{"id":43199,"date":"2024-11-07T08:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T06:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/nsri-issues-rip-current-safety-warnings-for-summer-beachgoers-20241106\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:11:10","slug":"nsri-issues-rip-current-safety-warnings-for-summer-beachgoers-20241106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/nsri-issues-rip-current-safety-warnings-for-summer-beachgoers-20241106\/","title":{"rendered":"NSRI issues rip current safety warnings for summer beachgoers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The NSRI is advising beachgoers, particularly group visitors, to follow safety guidelines to avoid dangerous rip currents. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bathers are urged to stay at lifeguard-protected beaches, know the tide times, and avoid swimming too deep. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If caught in a rip current, the NSRI advises people to stay calm, float, and go with the current until they can swim free.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), lifeguards, the police and emergency services are appealing to group visitors to beaches (schools, churches, sports teams, corporate functions), and bathers, to know tide times, attend beaches protected by lifeguards, and not to venture too deep into the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRip currents form constantly at different places along the shoreline throughout the day and night and bathers should always be alert to rip currents while in the surf zone,\u201d says NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"InfoBlock\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_5b9ee081\">\n<div class=\"heading\">If you are caught in a rip current:<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t panic.<\/li>\n<li>Stay afloat by treading water \u2013 moving your arms and legs in circular movements \u2013 and using the air in your lungs for added buoyancy.<\/li>\n<li>As difficult as it sounds, go with the current and stay afloat. 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