Rip Current, Guam
- When
- February 7, 1:25 PM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Ritidian Point
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in Guam, February 7, 1999
Hazardous surf caused by the strong northwest swells also caused trouble elsewhere. At 1325 two men were swept over the reef at Ritidian Point.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GUA wrote it up.
Hazardous surf caused by the strong northwest swells also caused trouble elsewhere. At 1325 two men were swept over the reef at Ritidian Point. Rescuers pulled them out of the water. Both of the men were not injured. The two men said that they were both swimming inside the reef when the currents swept them over the reef.The rough seas and currents also caused trouble in the Marianas One Man Canoe Series. Paddlers were suppose to go from Tumon to Hagatna, but big waves on the reef in Tumon wiped out one canoe and forced several paddlers to turn back. Race officials decided to call off the race until the seas calmed.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, February 7 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Illinois, February 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7 to 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Rip Current in Guam, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- High Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 7, 1999
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5697300.