How does a person gets caught in rip currents?
One important factor that results in the drowning of a person is an undertow that is created as a result of rip currents. The rip currents always stay along the shore and are continuously trying to go back to the sea. If the incoming waves are not strong enough, these currents try to escape during this “weak wave” instances. But if there are no weak waves, the rip currents escape from beneath the strong waves, resulting in an undertow that pulls the swimmer inside the water.
