Rip Current in New York

Events

52

Deaths

63

Injuries

11

Damage

None recorded

• Rip Currents in New York, July 25, 20084 deaths · 3 eventsA retreating offshore high pressure system and an approaching cold front produced a long south fetch with brisk south winds. Strong rip currents led to the deaths of 4 people. The first male death occurred at Sand Bar Beach in Southampton at 1:27 pm EDT.
• Rip Currents in New York, August 10, 20023 deaths · 2 eventsA large high pressure system covered the area. The surface ridge axis extended northeast off the Mid Atlantic Coast, south of the coastal waters.
• Rip Current in New York, July 23, 20013 deaths · 1 eventThree girls were playing in knee-deep surf near Beach 17th street on Rockaway Beach around 9 am EDT, when they were swept away by rip currents. The inlet between Rockaway and Atlantic Beach was dredged to accommodate boat travel.
• Rip Current in New York, October 1, 20192 deaths · 1 injured · 1 eventEnergetic swells from Hurricane Lorenzo resulted in high surf and dangerous rip current conditions on October 1st.
• Rip Currents in New York, July 26, 20082 deaths · 2 eventsAs a cold front approached, south winds increased across the region. Strong rip currents caused the death of one 10 year old girl at Coney Island Beach and the death of one 29 year old man in Long Beach.
• Rip Currents in New York, August 3, 20092 deaths · 2 eventsPersistent onshore wind flow and long period swells produced dangerous rip currents at area beaches. These strong rip currents caused a young man's death off Jacob Riis Park in Queens and another man's death off Jones Beach in Nassau County.
• Rip Currents in New York, August 1 to 2, 20152 deaths · 2 eventsA persistent southwest flow ahead of an approaching cold front the last week of July resulted in building south swells and wind waves into Saturday August 1.
• Rip Currents in New York, July 27 to 28, 20232 deaths · 2 eventsPersistent south to southwest winds with gusts of 25 to 35 kt around Bermuda high pressure brought 3 to 4 ft breaking surf and a high risk of rip currents to the local beaches Thursday, and moderate to high on Friday.
• Rip Current in New York, June 5, 20052 deaths · 1 eventTwo swimmers, 16 and 40 years of age, drown as they were caught in a rip current at the beach off 93rd street in the Rockaways. Two others escaped without injury. Weather conditions included south winds at 10 to 15 MPH at the time, with no long period swells reported.
• Rip Current in New York, June 6, 20102 deaths · 1 eventStrong southerly winds developed ahead of a cold front which trailed a low pressure system tracking through Central New England. Rough surf and strong rip currents developed along the Atlantic Ocean Facing beaches as a result.
• Rip Current in New York, May 26, 20102 deaths · 1 eventThe combination of low pressure tracking southeast of the region and a stalled low pressure system off the Southeast U.S. Coast brought strong northeast winds and long period southeast swells to the coast of Long Island.
• Rip Current in New York, June 17, 20222 deaths · 1 eventTwo beachgoers in the Rockaways drowned due to likely rip currents on June 17th. The rip current risk was low for the NYC beaches, but moderate rip current activity was reported across the Long Island beaches, likely due to the large tidal range.
• Rip Current in New York, June 21, 20242 deaths · 1 eventPersistent south to southwest winds brought 3 ft breaking surf and a moderate risk of rip currents to the local beaches on Friday. In addition, hot and humid conditions had large crowds flocking to area beaches.
• Rip Current in New York, July 5, 20242 deaths · 1 eventStrengthening southerly winds brought a moderate to high risk for rip current development along NYC ocean beaches with a combo of 3 to 4 foot southerly wind wave and 2 foot easterly swells. In addition, hot and humid conditions had large crowds flocking to area beaches.
• Rip Current in New York, October 12, 20021 death · 3 injured · 1 eventOne fisherman was missing, and presumed dead, and another fisherman was rescued in the waters off Civic Beach after their 21 foot motorized fishing boat overturned in rough seas. A 27 year old male was presumed dead after a Coast Guard search was called off the next evening.
• Rip Current in New York, September 2, 20021 death · 2 injured · 1 eventA 44 year old male lost his life and two boys, aged 10 and 11, were injured in rough seas on South Oyster Bay.
• Rip Current in New York, August 8, 20101 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA long and persistent southerly fetch around Bermuda high pressure generated long period southerly swells. The combined southerly winds and swells created dangerous rip currents at the Atlantic facing beaches of Long Island on August 8th.
• Rip Current in New York, September 16, 20171 death · 1 injured · 1 eventLong period swells ahead of Tropical Cyclone Jose began affecting the Atlantic ocean beachfront on Saturday September 16th. The incoming energetic swells resulted in high surf and dangerous rip current development on Saturday.
• Rip Current in New York, July 30, 20171 death · 1 injured · 1 eventAn unusually strong low pressure system tracking to the south and east of Long Island Saturday July 29th to Sunday July 30th, created an east to west sweep of 3 to 5 foot surf across Eastern Long Island beaches on Sunday July 30th.
• Rip Current in New York, June 19, 20181 death · 1 injured · 1 eventDespite offshore winds, residual southerly swells in the wake of a cold frontal passage resulted in 1 to 3 ft surf and moderate rip current activity along the Atlantic ocean beachfront on Tuesday June 19th.
• Rip Current in New York, July 30 to 31, 20191 death · 1 injured · 1 eventPersistent southwest flow, 3 to 4 ft winds waves, and high astronomical tides resulted in moderate rip current activity on July 30th.
• Rip Current in New York, August 24, 19981 death · 1 eventA 42 year old man died in heavy surf caused by distant Hurricane Bonnie off Rockaway Beach in Queens.
• Rip Current in New York, April 28, 20021 death · 1 eventWith a high pressure system over New England, winds and waves sharply increased during Sunday morning as a warm front moved northeast toward the region.Buoy 44025, located about 20 miles south of Fire Island Inlet, measured a sharp increase in south to southeast winds,…
• Rip Current in New York, July 20, 20041 death · 1 eventA persistent south to southwest wind helped to generate rough seas on the ocean on Tuesday the 20th. These rough seas acted to help produce rip currents along the South Shore of Long Island.
• Rip Current in New York, August 14, 20051 death · 1 eventA 16 year old boy was killed as he has dragged away from the beach by a strong rip current.

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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.