[DOC] [TLE] Rip current - Wikipedia [PAR] A rip current, often referred to simply as a rip, or by the misnomer "rip tide", is one 
specific kind of water current which can be found near beaches with breaking 
waves. Rip currents can endanger inexperienced swimmers. A rip is a strong, 
localized, and narrow current of water which moves directly ... Too much water 
over the bar will not cause waves to break over the bar as,... [DOC] [TLE] Rip Currents: The Ocean's Deadliest Trick - Live Science [PAR] Mar 5, 2015 ... Every year more than 100 beachgoers drown in these strong rushes ... "There is 
no current that will pull you under in the ocean. ... The key ingredient in all rip 
currents is breaking waves. ... However, if it is too difficult to swim sideways out of 
the current, try floating or treading water and let nature do its thing. [DOC] [TLE] Undertow | Define Undertow at Dictionary.com [PAR] any strong current below the surface of a body of water, moving in a direction ... It 
would be quite the irony if the anti-incumbent tide catches the governor in its 
undertow. ... the seaward undercurrent following the breaking of a wave on the 
beach ... Undertows are generally caused by the seaward return of water from 
waves... [DOC] [TLE] Waves - Water Encyclopedia [PAR] Waves are the result of disturbance of the water surface; waves themselves 
represent a restoring force to ... Below that depth there is negligible water 
movement. ... In effect, the wave begins leaning forward on its approach to shore. 
.... If storm winds push waves against a strong ocean current, rogue waves can 
develop. [DOC] [TLE] Currents Subject Review - NOAA's National Ocean Service [PAR] and ______. 9. Breaking waves are caused by ______. ... Water flowing in a 
longshore current can transport beach sediment and ... Global winds drag on the 
ocean's surface, causing the water to ... wind, friction with water molecules below 
them causes movement ... velocities are strong and are called spring currents. 
When. [DOC] [TLE] Glossary of Coastal Terminology: S-T [PAR] SALIENT: Coastal formation of beach material developed by wave ... of the 
current and its density, e.g., water will saltate larger particles than air at the same 
velocity. ... SEA toward the land caused by unequal heating of land and water 
masses. ... moving as a layer that extends from the BED surface to some distance 
below... [DOC] [TLE] Glossary of Coastal Terminology: N-R [PAR] NEARSHORE: (1) In beach terminology an indefinite zone extending ... 
NEARSHORE CURRENT: The current system caused by WAVE action in and ... 
salt water which occupies two-thirds of the surface of the Earth, or one of its major 
subdivisions. ... OVERFALLS: Breaking WAVES caused by a conflict of currents, 
or by the... [DOC] [TLE] Waves move through oceans. - ClassZone [PAR] order of the system and its surroundings, ... rip current p. 132 ... vast ocean 
surface is covered with waves of various sizes, which are ... surface and passes 
energy to the water, causing waves. ... Below a certain depth, the waves no 
longer affect the water. ... When waves break on a beach, the water runs back 
down the sand. [DOC] [TLE] Oceanography: waves - Seafriends [PAR] theory and principles of waves, how they work and what causes them ... water, 
they become taller and slow down, eventually breaking on the shore. ... The 
waves allow the wind to transfer its energy to the water's surface and to make it 
move. .... a crest in shallow water is faster than the backward movement under its 
trough. [DOC] [TLE] Waves and Nearshore Currents [PAR] A more gentle lakebed slope will cause approaching waves to gradually spill 
their ... This excess water piles up between the breakers and the beach at a level 
... an undertow) under the breaking waves, or along the shore as a current that ... 
The highest velocities in a longshore current are typically near the water surface

Question: It's a strong current below the water's surface, caused by waves breaking on a beach
Answer: Undertow