DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2026.v14i06.017

Pages: 971-979

Introduction: While on beaches even if you are only in knee-deep water, may be swept off your feet by strong ocean waves and rip currents. (large volume of water returning back out to sea after onshore wave action) Drowning due to Rip Currents is measure preventable cause of death. If caught in a Rip Current; swim towards the shore at an angle. Research question was to observe & analyze of Visible Signs & Characteristic of Rip Currents. Methods: Naturalistic Observational Cross Sectional Comparative study was carried out in Arabian sea in two groups at Calangute Beach & Vagator Beach at Goa India by observing prevalence of presence of following visible sign & characteristics by naked eyes out of simple random sampling done selected 100 Rip Currents, as given in Rip Current Wikipedia & Rip Current safety University of Delaware Sea Grant College Programme. In statistics Excel sheet, IBM SPSS windows version 20, Z-test & p < 0.05 were used. In this research no human subject was used so no ethical clearance was required. Results: Prevalence of Visible signs were [A] A channel of Churning Chopping water was observed at Calangute Beach in 36% & at Vagator Beach 80% of Rip Currents[B] A line of Sea Foam look almost like a road or a river running out to sea, away from the shore was observed at Calangute Beach in 99% & at Vagator Beach in 100% of Rip Currents [C] A Rip showing Different Coloured Sea water beyond the surf zone depending on the angle of the Sun was observed at Calangute Beach in 5% & at Vagator Beach in 27% of Rip currents [D] A break in the incoming Sea wave pattern as waves role into shore was observed at Calangute Beach in 90% & at Vagator Beach in 93% of Rip currents. While in comparison, at Vagator Beach; Rip showing; channel of Churning Chopping water & Different Coloured Sea water was significantly more than at Calangute Beach. Conclusion: A line of Sea Foam look almost like a road or a river running out to sea, away from the shore was the most frequent