Dangerous Surf
Dangerous Surfing Conditions – Peregian Beach
It saddens me and our close community, to hear of a Tourist that has disappeared off my local beach, Peregian. All efforts have been put in place to locate him.
Qld.Water Police co-ordinating with Peregian Life Savers Club, Emergency Services and Surfboard riders that frequent the area systematically searching a vast area of ocean.
I appears the man got into difficulties whilst swimming outside the Surf Life Saving Patrolled Area, clearly marked by Orange and Yellow Flags.
The Surf has been running particularly big over the last few weeks with long gutters, sweeps, and rips forming, especially after the low tide turns and brings on the higher tides. This is a particularly dangerous time for the inexperienced, or unawares swimmer to swim.
We have steps in place to warn swimmers of the dangers of swimming in non patrolled areas, with big signs in all different languages, and most with graphics explaining the dangers are located at beach entrances
Not to put a finer point on it but some where along the line we are not getting the message through, especially to the tourist sector. This whole area might need a rethink.
Any who, may be we could share the following information by passing relative information on, when friends or relatives arrive from o’seas.
We as locals have all seen these signs and the ones in multiple languages how about taking it upon ourselves to advise people if we think they are doing the wrong thing in the surf. OK you may say that’s interfering, but who knows,…that may have saved a life.
Dangerous Surfing Conditions
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