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  Waves & Nearshore Currents (Including Rips) 
Update | When the wind blows strongly | Waves moving towards the shore | Water at the shoreline with somewhere to go | Undertow | Longshore currents | Rip currents | How strong are nearshore currents? | How to spot nearshore currents | Avoiding trouble  | Sources
 
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Updated 4/25/02
The combination of longshore currents, rip currents, waves and cold water is a fatal combination to some swimmers and waders on Great Lakes beaches every year. This information is intended to help inform users of coastal waters of the dangers that may be present when the lakes are rough, and why these dangers exist. Dangerous longshore currents and rip currents exist because when strong wind and waves are present.
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grclark@aqua.wisc.edu

location:
UW Sea Grant
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University of Wisconsin-Superior
Superior, WI 54880

phone:
(715) 394-8472

fax:
(715) 394-8454

  
 
 

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