I've had the privilege of working with some rip current experts lately and wanted to pass on some information to the kiting community.
Dr. Rob Brander is a super cool guy from Australia who is really passionate about educating as many people as possible about beach safety. This includes swimming, surfing and kiting.
he was nice enough to give me some of his footage for a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOkSvx-bn5k
You can find all sorts of great info on his site here,
www.scienceofthesurf.com
-Patrick