I've been thinking about learning how to surf. Do you surf? How worried should I really be about rip currents or undertows?
Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or face of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or rivers in the form of a standing wave or tidal bore. However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools.
The term "surfing"
stronger or more frequent rip currents. Only experienced surf swimmers should enter the water.
3. "High-risk rip currents": Wind and/or wave conditions support dangerous rip currents. Rip currents are life-threatening to anyone entering the surf.
See also.
- Intertidal zone
- Littoral zone
- Surf fishing
References.
- Pinet, Paul R (2008) "Invitation to Oceanography", Chapter 11: The Dynamic Shoreline. Edition 5 revised. Jones & Bartlett Learning,
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