Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Brevard
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two local residents were swimming together at Juan Ponce de Leon Landing Beach in Melbourne Beach when they became trapped in a rip current. The first victim was a 23-year-old female who was unable to be revived at a local hospital. The second victim was a 26-year-old male who disappeared beneath the water. His body was recovered the following afternoon a few miles to the north of where he went missing.
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.