Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. I was seven years old the first time I got caught in a rip. It was a blistering summer's day at Main Beach, Surfer's Paradise. My brother ...

Today someone, somewhere around Australia will drown in a rip. Two days later, another person will die the same way. And just days after that, so will another. Surf experts say rips are a danger to ...

The figure of 21 deaths by Australian's caught in rips is believed to be an underestimation of the true number(Vetta/ Getty Images) The day I meet Melanie Colling ...

Danger lurks in the surf beaches of Australia in the form of rip currents or rips. These narrow, fast-flowing, seaward channels of water are responsible for an average 26 drownings a year and 80-90% ...

Rip currents kill more people on average than bushfires, cyclones, floods, and shark attacks, according to a new study. A short investigation led by Rob Brander, of the University of New South Wales, ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. It was 3pm on a hot Sunday in February 6, 1938 when three massive waves smashed Bondi Beach in quick ...