How to be safe in water

Being safe in water is very important. Due to the fact that people are not swimming in the flags more and more people are drowning. I believe that we should swim in the flags so we can be water safe. Remember if lifeguards can’t see you, they can’t save you.

Currents. Now this is a problem. If you get caught in a current then it is practically impossible to swim out of! The lifeguards have jet skies to come and save you but if you don’t swim out of the flags, they won't have to come and save you. If you don’t know what a current is don’t worry I’ll tell you. A current is a strong bit of water that can pull you out to sea. So it’s quite scary to get caught in one but if you swim in the flags you won’t get caught in the current.

Waves, now, is another problem. Waves can push you under the water and pin you down. Most beaches are safe beaches and have normal size waves but some beaches are surf beaches. Surf beaches, if you didn't know, are beaches that have big waves. Now you may be thinking

‘So they are still beaches so we can swim whereever we want to’ but you are wong. Surfers need big waves to surf and if you think ‘ they can surf on small waves’ you’re wong. If you swim anywhere on a surf beach you might get hit by a surfboard witch would be bad. So if you swim in the flags you will be safe.




If you swim in between the flags you would be safe from currents, big waves, and stuff like that. There are no strong waves and no rips (AKA currents). Safety is a key thing at the beach. Sometimes there are no lifeguards at beaches because it is not a surf beach. But 9 times out of 10 at a surf beach there will be lifeguards.





As a result of not swimming in between the flags you could get injured or even worse drown. Being safe in water is very important. So swim in the flags to be safe waves.