🌊 Rip Current Lab: Sandbar, Breaking Waves, Wave Set-up and How to Escape
Model how breaking waves on a sandbar with a gap drive a rip current: depth-limited wave breaking, radiation-stress forcing, wave set-up and nonlinear shallow-water flow. Test swim-straight, float and swim-parallel escape strategies, with four in-page numerical checks.
⚙ Under the hood
Model how breaking waves on a sandbar with a gap drive a rip current: depth-limited wave breaking, radiation-stress forcing, wave set-up and nonlinear shallow-water flow. Test swim-straight, float and swim-parallel escape strategies, with four in-page numerical checks.
Rip CurrentSurf ZoneWave SetupRadiation StressCoastal Safety
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install