Beach Safety - How to Identify Rips

Danger! rips and current. Here's a fun way to learn how to identify rips at the beach.

Download the poster here.

A rip is identified by:

• Discoloured or murky brown water caused by sand stirred up off the bottom
• A smoother surface with much smaller waves, with waves breaking either side
• Debris floating out to sea
• A rippled look, when the water around is generally calm