Rip tide is a strong tidal flow of water within estuaries and other enclosed tidal areas. Riptide or rip tide may also refer to: * A common misnomer for a rip current, a fast narrow current running offshore and cutting through breaking waves

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), ''Riptide'' (book series), short story anthologies * Riptide (novel), ''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 List of Star Wars books#Crosscurrent, ''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), ''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), ''Rip Tide'' (film), 2017 Australian film * Riptide (1934 film), ''Riptide'' (1934 film), by Edmund Goulding * Riptide (2013 film), ''Riptide'' (2013 film) (aka ''Ressac''), a Canadian drama film by Pascale Ferland * Riptide (American TV series), ''Riptide'' (American TV series), 1984–1986 American detective series * Riptide (Australian TV series), ''Riptide'' (Australian TV series), 1969 Australian drama series starring Ty Hardin

Music

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