Rip Current, Guam
- When
- October 23, 2:15 PM SST to 6:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Ritidian Point
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in Guam, October 23, 2000
At 1421 the Coast Guard received a call from the Fish and Wildlife Service about swimmers being swept over the reef at Ritidian Point by strong currents. Rescuers from Guam Police and Guam Fire Rescue, a Navy HC-5 helicopter and personal watercraft from Andersen Air Force Base searched for the swimmers.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- 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.
At 1421 the Coast Guard received a call from the Fish and Wildlife Service about swimmers being swept over the reef at Ritidian Point by strong currents. Rescuers from Guam Police and Guam Fire Rescue, a Navy HC-5 helicopter and personal watercraft from Andersen Air Force Base searched for the swimmers. The swimmers were two Japanese tourist, one a male (33 years old) the other female. The woman made it back to shore sustaining only cuts and scrapes in the ordeal. The man was not rescued and his body was recovered a few days later.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Guam | 2000-10-23 | 33 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5160933.