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Tragic. Father and two kids killed by Sonoma Beach rip current.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 9:53 am
Posted on 1/6/21 at 9:53 am
A rogue wave washed them out to sea.
Apparently the mother is the lone survivor. Just horrible.
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A father drowned and his two children remain missing following a riptide incident on a Sonoma County beach on Sunday.
The two children, a four-year-old and a seven-year-old, were reportedly playing near the water on Blind Beach in Jenner when a sneaker wave crashed into them and swept them out into the ocean on Sunday afternoon. The incident, as KPIX reports, happened around 2:30 p.m., and the children's father jumped into the water in an attempt to rescue them.
The father, identified as 40-year-old Michael Wyman of Petaluma, apparently reached one of the children and was trying to pull the child to shore when they were both swept out further by a rip current.
Apparently the mother is the lone survivor. Just horrible.
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Posted on 1/6/21 at 9:54 am to GumboPot
Jesus Christ. frick.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 9:56 am to GumboPot
This is terrible man
Posted on 1/6/21 at 9:57 am to GumboPot
In case anyone reading this is unaware: if you ever get caught in one, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU'RE OUT OF IT.
Rip currents are no joke.
Horrible story.
Rip currents are no joke.
Horrible story.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 9:59 am to messyjesse
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Rip currents are no joke.
Should also heed the warnings: There were rip tide, sneaker wave and red flag warnings (waves up to 24 feet!!!) and the man decided to have his small children play next to the shoreline.
I also imagine the water was cold.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:00 am to GumboPot
I am sick and tide of reading these horrible stories about ocean related deaths.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:01 am to GumboPot
One of my biggest fears is one of my kids getting swept up by a current. It’s the reason I don’t enjoy the beach. This is horrible
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:01 am to StringedInstruments
A few points:
If you get into a rip current, swim with the current out to sea then try to swim back to shore around the rip.
The water is cold AF. Hypothermia probably weakened the dad and the kids too much for them to fight drowning.
These Pacific beaches are not to be taken lightly. These are not Gulf Coast beaches. I've been to these beaches in Hawaii and California with 4-6 foot seas and I said frick that, I'm not getting in there, and I have a lifetime of experience around the water.
If you get into a rip current, swim with the current out to sea then try to swim back to shore around the rip.
The water is cold AF. Hypothermia probably weakened the dad and the kids too much for them to fight drowning.
These Pacific beaches are not to be taken lightly. These are not Gulf Coast beaches. I've been to these beaches in Hawaii and California with 4-6 foot seas and I said frick that, I'm not getting in there, and I have a lifetime of experience around the water.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:01 am to messyjesse
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In case anyone reading this is unaware: if you ever get caught in one, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU'RE OUT OF IT. Rip currents are no joke.
Everyone visiting a beach should educate themselves on rip currents
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:02 am to GumboPot
Really sad, the waves in California have been massive lately due to storms in the North Pacific. Unfortunately just swimming to the side to avoid the rip current probably wouldn’t have been enough.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:05 am to HogBalls
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Everyone visiting a beach should educate themselves on rip currents
You are 100% correct. Even on the Gulf Coast there seems like a tragic story of someone drowning in a rip especially swimming near the passes (Destin, Orange Beach, etc.).
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:06 am to chinhoyang
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I also imagine the water was cold.
Went to the beach over New Years and the water was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. And like another poster said, the waves were big as well. No reason either of those kids should have been near the water unattended, if at all.
This post was edited on 1/6/21 at 10:07 am
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:07 am to Chris Farley
Very strong currents on California beaches without rip tides. If you stand in water over your knees it is hard to keep upright in place.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:14 am to HogBalls
quote:This. Too many people think they need to try to swim straight back to shore instead of going parallel to the beach to get themselves out of the current first.
Everyone visiting a beach should educate themselves on rip currents
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:27 am to messyjesse
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In case anyone reading this is unaware: if you ever get caught in one, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU'RE OUT OF IT.
Researh has shown that if you just tread water' and stay
afloat within 3-5 minutes the rip current will carry you back to shore as the currents are circular. People panic because they think they will be carried out to sea.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:30 am to GumboPot
This uplifting, happy story brought to you by yet another person who wants to find the most depressing, sad news they can find so they can dwell in their despair.
Try looking for something positive.
Oh and que all the emotional responses about how “i couldn’t even imagine” and all the other stupid shite
people respond with to stories like this.
Try looking for something positive.
Oh and que all the emotional responses about how “i couldn’t even imagine” and all the other stupid shite
people respond with to stories like this.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:32 am to GumboPot
We went to Fort Lauderdale for Christmas in 2019. My boys would have been literal exact same ages as the 2 kids were. we played almost everyday at the beach.
No words.
No words.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:32 am to Tiger Prawn
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Everyone visiting a beach should educate themselves on rip currents
Terrible tragedy for sure.
I’ve been caught in more than a few. Mostly in the early 70’s while surf fishing for big specks at Timbalier Island. Typically when it was pretty rough and on the second sand bar.
Had to swim South with the washout once about two hundred yards before being able to turn and get back.
I never let go of my rod or my fish. It was a brand new 6500 C Garcia and I wasn’t letting go!
This post was edited on 1/6/21 at 10:34 am
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:33 am to EA6B
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Researh has shown that if you just tread water' and stay
afloat within 3-5 minutes the rip current will carry you back to shore as the currents are circular. People panic because they think they will be carried out to sea.
This is good advice however to be fair in this particular situation this family was not only dealing with the rip but the waves were up to 24' and water temps probably in the 40's.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 10:38 am to Bigfishchoupique
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surf fishing
I don't enjoy surf fishing because I'm too scared of the sand sharks. While surf fishing in Grand Ilse with my dad he had a couple of specks eaten off his stringer. Since then I'll just fish from the boat.
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