{"id":233469,"date":"2026-04-15T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233469\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:39:09","slug":"extreme-rip-currents-leave-2-dead-at-popular-florida-beach-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233469\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme rip currents leave 2 dead at popular Florida beach destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disaster has struck again in the ocean amid spring warmth in the U.S., as first responders attempted a water rescue on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A spring day at the beach went wrong at Cocoa Beach, Florida, when four individuals became distressed while swimming in the ocean, according to the Cocoa Beach Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the fire department were dispatched at approximately 1 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival at the beach, they quickly located the four victims in what preliminary information indicated were rip current conditions, officials stated.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers swiftly extracted four swimmers from the water and immediately began life-saving measures for two of them.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the unresponsive swimmers were transported to Cape Canaveral Hospital for further advanced medical care, but were pronounced dead after valiant efforts.<\/p>\n<p>According to FOX 35, the two individuals were trying to save a child who had been swept away and was thankfully OK.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the only death related to rip currents in Florida, as a father recently passed away while saving his two children in Palm Beach County. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.2611465;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39099875\" width=\"1024\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/two-people-florida-dead-becoming-125713626.jpg\" alt=\"A rough ocean at Cocoa Beach, Florida, with several people near the shore.\" class=\"wp-image-39099875\"  \/>Upon arrival at the beach, they quickly located the four victims in what preliminary information indicated were rip current conditions, officials stated. FOX Weather<\/p>\n<p>Before that, another rip current death was reported in Pompano Beach.<\/p>\n<p>If you become stuck in a rip current, do not panic. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t swim directly against the current; try swimming sideways along the shoreline until you gradually escape the current\u2019s pull.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.9922179;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39099878\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cocoa-beach-florida-cruise-ship-125713809.jpg\" alt=\"Cruise ship entering Port Canaveral from the Atlantic Ocean viewed from Cocoa Beach, Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-39099878\"  \/>Cocoa Beach, Florida, Cruise ship enters Port Canaveral from the Atlantic Ocean viewed from Cocoa Beach on the space coast Florida.  UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Once you eventually break free of the ocean\u2019s current, swim at an angle back to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The best advice for preparing for rip currents is to choose a beach with lifeguards on duty, as they can be a great source of local weather and beach conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service offers a surf forecast for popular beach locations to help beach-goers and swimmers prepare for what\u2019s to come and what to avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disaster has struck again in the ocean amid spring warmth in the U.S., as first responders attempted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10822,99542,28,30,29,16190,4278],"class_list":["post-233469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-deaths","tag-drownings","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-ocean","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}