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Always consider visiting a lifeguarded beach as they can offer information about hazards to look out for at that beach. For information about which beaches have lifeguards,
The tide comes in and out twice a day and the beach that you arrived at in the morning can be a very different place only a few hours later.
The depth of the water over these hazards will change from hour to hour. |
Don't
jump into the unknown
Many people injure
themselves by jumping
into the sea and
hitting obstructions, or because the water is too shallow to
be
safe
Click here to watch
a short (3.5 minute) MCA podcast featuring
an interview with Nick Biddlecombe,
who, when he was just
seventeen, was injured because he dived into the sea without
knowing
what was beneath him. He talks to BBC Radio
One Newsbeat's Andy West.
