Riptide (disambiguation)
# Riptide (disambiguation)

Rip tide is a strong tidal flow of water within estuaries and other enclosed tidal areas.

Riptide or rip tide may also refer to:

## Amusement rides

* Riptide (Canada's Wonderland), a Top Spin ride
* Riptide, a pirate ship ride at Morey's Piers
* Rip Tide, a Top Spin ride at Knott's Berry Farm

## Books

* Riptide (book series), short story anthologies
* Riptide (novel), by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 1998
* Riptide, a novel by Catherine Coulter, 2000
* Riptide, a novel by Cherry Adair, 2011
* Riptide, a Star Wars novel by Paul S. Kemp, 2011
* Rip Tide, a novel in verse by William Rose Benét, 1932
* Rip Tide, a novel by Sam Llewellyn, 1992
* Rip Tide (novella), a Doctor Who novella by Louise Cooper, 2003
* Rip Tide, a novel by Kat Falls, 2011
* Rip Tide, a novel by Stella Rimington, 2011

### Comics

* Riptide (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel universe
* Riptide (Youngblood), a character in the Image and Awesome Comics universes

## Films and television

* Rip Tide (film), 2017 Australian film
* Riptide (1934 film), by Edmund Goulding
* Riptide (2013 film) (aka Ressac), a Canadian drama film by Pascale Ferland
* Riptide (American TV series), 1984–1986 American detective series
* Riptide (Australian TV series), 1969 Australian drama series starring Ty Hardin
* Riptide (2022 TV series), 2022 Australian drama miniseries

## Music

* The Riptides, Australian power pop group formed in 1977
* The Riptides (Canadian band), Canadian punk rock band formed in 1998
* Riptide (album), 1985 album by Robert Palmer, or its title track
* The Rip Tide, 2011 album by Beirut
* "Riptide" (Sick Puppies song), 2011
* "Riptide" (Vance Joy song), 2013
* "Riptide" (The Chainsmokers song), 2022
* "Riptide", a 2022 single by Beartooth
* Rip Tide, background music in SpongeBob SquarePants

## Sport

* Central Jersey Riptide, a defunct soccer team from Clark, New Jersey
* Los Angeles Riptide, a defunct outdoor lacrosse team from Carson, California
* New England Riptide, a defunct women's softball team from Lowell, Massachusetts
* New York Riptide, a box lacrosse team from Uniondale, New York
* Oregon Riptide, a defunct basketball team in Portland, Oregon
* San Diego Riptide, a defunct football team in San Diego, California
* Riptide, ringname of American professional wrestler Angel Orsini
* Riptide, a finisher move of the professional wrestler Rhea Ripley

## Other

* Dead Island: Riptide, a 2013 video game
* Riptide ("Anaklusmos"), Percy Jackson's sword in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series
* Riptide Publishing, a publisher of LGBTQ fiction; see Bisexual literature § Riptide Publishing
