water at Bondi Beach Sydney Australia looking dramatic at low tide with water swirling as swimmers and surfers enjoy summer day weather Source: Moment RF / Brendan Maher/Getty Images
If you do get caught in a rip:
Stay calm and conserve your energy
Raise your arm and call out for help
Float with the current – it could return you to a shallow sandbank
Swim parallel to the beach or towards the breaking waves to escape the rip.
But the best advice is to swim where it’s safe.
Untuk keselamatan Anda, dianjurkan untuk berenang di antara rambu-rambu peringatan keamanan di pantai Credit: Lee Hulsman/Getty ImagesGOSFORD, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 13: North Avoca Beach is closed after a surfer was attacked by a shark on November 13, 2017 in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images) Credit: Tony Feder/Getty Images
A member of the Surf Life Savers takes part in a Search and Rescue operation at Port Beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia, Saturday November 6. 2021. Beaches have been closed amid fears of a shark attack near Perth, with a man reported missing. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAPIMAGE
