Rip current speed measurements taken with the laser rangefinder on July 18, 2016 at South Beach show an average rip speed of 0.4 m/s. Measurements were also taken by this technique at many other times as detailed in Leatherman (2017).

Table 1: Rip current speed measurements taken with the laser rangefinder on July 18, 2016 at South Beach show an average rip speed of 0.4 m/s. Measurements were also taken by this technique at many other times as detailed in Leatherman (2017) [14].

Seconds	Distance (m)	Speed (m/s)
0	68
18	73	0.3
9	75	0.2
9	78	0.3
7	81	0.4
5	84	0.6
13	90	0.5
11	92	0.2
21	101	0.4