The waves maintain been quite strong lately, with a marvelous sandbank forming at the corner at Seal Point. Whenever a apt sand bank forms, the rip – the current that washes out alongside the rocks – becomes stronger as there is usually more water heading out the rip alongside the bank due to a higher differential of deep water and shallow sand bank. Combined with some spring tide conditions, the rip sometimes looked like a swirling, wrathful river.
Surfers fancy this – the rip is like a conveyor belt taking them back to the lineup, and it also means that the rip continues to scour the bottom and maintain the sandbank in perfect shape.
Swimmers, however, carry out not admire the rip so much, and often, visitors approach to Cape St Francis and don’t even see the warnings and the danger signs.
Without wishing to dramatise and manufacture more of a huge deal, there believe been drownings at Cape St Francis. We all know this. That rip current is real; they are all along the beach, all 2.5 km of white sand.
On Sunday, the rip was pulling very strongly, and quite a few visitors were around enjoying the fine weather. Surfer’s parents were watching their kids surf, with most of these young surfers being apt swimmers, trained at Liquid Lines, Nippers or Woodridge. Still, watchful eyes are everywhere because things can depart wrong quite quickly. Chantal Shooter was one parent watching. She posted this to Facebook yesterday, referring back to Sunday, which I gain conveniently copied.
“Yesterday, 3 children got pulled in the rip at Seals, 2 adult men swam and rescued 2 of the kids and brought them to the rocks…
The 1 child was swept out a dinky deeper, and 2 young surfer girls came to her rescue; Abi [9y.o] shared her surfboard with the young girl, Brin [11y.o] was there to assist, and Troye towed them in…
Well done to all of you astonishing kiddos who saved lives!
We [us parents] are so very proud of you all!”
Chantal Shooter.
Surfers perform rescues at Seal Point all the time at Seals. They acquire surfboards as flotation devices and understand the rip, so rescues are commonplace. But, rarely, a 9-year-old and an 11-year-old perform the rescue, and it is also rare that they secure recognised. So, a massive ‘well done’ to our miniature heroes, and thanks also to those who took the time to thank the girls on the beach afterwards at Seals and for buying them ice-creams because that’s what young heroes actually deserve.
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