Citation

Draper L, Dobson PJ. Nature 1965; 206(4990): 1249.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1965, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/2061249a0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

RIP currents have been measured at Holywell in West Cornwall, where a sandy beach is open to waves and swells from the Atlantic. A rip current is a narrow streak of water which flows seawards from the beach; it carries the return flow of the general shorewards transport of water produced by the breaking of waves. Such currents cause many bathing fatalities each year.

Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety