Rip Current, Beaufort
- When
- April 25, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort forecast zone
- Reported by
- Lifeguard
A lifeguard reported a moderate strength rip current leading to 1 rescue on the north end of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Rip Current in South Carolina, April 25, 2025
Persistent onshore winds around 10 knots, an easterly long period swell near 2 ft and an approaching new moon, led to rip currents along Southeast South Carolina beaches.
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 CHS wrote it up.
Persistent onshore winds around 10 knots, an easterly long period swell near 2 ft and an approaching new moon, led to rip currents along Southeast South Carolina beaches.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1240545.