Category: Beach Life
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NSW Lifeguards Are Urging Swimmers to Take Care at Beaches
Lifesavers are pleading with swimmers in New South Wales to take care at beaches as over a thousand rescues have been made since Christmas. Australians have traveled in great numbers to the coast during the School Holidays putting extra stress on lifesavers.
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Parents of an 18-Year-Old Who Drowned off Mission Beach Said San Diego Lifeguards Failed to Prevent His Death | CBS 8 San Diego
Parents of Woodlain Zachee filed a legal claim against the city of San Diego, alleging city lifeguards were understaffed and failed to warn swimmers of dangers. See CBS 8
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Swimmers Warned to Be Careful After Spate of Beach Drownings | | 7.30 | ABC News (Australia)
After years of COVID disruptions, bushfires, and floods, plenty of Australians have been hitting the beach this summer and enjoying the water. But surf life savers say they’ve made thousands of rescues in a matter of weeks, with most drownings occurring at unpatrolled beaches. This report from Hannah Bowers and Emily Jane Smith.
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Do Not Swim: Contaminated Beaches a Sign of What’s to Come With Global Warming | Newshub
As the wild weather eases across the country “unsuitable for swimming” signs are also going out at many popular beaches, and as Demelza Leslie reports it is a sign of what’s to come with global warming.
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We Test Sydney Harbour’s New Swimming Spot, a ‘Beach’ in the Heart of the City at Barangaroo | Guardian Australia
It’s been dubbed ‘Sydney’s first city beach’ after a ban on swimming at Barangaroo Reserve’s Marrinawi Cove was lifted. Guardian Australia went to test out the waters in the heart of the CBD and found the cove teeming with swimmers and even some snorkellers. It’s the first swimming spot to open in 50 years west of…
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Tiger Shark Filmed Weaving Through Clueless Swimmers at Perth Beach | The Independent
A tiger shark has been filmed close to swimmers at a popular beach in Perth, Australia. In stunning aerial footage, the shark can be seen weaving between two apparently oblivious people close to the shore at Mullaloo Beach. Toby Nicol, who shared the video, said lifeguards “quickly jumped in their buggy and sped down the…
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Barangaroo’s Marrinawi Cove Reopens to Swimming, Sydney’s CBD Swimming Spot | 7NEWS
Sydneysiders will now be able to enjoy a dip in the water around Barangaroo while taking in a view of the Harbour Bridge. It’s hoped the new swimming spot at Marrinawi Cove in Barangaroo will be a drawcard for locals, tourists and office workers alike. Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has been pushing for the…
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Canterbury Beach Deemed Too Dirty to Swim in Is Currently Safe, Says Local | Stuff
A swim coach says a popular Canterbury beach deemed unsuitable for swimming because of dirty water is in fact safe – and he has a lab result to prove it. Popular swimming spots Corsair Bay, Rāpaki Bay, Sandy Bay, Diamond Harbour Beach, Purau Beach and Cass Bay in Lyttelton Harbour were last week deemed unsuitable for…
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Tiger Shark Charges Unsuspecting Swimmer in Chilling Drone Video | New York Post
It could have been a scene straight out of “Jaws.” Swimmers at Hillary’s Dog Beach near Perth, Western Australia, came dangerously close to death on Dec. 28 after a tiger shark was spotted lurking near the shore. Heart-stopping drone footage captured by beachgoer Sam Wood shows the giant predator in the clear and iridescent Aussie waters — just…