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This is not really a "rip tide" in any normal sense. It is an exposed shoal that a lot of water passes quickly at certain times. And the biggest danger is not the water itself. The danger is that the shoal effectively turns to quicksand when the water runs rapidly across it, and if you try to walk or run along the shoal when that is happening you sink into the shoal and get trapped by the sand. That danger -- of walking on the shoal when the tide comes in -- is the one that needs to be advertised most clearly. I too question the alarm idea, in part because it will give a false sense of security when the alarm is not ringing.