Rip Current in Coastal Sarasota, Florida

Rip Current June 17, 2018 · Coastal Sarasota, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man and a woman were swimming at Lido Key Beach after sunset when they were pulled out into deeper waters by a rip current. The woman swam against the current for an hour before reaching the shore. Rescue crews found the man's body, but were unable to revive him.

The wider storm

A man got caught in a rip current off Lido Key Beach and drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 753109. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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