Rip currents are narrow and concentrated seaward-directed flows that extend from close to
the shoreline, through the surf zone, and varying distances beyond. Rip currents are …

The rip current hazard on beaches is a global public health issue. While physical controls on
rip current formation and flow behavior are relatively well understood, there has been a …

Sand and gravel beaches naturally act as a coastal buffer, absorbing wave energy and
dynamically adapting to the seasonal and long-term wave climate. Significant shifts in …

Outer sand bar dynamics on a high-energy macro-tidal beach were investigated using long-
term (multi-year) field datasets of intertidal morphology and offshore bathymetry. Utilising a …

Wave-driven currents have a substantial impact on local circulation patterns in and across
the surf zone, and are responsible for cross-shore and longshore exchange of mass and …

Rip currents can occur around groynes and other coastal structures (eg breakwaters and
geological headlands), which provide a boundary to the wave-induced flow field and …

Rip currents are the greatest hazard to swimmers on surf beaches, but due to a lack of
consistent incident reporting in many countries, it is often difficult to quantify the number of …

Predicting the future behavior of beach and nearshore systems requires an accurate
delineation and understanding of coastal cell boundaries, sediment transport pathways, and …

This study describes the demographics, occurrence, location, primary hazards and
outcomes involved in rescues performed by surfers on Australian beaches. Conservative …

Rip currents are the primary hazard on surf beaches, and early studies described them as
fast, shore-normal flows that extended seaward of the surf zone. Based on this traditional …