FAST FACTS: What are rip currents and how to survive them?

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Rip currents are narrow, fast-moving water currents that flow you away from the shore

The drowning of Ateneo Blue Eagles student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili during a team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora has made the rounds on social media.

With speculations coming from all directions, Ateneo president Father Roberto Yap SJ said in a statement that the team was carried away by rip currents near the shoreline. But what exactly are rip currents, the hidden hazard in coastlines? And how does one survive them?

A rip current is a narrow and fast-moving current that flows away from the shore and into deeper waters.