Respiratory Impairment

The unassuming calm water may lure people to swim there
But the calm water likely represents deep rip currents
That can be very dangerous

Most people realize they are in a rip current
When they feel themselves
Being pulled along the shore
Or in a seaward direction

Rip currents will often have long shore
Or lateral currents that lead into the seaward rip current

Some very strong rip currents may extend 300 meters offshore
But most will end just past the breaking waves

The natural reaction of being pulled away from the shoreline
Is to swim towards it
This is were most people get in trouble

Averaging a speed between 1 and 2 meters per second
Any swimmer, regardless of their strength
Will tire easily in trying to swim against the rip

Fatalities result when the tired swimmer
No longer has the strength to swim

Rip currents will often have long shore
Or lateral currents that lead into the seaward rip current

Some very strong rip currents may extend 300 meters offshore
But most will end just past the breaking waves

The natural reaction of being pulled away from the shoreline
Is to swim towards it
This is were most people get in trouble

Averaging a speed between 1 and 2 meters per second
Any swimmer, regardless of their strength
Will tire easily in trying to swim against the rip

Fatalities result when the tired swimmer
No longer has the strength to swim



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