Coconut Grove, Florida

... Strong rip currents along the East Coast possible...

Northeast swells over the near shore Atlantic waters will
continue to generate rip currents along the Atlantic beaches of
Miami-Dade and Broward counties, but especially in Palm Beach
County where breakers will be higher. The swells are expected to
diminish through the afternoon and evening hours creating a
diminishing threat of rip currents through the evening.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A rip current is a 10 to 30 yard wide channel of water that can
pull even a strong swimmer from near or inside The Sand Bar into
deeper water. Due to the life threatening dangers that these
strong currents of water pose... swimming is not advised.

If you do go into the waters... swim at guarded beaches and heed
the advice of the beach patrol. If caught in the seaward pull of
a rip current do not attempt to move directly toward shore.
Instead... move sideways across the rip current until the pull
eases.

An alternate method of escape is to let the rip current pull you
seaward 50 to 100 yards... where the force weakens... and then swim
toward the beach at an angle away from the current.