We can't stress enough how dangerous rip currents can be, but as you travel to the coast this summer, experts say there are several ways you can survive if you get caught in one.
While lifeguards might be out and the caution flag might be up, but that doesn't rule out the possibility of getting caught in a powerful rip current.
Last summer, Ali Joy was visiting Atlantic Beach, with her husband Austin, and their kids. Joy said, flags weren't up, but before she knew it, her twin daughters had been pulled out to sea caught in a rip current.
"You see your loved one in distress and you don't think twice," she explained, "You run in. As you're going in, you just want to get to them. When you get to them, you are relieved. And you think, oh my God, I've got them. But then you realize you're all in the same pickle."