Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Volusia
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 27-year old man from Ocala, Florida was swimming in rough surf with other family members at an unguarded portion of Daytona Beach during the early afternoon, when they got caught in a rip current. All family members except the 27-year old man returned safety to shore. The man disappeared in the surf and his body was recovered the following day about nine miles north of where he went missing. He died from drowning, after being caught in the rip current.
Other notable rip current events in Florida
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.