JRuffinelli]

Omaarlovemusic

I love how this guy's on the fucking *internet*, where information on *any* subject is readily available to curious people. Yet, they're still goddamned lazy enough to request people to answer their near-essay length questions. All they have to do is take a very small amount of initiative and check out the info that is *already* out there.

Wikipedia may not be completely accurate, but fuck, it beats demanding a stranger to be your own personal oceanographer. Get bent, fella.

[Reav420]

wtf is this guy talking about. Undertows most certainly exist.

[Your21Century]

They won't take you to New Zeland. Lmao

[SurferBE11]

I got stuck in a rip while surfing Tamri (a beachbreak in Morocco) on a big day. Quite scary experience. But the weird thing was that I wasn't (unfortunatly) being pulled to the sea, or at a very low speed. Scary thing because I couldn't move anywhere and I'm at a very desolate beach. Anyway I just chilled out, relaxed on my board and after about what looked like 30 minutes waves where starting to break again and I got to shore (probably because tides were shifting). Anyway never panic!

[Himawanta budiwanto]

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[xKluTcHz]

Don't know how i ended up here .. but you learn something new everyday.. thanks!

[043justdoit]

dayum, and your view of the world is shrouded by your confined experiences and far from realistic. I don't blame you.