You're enjoying a relaxing and fun beach day around the popular spring break city of Fort Lauderdale when you spot something — a channel of water that looks different from the waves around it. Don't ...

Depending on how you look at it; rip currents can either be your best friend or your worst nightmare. These powerful flowing bands of water have caught bathers, swimmers, surfers out for years – and ...

It's a beautiful time of year to be in the ocean, as temperatures are warmer and it's still sweet relief from summer heat waves. And it can be one of life's joys to get out beyond the waves or float a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of April 15, 14 people across the United States have died in the "surf zone," according to preliminary data gathered by the ...

Experts call them drowning machines. Rip currents and their strong force are a stark reminder of just how the ocean can turn on you in mere seconds. Rip currents don’t pull you under water, they pull ...