Rip Current — Brevard, Florida

2015-05-23 to 2015-05-25 · Brevard, Florida

Event narrative

The body of a 50-year-old male from Kissimmee was pulled from the surf near the 700 block of Atlantic Street in Melbourne Beach around 1130 EST on May 25. Brevard County Fire Rescue and Beach Patrol noted there were strong rip currents in the area at the time. Two others were rescued from rough surf and rip currents to the north at Playalinda Beach and one person was rescued to the south at Hightower Beach in Satellite Beach.

Wider weather episode

Enhanced onshore flow created rough surf and numerous strong rip currents that kept local beach patrols extremely busy during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Beach safety and local news media indicated four rip current related drownings and over 500 ocean rescues, primarily in Volusia and Brevard Counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 569487. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.