Event narrative (NOAA)
A 50-year old man from Michigan went missing after being caught in a rip current and rough surf while swimming near Cherie Down Park in Cape Canaveral. The search was called off the following day and man was presumed drowned. Near the time the man went missing, his nephew was rescued from the water by a surfer.
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.