Surfing Wave Rips & Safety Hints Types Currents

Here are some important things to remember, Rip Rip in and out of the water, when going for a surf. Feeder Sandbars Feeder Current Current

Rip BREAKER ZONE Current 01 04 AREA ALWAYS CHECK ALCOHOL AFFECTS YOUR Longshore Current YOUR EQUIPMENT SURFING ABILITY AND BEFORE SURFING. JUDGEMENT. DON’T Beach Ensure all dings are repaired DRINK AND SURF. and watertight and that your Backwash A rip is a strong water being stirred up off leash is free of nicks and cuts. 05 current running out to the sea bed. from a beach. Rips can 02 • Foam on the surface ADEQUATE WATER Plunging Wave easily sweep swimmers out extending beyond MAKE SURE ALL BODY SHOULD BE CONSUMED to sea from shallow water, the break. Where the water becomes These waves are powerful sometimes several hundred AREAS EXPOSED TO BEFORE, DURING AND shallow very quickly, the with resulting strong currents metres offshore. Rips occur • Waves breaking on both THE SUN HAVE BEEN AFTER ACTIVITY TO wave stands up, gets top along the beach. at all beach locations, sides of but not WELL COVERED IN A AVOID DEHYDRATION. heavy quickly and causes inside the rip (the rip may • They are ideal waves including bays. MINIMUM 30+ WATER the crest to pitch out. seem calm and inviting). for experienced surfers. RESISTANT SUNSCREEN. 06 Common signs of a rip are: • Water that appears dark, indicating deeper water. 03 SURFERS SHOULD • Murky brown water caused CHECK WEATHER AND by and seaweed • Debris floating out to sea. WHEN WIPING OUT BEACH CONDITIONS ALWAYS PROTECT BEFORE ENTERING Swash YOUR HEAD FROM THE WATER, TO SHALLOW WATER. Wave ENSURE SAFETY. Information

Deep Water Waves Breakers Surf BBAaCckwaKWsAhSH • Waves of Oscillation • Waves steepen • Waves of Translation REMEMBER NEVER TO SURF • increases • Formed by • Waves break • Wave length deepens tou ching ALONE AND ALWAYS ADHERE TO Spilling Wave

Swash SIGNS AND INSTRUCTIONS SET Where there is a gradually • They are good waves Swash for beginning surfers. Motion of sloping sea floor, the waves Motion of FORTH BY THE LIFEGUARDS. water particles stand up slowly and break water particles

with little power. Seabed Contacts Surfing Surfing Affiliated Surfschools

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