A FIELD INVESTIGATION ON RIP CURRENTS CAUSING FATAL BEACH SWIMMING ACCIDENTS

Shigeo Takahashi; Koji Tsunekazu; Kojiro Suzuki; Hitoshi Nishida; Takashi Tsuchitana; Masahiko Kobayashi; Yasuomi Ozawa

doi:10.2208/prooe.15.743

PROCEEDINGS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE OCEAN

Online ISSN : 1884-8265
Print ISSN : 0912-7348
ISSN-L : 0912-7348

A FIELD INVESTIGATION ON RIP CURRENTS CAUSING FATAL BEACH SWIMMING ACCIDENTS

Shigeo Takahashi, Koji Tsunekazu, Kojiro Suzuki, Hitoshi Nishida, Takashi Tsuchitana, Masahiko Kobayashi, Yasuomi Ozawa

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Keywords: sea bathing, rip current, marine recreation, swimming accidents, beach accidents lifesaving, nearshore current

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1999 Volume 15 Pages 743-748

DOI https://doi.org/10.2208/prooe.15.743

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Abstract

Analysis of 296 fatal beach swimming accidents occurring over the past decade in the Kanto Plains area of Japan indicated that “rip currents” present in the nearshore zone caused half of them. Accordingly, two year long field surveys were conducted on the currents at five beaches, with results finding several typical patterns of rip current-caused accidents.

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