Rips are the strong and narrow channels of water — usually 5 to 30 metres wide — getting sent back out to sea. Coastal scientist Rob Brander, or otherwise known as Dr Rip, says they're like a ...
On Thursday at 4:27 a.m. an updated rip current statement was issued by the National Weather Service valid from 6 p.m. until Saturday 6 a.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties.
A rip current is a narrow jet of water flowing swiftly away from the shore, through the surf zone and past the line of breaking waves at surf beaches. They are formed when waves break near the ...