About Rip Tide
A riptide is a strong, offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal flow of water within estuaries and other enclosed tidal areas.
West Mersea: 'Hero' dad saved his son but drowned
Jul 13,2023 6:30 pm
... David Cole and his three-year-old boy were caught by a Rip Tide while at a beach in West Mersea on 11 June...
Australia revisited - a country changed by Covid
Feb 4,2022 3:59 am
... But over the crash of the incoming waves, she could hear the anguished cries of a swimmer out at sea, who was obviously caught in a Rip Tide...
Rip tide Photos
