Parks Canada is recommending Islanders and tourists alike stay out of the water today with surf conditions at the P.E.I. National Park.
Rip currents may be formed along the shores due to high winds and Parks Canada is advising individuals to follow surfguard instructions.
Rip currents are a hazard on P.E.I. beaches and form when waves break near the shoreline, piling up water between the breaking waves and the beach.
One of the ways this water returns to sea is to form a rip current, a narrow stream of water moving swiftly away from shore.
The danger is when swimmers become trapped in the rapid current and are swept offshore.
Swimmers are advised not to panic if they get caught in a rip current, but to relax and swim parallel to shore to get out of the current; then swim back to shore.
More information can be found by contacting Parks Canada at 902-672-6350 or at the website www.parkscanada.ca/pei.
