How to Spot a Rip Current | Surf Safety with Bondi Lifeguards

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  • @dasdovian7785
    @dasdovian7785 3 роки тому +350

    One cool thing my elementary school did with water safety was that they found a small permanent rip on a local beach and had us go in one by one with a life guard to teach us what a rip is and how to get out of one.

    • @nitisha..
      @nitisha.. 2 роки тому +9

      Woah! My primary had an annual “surf awareness’’ day where we went to bondi and had some lifeguards teach us about rips,blue bottles and even some fun facts! Those times were fun!

    • @Aritul
      @Aritul Рік тому

      Where do you live?

  • @shareholder1408
    @shareholder1408 3 роки тому +234

    Perpendicular is with a 90 degree angle of the rip. So to the left or to the right if the rip takes you downwards

  • @lemisi79
    @lemisi79 3 роки тому +156

    Cheers Jethro, we all know you're this goofy guy. But lets not forget you save lives in between the jokes and pranks. Def. appriciate the way your dad taught you at an early age, kuddos to your dad, guess it's the Aussie way.

    • @sallyirving5883
      @sallyirving5883 3 роки тому +2

      Where is my favourite Reidy ?Hope he's ok .pls send him my luv and sooo much more

  • @BondiRescue
    @BondiRescue  3 роки тому +47

    Dig these surf safety tips? We've got more coming, you'll be able to catch them all here 👉ua-cam.com/play/PL0Xa58krD0jViD298K3flWDEyKaWp0yJJ.html S
    Share with your friends and family to keep them safe. And as always: 🚩Swim Between the Flags 🚩

  • @anni50ful
    @anni50ful 3 роки тому +22

    Hello there, I live in Cornwall UK you guy's come from Oz to save our tourists every year, ( along side our own lifeguards of course ) Just a big thank you, you all do a grand job ☺ 🇬🇧

  • @jitka5122
    @jitka5122 3 роки тому +12

    I love how Jeff spoke about his dad, that would be such a good lesson! Whenever I go to Australia now I know what to do and what to look for, so thanks Jeff (and Bondi 💙)

  • @ashsdiamonds
    @ashsdiamonds 3 роки тому +178

    I hope someone explained the difference between parallel and perpendicular 🤣

    • @Sky-ht6tv
      @Sky-ht6tv 3 роки тому +9

      Parallel = ll
      Perpendicular = +

  • @khojertw
    @khojertw Рік тому +5

    you gotta change that to perpendicular you never know who is listening without watching

  • @laurenm-w3634
    @laurenm-w3634 3 роки тому +62

    This is so useful thank you for making this :)

    • @thedivineofsin
      @thedivineofsin 3 роки тому +1

      Says the one that hasn’t finished the first few minutes

    • @laurenm-w3634
      @laurenm-w3634 3 роки тому +1

      @@thedivineofsin any tip on how to spot a rip can save lives im just saying the obvious 😁

  • @shaym2000
    @shaym2000 3 роки тому +13

    Thanks so much, Jeff! I wish there were more lifeguards giving advice on the interesting... also, thank you for being a lifeguard!

  • @mubashir6759
    @mubashir6759 3 роки тому +41

    Yessss, the legend is teaching us 😃😃😃

  • @IndigoVagrant
    @IndigoVagrant Рік тому +4

    A friend and I nearly died in a rip tide in Brazil. He wasn't as far out as me, but luckily I have quite a bit of experience swimming and know how to manage breathing and floating between large waves. I used the perpendicular technique he mentioned, going at a slight angle back towards the shore. I was so exhausted by the time I got back and was some distance from my friends back on the shore. I was determined to get back to my at-the-time fiance(now wife).

  • @kcm4511
    @kcm4511 9 місяців тому +1

    About 6 years ago, I got caught in a rip current in West Palm Beach. This was my first time I was ever in a rip current and I was SO lucky that I had been running for a while. I was an idiot and kept fighting the current and got gassed, fast. Finally after I was about 100 yards off shore, I started to swim parallel to shore and was able to get out of it. By the time I got back to shore, I couldn't walk. I got pounded into the shore by a large wave and it was actually a good feeling. I crawled up the rest of the shore and sat there for a while a little dazed at what had happened before I started to walk back to where my friend was laying on the beach sunbathing. It was terrifying.

  • @megantierney5618
    @megantierney5618 3 роки тому +89

    Jethro gives one big tip to save someone from rip and he gets "parallel" vs. "perpendicular" wrong 😂

    • @LMoneL
      @LMoneL 3 роки тому +7

      He did show perpendicular correctly with his hands but just used the wrong word

    • @Mster_J
      @Mster_J Рік тому

      Typical American 🙄

  • @XX-jk7hx
    @XX-jk7hx Рік тому +1

    That is MASSIVELY HELPFULL!
    When i will go on Vacation either by myself, with family and/or friend's it's good to share such important info's that could be life saving one day!
    Thank's for this enlightenment Video!
    Love Bondi Rescue, even have a Hoodie from you Guy's!

  • @artist5096
    @artist5096 3 роки тому +46

    I’m glad someone is actually teaching how to stay safe at the beach I live in California by LA but all the beaches I know don’t even raise flags and the towers have very distracted lifeguards especially when my cousin and I almost got bit by a small sand shark that was bumping into multiple swimmers even trying to rub them. Others told the lifegaurds at the tower yet they said of he’s harmless they never described it so when we did they told us no one allowed in the water and we found out it was a small medium sized great white I’m scared to even think i swam in the water now I find it hard to trust beaches...

    • @beetlejamie8065
      @beetlejamie8065 2 роки тому +2

      Wow, I’m really sorry to hear that the lifeguards weren’t receptive to this situation. Thank you for sharing!

    • @triciac1019
      @triciac1019 2 роки тому

      Wo, that must have been scary!

    • @iggytse
      @iggytse 27 днів тому

      I visited Santa Monica years ago and I asked the lifesaver where it was safe to swim as I couldn’t see any flags. They told me they don’t use flags which I thought was crazy for a patrolled beach.

  • @anni50ful
    @anni50ful 3 роки тому +2

    Hello, I live in Cornwall UK you guy's come from Oz to save our tourists every year ( alongside our own lifeguards of course,) You all do a grand job so thank you ☺ 🇬🇧

  • @malloryw2480
    @malloryw2480 3 роки тому +25

    Jethro’s a vibe

  • @michellekrick9044
    @michellekrick9044 3 роки тому +4

    Probably one of the best videos…short and sweet and full of info

  • @i_am_gods_child
    @i_am_gods_child 3 роки тому

    it has to be said, he look so good in this video😍 his personality and his humour are just great as well

  • @TomTomTheLeprechaun
    @TomTomTheLeprechaun 3 роки тому +8

    MOAR!!!! THIS COULD BE ITS OWN THING!

  • @dacousins2950
    @dacousins2950 3 роки тому +58

    Once I got stuck in a current with my little cousin and we got to a spot where she couldn’t touch but I got her and then she got mad at me for picking her up lol.

    • @idkwattonamemyself9838
      @idkwattonamemyself9838 3 роки тому

      That's dumb you saved her life like what

    • @dacousins2950
      @dacousins2950 3 роки тому +1

      @@idkwattonamemyself9838 Why wouldn’t I? I could still touch she’s not the strongest swimmer…

    • @valentinamarin8677
      @valentinamarin8677 3 роки тому +2

      @@dacousins2950 i think they meant it’s dumb how she got mad at you after saving her life

    • @dacousins2950
      @dacousins2950 3 роки тому +1

      @@valentinamarin8677 ohhhhhh, thank you.

    • @dacousins2950
      @dacousins2950 3 роки тому +1

      @@valentinamarin8677 Ok, so I was texting her and she said I was almost drowning her! 😂 Not really she’s just mad for some apparent reason.

  • @seang2012
    @seang2012 3 роки тому +12

    I once dreamed that Jethro saved me from drowning with his glorious hair and abs.

  • @KotaloTheTeam29
    @KotaloTheTeam29 3 роки тому

    Your boy is coming for ya 😂😂😂 Malo Jethro

  • @pall3381
    @pall3381 2 роки тому

    Flash rip: When the water decides it it’s just gonna dip out now😂😂 I love that

  • @ieatsalami632
    @ieatsalami632 3 роки тому +3

    Jethro is so wholesome

  • @MitchMKW
    @MitchMKW 3 роки тому +1

    hope this video goes viral so people will learn their lesson, thanks for making this

  • @hweebs
    @hweebs 2 роки тому

    This should have millions of views!

  • @Michael_Wood
    @Michael_Wood 3 роки тому +5

    Best advice ever! Legends! Thanks for the informative videos and keep them coming! Love you guys! ✌🙌😎

    • @BondiRescue
      @BondiRescue  3 роки тому +2

      Cheers Michael mate 🤙

    • @Michael_Wood
      @Michael_Wood 3 роки тому +2

      @@BondiRescue Thanks, mate! Much love and appreciation to you all. I am learning how to walk after 95 days in hospital with 3 back surgeries and a hip surgery. You ALL inspire me and ease my pain significantly. Such awesome personalities, each and every one of you!! 🤙

    • @Jenna-gm7zq
      @Jenna-gm7zq 3 роки тому +1

      @@Michael_Wood I hope you're doing well, mate!

    • @Michael_Wood
      @Michael_Wood 3 роки тому +2

      @@Jenna-gm7zq thank you, Jenna! 😊 I have good days and bad. I make the most of the good days and enjoy Bondi videos when I'm feeling down. They help to distract me from the pain. Cheers and thank you for the well wishes! 😁✌😎

    • @Jenna-gm7zq
      @Jenna-gm7zq 3 роки тому +1

      @@Michael_Wood Your welcome!

  • @veronikaforbakova6286
    @veronikaforbakova6286 3 роки тому +4

    You saved lives just by talking! Bless you 🌊💙

  • @courtney_marie_paull
    @courtney_marie_paull 3 роки тому +1

    I loved this video! 😍
    Jethro always makes me laugh. 😆

  • @ishqbel
    @ishqbel 2 роки тому +1

    I learned how to swim faster and better by watching bondi rescue

  • @alexandriagonzales3163
    @alexandriagonzales3163 3 роки тому

    i died everytime that little correction *perpendicular* pops up 😂.

  • @user-charlie2
    @user-charlie2 3 роки тому +19

    I was stuck in a current; My dad noticed me floating away to the deep, he grabbed me then he got stuck in it. He say to grab him and he swam us back and we survived.

    • @BondiRescue
      @BondiRescue  3 роки тому +15

      Glad you and your dad were okay

    • @user-charlie2
      @user-charlie2 3 роки тому +5

      @@BondiRescue Thank you! Also amazing content and I am looking forward to watch and learn from your lifeguards and your videos.

    • @JB36
      @JB36 3 роки тому +3

      @@BondiRescue Who is behind all the comments

    • @user-charlie2
      @user-charlie2 3 роки тому +2

      @@JB36 ??.

  • @suzannelacy8093
    @suzannelacy8093 3 роки тому +1

    Jethro is such a sweet young man . If he ever comes to Britain or the Republic of Ireland 🇨🇮🇬🇧 my family and I would welcome him especially during peak surfing months because my son's and grandchildren still scare the wits out of me . Bit cold 😷☘️ freezing here on the coast .

  • @timewilltell5476
    @timewilltell5476 3 роки тому

    That was informative and entertaining at the same time. Well done Jethro! Enjoyed your style and humor!

  • @jessicasosa364
    @jessicasosa364 3 роки тому

    Duddeeee safety tips have never being cooler😎👏You are a natural….keep it going✨☀️🤩

  • @i_am_gods_child
    @i_am_gods_child 3 роки тому +1

    this was great, thanks for teaching us! you explained it really simply, even if you did get paralled and perpendicular mixed up 😅 you're a really cool guy Jethro and of course an awesome lifeguard💪🌊❤

  • @Stranger_Than_Fiction299
    @Stranger_Than_Fiction299 3 роки тому +16

    Just out of curiosity- how many die from panic versus dieing from the actual rip current itself? I've been caught in a few and it seems to me the biggest rule is don't panic. But naturally I float just standing in the water so I imagine that helps.

    • @killer3000ad
      @killer3000ad 3 роки тому +7

      Well when people who don't know about rips get caught in a rip, they either don't know how to swim and find themselves carried out to deep water, or they panic and try to swim back to shore against the rip and exhaust themselves. Either way they end up drowning.

  • @metalheadbisp
    @metalheadbisp Рік тому

    awesome dude!

  • @martha8157
    @martha8157 3 роки тому +2

    I’m buying your merch I love you

  • @staar_bloom
    @staar_bloom 3 роки тому

    HIS HAIR IS AWESOME

  • @Avacrowhurst
    @Avacrowhurst 3 роки тому +20

    He's my favorite life guard but I am in bent fleet lol:(

  • @PickleCraftPlayz
    @PickleCraftPlayz 3 роки тому +1

    Yay I’m early thank god I hit bondirescue notifications the second I see them 😂 love bondirescue so much omg

  • @mairmair7402
    @mairmair7402 3 роки тому

    Random but you lifeguards are just so inspiring 😄😄😄🙏🙏🙏

  • @LMoneL
    @LMoneL 3 роки тому

    I love how he explains stuff. And great tips!

  • @chocomunks
    @chocomunks 3 роки тому +1

    I'm a big fan of Jethro.. 💞

  • @tanyamembreno7170
    @tanyamembreno7170 3 роки тому +1

    I love your vids

  • @sharonjohnson833
    @sharonjohnson833 Рік тому

    Love Jethro

  • @mattrag4988
    @mattrag4988 3 роки тому +4

    As a Michigander our rips are nothing compared to Bondi. Have massive respect for all that help

    • @Michael_Wood
      @Michael_Wood 3 роки тому +1

      I hail from Bridgman. 4 miles north of Warren Dunes. Cheers!

    • @zoritsanepenthe638
      @zoritsanepenthe638 3 роки тому

      Sadly though, they can still be deadly.

    • @reality1701
      @reality1701 2 роки тому +1

      We've got rips in Lake Ontario as well, not as dramatic as ocean ones but one wrong step in the deeper water you'll be taking the express to Canada lol

  • @lillievchannel
    @lillievchannel 3 роки тому +3

    Jethro backk❤

  • @rockyc6480
    @rockyc6480 3 роки тому +1

    I’m a amazing swimmer, and know so much about safety in the ocean. I really want to go to bondi beach but I live SC so it will be pricey

  • @shawnakneesel6995
    @shawnakneesel6995 2 роки тому

    You are amazing 🤩

  • @bellawaldo4999
    @bellawaldo4999 3 роки тому

    Oh my lanta I love this man

  • @krzysztofkorski
    @krzysztofkorski 5 місяців тому

    Question: while being caught by rip current, would it be good method to dive, and to swim back the shore under the waves?

  • @andycontento3563
    @andycontento3563 3 роки тому

    Thanks for that vital info matey. If ever I get stuck in a rip I'll know what to do. 👍👍👍👌👌👌😁😁😁

  • @annasigala4
    @annasigala4 3 роки тому +1

    Bondi rescue helped me save my Aunt when she was in danger in a beach with lifeguards that never went in water so I just scooped het out thankfully she didn't drank any water and she was fine thanks for the Vids!

  • @chloelinsen7317
    @chloelinsen7317 3 роки тому

    jethro when i watched a video of you popping your shoulder out i almost vomited
    lol

  • @PepeSnow
    @PepeSnow 3 роки тому +2

    if i ever visit bondi i am sticking to the zones what ever the guards say is what i will do they know best

  • @riannadevine9939
    @riannadevine9939 3 роки тому +1

    First hiii I love your videos wo much

  • @hendrikmostert6677
    @hendrikmostert6677 3 роки тому

    Best video ever

  • @Lvnshyrn07
    @Lvnshyrn07 3 роки тому

    Good job!

  • @scrubalcaffe9174
    @scrubalcaffe9174 3 роки тому

    Love you Jethro

  • @annielianggg
    @annielianggg 3 роки тому +1

    Is there gonna be another season of bondi rescue?

  • @i_am_gods_child
    @i_am_gods_child 3 роки тому

    1:20 lmao😂

  • @navytackedbay
    @navytackedbay 3 роки тому +4

    I thought I was an extremely strong swimmer, as my mom was a lifeguard and I did swim team my whole life. I live in an area where the water isn’t very rough, so I had never been caught in a rip. But only a few years ago there was a rip on the shore that completely knocked me over and dragged me a meter and a half or so. I had been told you swim perpendicular, and so I did. I got out of it easily, as I then realized that, I could stand up. I was fine, the water was only about 2ft high but it was funny that I didn’t realize I could stand up lol

  • @faunagraphy360
    @faunagraphy360 3 роки тому

    Thank you Jethro for shaving off the mustache!!!!!

  • @nikkikidd8428
    @nikkikidd8428 3 роки тому

    4 years old! Wtf Jethro? Everything makes sense now lol

  • @HeadHoncho727
    @HeadHoncho727 3 роки тому

    Been swimming for years. I grew up on the water. I'm not sure if it's just me but rip currents don't be affecting me. Ride it out. Put your hand up and float. Don't fight the current. Let it take you. Dive into the waves. Once you get out past the waves the rip current usually ends so follow the current till it stops and slowly make your way in

  • @djl8924
    @djl8924 3 роки тому +1

    I know I am really late but would like to know, in the Pacifi Ocean how do you spot a RIP in dark waters? Is it the same in clear waters like the Atlantic ocean?

  • @Jarmahent
    @Jarmahent 3 роки тому +1

    Watching this a day after my fathers supervisor drowned because of a rip in Puerto Rico. Absolutely unfortunate

  • @AsIseeitPattiDail
    @AsIseeitPattiDail 3 роки тому

    Your name might really be Jeff, but, I will always call you Jethro!

  • @chriscroteau4793
    @chriscroteau4793 3 роки тому +2

    There really doesn’t even need to be any waves at all for rips to be dangerous. The busiest rescue days for us in Florida are when the waves are small but the rips are pulling. People will spend so much energy swimming against the rip and panicking that they will drown in what is essentially a lazy river in the ocean

    • @samiamisme
      @samiamisme 3 роки тому

      Dont they eventually bring you back around, its just a matter of how far out that turn back to shore is? And if you can kinda float/keep your head up to wait it out?

    • @hugh_mungus0184
      @hugh_mungus0184 3 роки тому +2

      @@samiamisme when people panic, their energy is drained very very quickly

    • @chriscroteau4793
      @chriscroteau4793 3 роки тому +2

      @@samiamisme The rips will not bring you back to shore, but they will slack off at some point behind the surf zone. Unless there is big surf, a competent swimmer can either swim sideways out of the channel to a sandbar or just relax and wait until the rip brings them out and releases them, then do the same thing. The most important thing is not to panic.

    • @samiamisme
      @samiamisme 3 роки тому

      @@chriscroteau4793 thanks for the clarification

  • @swim2008
    @swim2008 3 роки тому

    Thanks you

  • @alaaeldahdohy2472
    @alaaeldahdohy2472 3 роки тому +1

    Love u guyyys

  • @Monkeymahenmiester
    @Monkeymahenmiester 3 роки тому +2

    Almost died to a rip, very dangerous, and I'd say I'm a very confident swimmer with good cardio

  • @sweethoney5455
    @sweethoney5455 3 роки тому

    please make more videos about teaching us all these stuff bondi rescue fans want to be lifeguards am I right😆

  • @doupi8367
    @doupi8367 3 роки тому

    Seas are smaller are normally located where the ocean and land meet and oceans are bigger with fresh water instead salty water

  • @maialeeeeeeen6182
    @maialeeeeeeen6182 3 роки тому

    I like Bondi Rescue

  • @petitsjoujoux5011
    @petitsjoujoux5011 3 роки тому

    Show this video to all the tourists!

  • @louislove
    @louislove 3 роки тому +1

    Does anybody realize a change In Jethros voice😈

  • @alliekate325
    @alliekate325 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this informative video today! I just have one question: In the video, I heard if you are stuck in a rip to swim perpendicular to it. What does this mean? 🤔😊

    • @Jenna-gm7zq
      @Jenna-gm7zq 3 роки тому

      It basically means which ever way the rip is going you swim parallel to it

    • @BondiRescue
      @BondiRescue  3 роки тому +6

      Cheers, glad you dug it. Perpendicular means a line at a right angle to another line. So if the rip is flowing North-South, you'd want to swim East-West. Hope that helps!

    • @alliekate325
      @alliekate325 3 роки тому

      @@BondiRescue Thanks for the reply. 😊

    • @Michael_Wood
      @Michael_Wood 3 роки тому +1

      Parallel to the shore

    • @suetinz
      @suetinz 3 роки тому +3

      @@Michael_Wood perpendicular to the rip isn’t always parallel to the shore - rips don’t always flow straight out to sea. You’re best off figuring out which way the rip is pulling you and swimming at an angle to that (i.e. the direction it’s pulling you and either swim to your left or right until you stop feeling the pull!)

  • @THE_CAMERA_CAT
    @THE_CAMERA_CAT 3 роки тому

    Hey just saying a few days ago in goa me and my friends went into a rive and the current was really stong at one point one of my friends they went to a even stronger current and they almost like got dragged away from us but the oldest managed to get him so yeah and we all got quite bad cuts.. Yeah I also got dragged from the same current

  • @ay4n555
    @ay4n555 3 роки тому

    Hi bondi I love your beach I am trying to get my mom to let go to your beach but I am in the uae

  • @CR-mm5mo
    @CR-mm5mo 3 роки тому

    What a cutie ... Thanks for the tips, mate!

  • @richardfoster7677
    @richardfoster7677 Рік тому

    Swim parallel to the rip in a perpendicular manner!

  • @pearhat640
    @pearhat640 3 роки тому +1

    if you understand rip then its easy to understand where you want to be

  • @aaronblades1193
    @aaronblades1193 3 роки тому +2

    Hi

  • @larrystylinsonx3862
    @larrystylinsonx3862 3 роки тому

    C you’re so amazing

  • @jillthepill3111
    @jillthepill3111 3 роки тому +1

    He’s very handsome to me😶 lol I can swim it’s just y’all’s water is aggressive😂😂

  • @Couldntbemebro
    @Couldntbemebro 3 роки тому

    I watch all safety videos

  • @RoxyMayoAndPuppy
    @RoxyMayoAndPuppy 3 роки тому +1

    Could you do a pictorial? Or show us real vid examples of wrong way vs right way? Thank you!

  • @absoweb9304
    @absoweb9304 3 роки тому +3

    JETHROOOOO THE COMEDIAN OF THE BONDI GUARDS OR AS I LIKE TO SAY THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

  • @Sky-ht6tv
    @Sky-ht6tv 3 роки тому

    Where I live the local because don’t usually have life guards and there are definitely rip currents, it’s just common knowledge to swim to the side of you feel like your being pulled away in a current. Still, I’d rather be able to spot a rip and avoid it.

  • @official_julianvandermade
    @official_julianvandermade 3 роки тому

    Handy for me, I'm a beginning surfer

  • @amcard01
    @amcard01 3 роки тому

    He looks like my brother lol

  • @emilykgray5966
    @emilykgray5966 3 роки тому

    Is “H” still a life guard and by the way please say Hi to chopo, mouse, Jesse, jules and Ryan I love them and I love Boni beach I wish I can visit there one day

  • @abicowan6247
    @abicowan6247 3 роки тому +1

    Hey

  • @gwaina5239
    @gwaina5239 3 роки тому

    ...and don't become panic if you got in one, because then you forget what you learnt from Jethro

  • @danhunters8226
    @danhunters8226 3 роки тому +1

    They should put the dangerous current signs closer to the water. Best would be if they were in the water so you see them when you enter, when transitioning from one environment to another is when people is most open to new information about their surroundings. Ten meters up on the sand people will just ignore them, since they know there are no dangerous currents on the sand.

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 2 роки тому

      thing is the tide means the waterline varies and the sandbanks can shift. Plus if you get knocked over by a wave you don't want a solid signpost in your way