print email comment close National Weather Service: Rip Current Safety URL: http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov Description: "Check this site for rip current overview, safety tips, forecasts, photos, headlines/saving lives, survivor stories, links, statistics, animation and glossary." Also includes information about the science behind this phenomenon that occurs when "waves break strongly in some locations and weakly in others," a brochure on rip tide safety for swimmers (in English and Spanish), and information about the inaugural national Rip Current Awareness Week (June 5-11, 2005). From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Extra Keywords Break the grip of the rip beaches ocean undertow Library of Congress Subject Headings: Hazardous geographic environments Swimming -- Safety measures Tidal currents LII Database Information: Record 13288 created by Maria Brandt on 06/07/2005 Last modification on 06/08/2005 Published: 06/07/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13288