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Why have I seen days when there was a moderate rip current risk and the ocean looked almost flat?

April 26, 2017days flat looked ocean Rip risk seen

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Why have I seen days when there was a moderate rip current risk and the ocean looked almost flat?

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Long period swells sometimes result in minimal wave action where the ocean surface is hardly perturbed, yet there is a greater than normal transport of wave energy into the surf zone which may result in an elevated rip current risk.