Rip Currents and Surviving Them

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According to a new study, it seems that everything you've been told about surviving rip currents is probably wrong.

From a diver's standpoint, rip tides, as they are often called, basically affect beach divers, not those diving from boats farther from shore. Each year in the U.S., about 100 people drown after being sucked away from beaches by rip currents; lifeguards save up to 50,000 people a year caught in rips. Hawaii has powerful rip currents. Florida as well....

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