What should I do if I get caught in a rip?
如果我被離岸流沖走，應該怎麼辦？
If you’re caught in a rip you need to;
Stay calm, don’t panic and just float to save energy.
Raise one hand to let everyone know you’re in trouble, preferably your weaker one, so you can use the stronger arm as a paddle along with your legs to help you keep afloat until help arrives.
Never try to swim against the rip, they move in all different directions so first work out which way the water current (rip) is taking you. Only then, if you are able swim left or right (perpendicular) to the rip.
If you are not being rescued a rip will often take you out to the back of the break. Aim to move towards whitewash in the waves as this may be a sandbank, the waves will also help push you back into the beach.
如果您被離岸流沖走，您應：
保持冷靜，不要驚慌，隨海流漂浮，以保存體力。
舉起一隻手讓大家知道您遇到麻煩，最好是舉起較弱的那隻手，讓您可以用較強健的手臂與雙腳一起划水，保持漂浮狀態，直至救援來到為止。
由於離岸流從四方八面而來，因此切勿游泳對抗，應先搞清楚正被哪個方向的水流沖走。只有這樣，您才可以向離岸流的左或右（垂直方向）游過去。
如果您未被獲救，水流通常會把您沖至破浪處後方。您應向白浪處游過去，因為那裡或會有沙洲，而海浪亦把您推回海灘。