High Surf Advisory is in effect through Thursday, with the risk of dangerous rip currents stretching across local beaches.

For anyone caught in the powerful, seaward pull of a rip current, the instruction not to panic can feel impossible to follow. Yet, lifeguards consistently advise that remaining calm, flipping onto ...

SAN DIEGO -- To someone who is getting sucked out to sea by a rip current, "Don't panic!" may be difficult to heed, even if that's exactly what you should do. But lifeguards say to not only relax but ...