2016 Volume 72 Issue 2 Pages I_85-I_90
Uchinada beach locats the north-east from the Port of Kanazawa. The many accident due to the rip current occurred in this area in the past years. Firstly, this study got the archives about the beach accident from the Japan Coast Guard, and concerned the situation when the accident occurred with comparing the wave conditions. Secondaly, this study conducted the horizontal field survey with ADCP that was set on the water scooter, to obtain the current condition and the topography at the area. Finally, this study extract the component of the rip current from the observed data. Furthermore, this study calculated the interval space of the rip current, and compared with the observed data.