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the most dangerous rip prone beaches in australia

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Sitting behind the gloss of the brochure statistics of Australia's whitest sand / bluest water and most picturesque beaches lies a far darker set of facts. In the past 5 years, 90% of our 174 coastal drownings in Australia were due to people being caught in ocean rips.Rips are a peculiar phenomena. It is basically imperceptible to the human eye but any beach with wave action will have a slightly higher... Read more

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