Surfing Waves

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ma ... ve-4512720



Forecast was around 4-5 feet. But it looks like the white wash is strong and they got took out by the rip.

The rip doesn't kill you.... most likely it was panicking that did them in but you wonder how could three of them drown?

Yes, 3 is shocking. My guess is they either lost their board or was trying to save someone and got themselves into more trouble. The surf conditions looks pretty bad for beginners.

It looks like what I go out in regularly

It appears to be a classic case of going in the surf without an awareness of what actual conditions require , some of the pictures seem to show surf that experience could manage . Panic and no knowledge of how to escape from rips needed. The majority of surf rescues in Australia occur because people go into rips because they appear calmer and don't have as many waves
All this is just talking over a tragedy, sadly

I read they went to help the teenagers who ended up being ok so that explains the three because none of them had a surfboard to keep them afloat. Maybe hypothermia? Definitely they went into water that they shouldn't have which is common. I have heard so many times where the people who go in to save the swimmer in trouble drown but the people in trouble end up ok. So here is another don't "Don't try to save someone in conditions you can't handle yourself."

oldmansurfer wrote:I read they went to help the teenagers who ended up being ok so that explains the three because none of them had a surfboard to keep them afloat. Maybe hypothermia? Definitely they went into water that they shouldn't have which is common. I have heard so many times where the people who go in to save the swimmer in trouble drown but the people in trouble end up ok. So here is another don't "Don't try to save someone in conditions you can't handle yourself."

That reminded an incident when my friend screamed for help when he got stuck in the rip. He was using a longboard so I swam near him and grab onto the board. Big wave came and flip him over, he got back up the board and started paddling away from me. Then I got stuck there without a board.... I wanted to kill him when I made it back alive..

i think they are ok a mate in kernow told me but need to read conditions before going out better for sure

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Thats my local beach now, was a terrible shock when i heard, conditions didn't look too bad that day, have been in in worse there and even been in with my kids when it was worse, although we usually try to make sure their are lifeguards on duty, or we stay near the surfschools when they are in for security.
Lots of talk now about should the lifeguards be on duty during school holidays or after 6 at night in summer when people are still out but as they are not government funded, and rely on charity donations, they have to restrict their service a lot.

Sadly people are going to go in the water no matter what and some will go out or reach of life guards.
volunteer or any life guards cannot be everywhere at every time.

The cost of being careless, unaware, is potentially (and in this case ) deadly .

What about all of us, how many of us could do a rescue?
How many of us can do CPR! What about ability at first aid!
Because sooner or later we may need to do a rescue and resuscitation !
Many of the beaches we surf are unpatrolled , we are it there , the supposed watermen.
Not all the people on those beaches know what to do, would you be prepared to offer advice or a useful warning!