With spring break drawing thousands of visitors to South Florida beaches, Palm Beach County Ocean Rescue is alerting beachgoers to check conditions before heading into the water.

Volusia County Beach Safety, whose officers and lifeguards oversee swimmers and surfers along more than 30 miles of beach on Central Florida's Atlantic coast, including Daytona Beach, recently ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - Hot, summer days usually mean packed, sandy beaches along Lake Michigan, but those sunny, calm days can turn dangerous and sometimes deadly. Rip currents are a common term along ...

If the wind is blowing steadily toward the shore, the risk of rip currents increases, but other factors and features can also make them more likely. They are not always easy to spot, so these are said ...

Beach vacations are meant to be blissful escapes from the stress of everyday life. If you're not careful, however, any idyllic holiday can turn disastrous if you don't pay attention to your ...

Alexandra de Moura was a star athlete at Garden City High School whose talents earned her a gymnastics scholarship to George Washington University. But despite her athletic prowess, de Moura was ...

Florida's Atlantic coast will not be the place to be this week. Swimmers are advised to stay out of the water due to a high risk of rip currents through at least Wednesday. There will be rough surf ...

On Wednesday at 6:01 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated rip current statement in effect until Thursday at 6 a.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties. "Rip currents can sweep even the ...