Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Cameron
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 22 year old male swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on South Padre Island, near the 300 block of Padre Boulevard drowned in a rip current. His body was recovered on October 11 farther down the beach.
Other notable rip current events in Texas
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.