Table 1: Rip current speed measurements taken with the laser rangefinder on July 18, 2016 at South Beach show an average rip speed of 0.4 m/s. Measurements were also taken by this technique at many other times as detailed in Leatherman (2017) [14].
Seconds | Distance (m) | Speed (m/s) |
0 | 68 | |
18 | 73 | 0.3 |
9 | 75 | 0.2 |
9 | 78 | 0.3 |
7 | 81 | 0.4 |
5 | 84 | 0.6 |
13 | 90 | 0.5 |
11 | 92 | 0.2 |
21 | 101 | 0.4 |