Double Purple flag alert for rip currents on Tybee Island seashores

UPDATE: Tybee Island’s lifeguards have raised double purple flags as of 11:13 a.m. Swimming isn’t allowed till additional discover.

As of 10 a.m. on the Monday of a light Labor Day weekend, Tybee Island Ocean Rescue is flying a single purple flag to warning swimmers of harmful rip currents. According to a Facebook submit, Ocean Rescue will transfer to double purple flags and shut the water to swimming ought to situations worsen.

Ocean rescue asks beachgoers to observe lifeguard directions.

High tide will happen at 3:30 p.m. Winds are at the moment blowing at 16 knots from the North-Northeast with gusts as much as 21 knots. The surf is 2 to three toes.

How to outlive a rip present

TIOR recommends the next steps if you end up caught in a rip present:

• Float to remain calm and preserve power
• Swim out of the present by following the shoreline or breaking waved, then at an angle towards the seashore
• Do not swim in opposition to the present
• And in the event you can’t make it again to shore, wave and name for assist.

The National Weather Service (NWS)has issued a rip present threat warning for South Carolina and Georgia seashores that continues to be in impact till 8 p.m. Monday night.

The NWS recommends even seasoned swimming swim close to lifeguard stations.