ch. 1. Future challenges for rip current research and outreach / Robert W. Brander and Jamie H. MacMahan -- ch. 2. Flash rip currents on ocean shoreline of Long Island, New York / Michael P. Slattery, Henry Bokuniewicz, and Paul Gayes -- ch. 3. Rip current prediction at Ocean City, Maryland / Varjola Nelko and Robert A. Dalrymple -- ch. 4. Analysis of rip current rescues at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina / Gregory Dusek. [et al.] -- ch. 5. Methodology for prediction of rip currents using a three-dimensional numerical, coupled, wave current model / George Voulgaris, Nirnimesh Kumar, and John C. Warner -- ch. 6. Surf zone hazards : rip currents and waves / Robert G. Dean and R.J. Thieke -- ch. 7. Florida rip current deaths : forecasts and statistics / James B. Lushine -- ch. 8. Remote sensing applied to rip current forecasts and identification / Brian K. Haus -- ch. 9. Effectiveness of Panama City beach safety program / John R. Fletemeyer -- ch. 10. Meterological data analysis of rip current drowning / Charles H. Paxton -- ch. 11. Rip current hazards at Pensacola Beach, Florida / Chris Houser, Nicole Caldwell, and Klaus Meyer-Arendt -- ch. 12. Rip currents in the Great Lakes : an unfortunate truth / Guy Meadows. [et al.] -- ch. 13. Beach safety management in Brazil / Lauro J. Calliari. [et al.] -- ch. 14. Rip current hazards on large-tidal beaches in the United Kingdom / Timothy M. Scott. [et al.] -- ch. 15. Tracing sand movement in strong Japanese rip currents / Nicholas C. Kraus -- ch. 16. Rip currents : terminology and pro-active beach safety / Stephen P. Leatherman.