Volusia County Beach Safety, whose officers and lifeguards oversee swimmers and surfers along more than 30 miles of beach on ...

When waves break near the shoreline, water piles up between the wave and the beach. One of the ways the water returns to the ocean is in the form of a rip current. A rip current is the narrow stream ...

Bay Area officials say rip current incidents are pretty frequent in the Tampa Bay Area, especially since there are so many visitors. They say float on your back and paddle or swim parallel to the ...

Sunday, March 8, 2026: Miami woke up to clear, muggy air with temperatures in the mid 70s at Miami International Airport and sticky humidity already in place. Expect mostly sunny skies and a high near ...

Volusia County Beach Safety unveiled a rip current simulator at Daytona State’s Aquatic Center. The tool will help residents and tourists learn how to identify and escape rip currents. Officials hope ...

Tropical Storm Erin -- which is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Saturday morning -- won't have a direct impact on the U.S., but it will bring dangerous rip ...

The National Weather Service released a rip current statement at 12:03 a.m. on Wednesday valid from Thursday 6 a.m. until ...

Recent drowning incidents involving rip currents have sparked renewed concerns about the dangerous swimming conditions and what you should do if you end up in one. On Thursday, a Pennsylvania couple ...

This former lifeguard helped launch an ocean safety campaign in Australia. Can his tips for escaping deadly rip currents save ...

Orlando woke up to a warm, muggy start on Friday, March 6, 2026, with mostly clear skies and pockets of patchy fog trimming ...