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I used to love playing in rough waves as a kid. Now I will only go in when it is calm or gently rolling and the waves break close to the sand. I can't get up so fast when I get knocked down.
It pains me because I love being in the ocean, but if i have doubts about the roughness, I just wade in and splash water on myself like the old lady I'm becoming.
As long as you aren’t wearing a flowered bathing cap yet, you’re alright!
You have to move south where the waves don't knock you down
I remember as a kid going to Pt Pleasant NJ and there were ropes in the water to hold on to against the rough waves.
I have been to and liked the beaches in North Myrtle Beach, SC, and Oak Island, NC. Also spent a lot of time on the Gulf side of Florida, which is calm and nice.
I have been to and liked the beaches in North Myrtle Beach, SC, and Oak Island, NC. Also spent a lot of time on the Gulf side of Florida, which is calm and nice.
The gulf is like a swimming pool. Granted, it's "safer," but that's just not the ocean to me.
Different strokes!
Which reminds me, there's a "grey sand versus white sand" thread I need to chime in on.
I remember a time when there was a lifeguard at every stand on every beach in Southern California. Now you hardly see them. I couldn't believe it when I saw one at Rosie's Dog Beach a month ago. (Long Beach, CA) He wasn't there for very long either. He was mostly patrolling the huge stretch of beach in a big red truck.
The busier the beach is, the more lifeguards will be there. At least, during the late spring through fall months at the OC beaches, there are always lifeguards on duty during the day. I remember one summer day in Laguna Beach when a couple of rogue waves came in, and and we watched lifeguards fish three or four kids out of the water in a matter of minutes.
It's true, the lifeguard stands will be closed up during the cold season, but at that time the water is SO cold that most people don't go in at all unless they are surfers or scuba divers with wetsuits.
The busier the beach is, the more lifeguards will be there. At least, during the late spring through fall months at the OC beaches, there are always lifeguards on duty during the day. I remember one summer day in Laguna Beach when a couple of rogue waves came in, and and we watched lifeguards fish three or four kids out of the water in a matter of minutes.
It's true, the lifeguard stands will be closed up during the cold season, but at that time the water is SO cold that most people don't go in at all unless they are surfers or scuba divers with wetsuits.
True. I do remember Laguna as a child having a lot of lifeguards (Huntington too). I haven't been there in many years (my stomping ground is now further north). One of the things that goes on at Rosie's is that directly south of the line where dogs are not allowed is a vey popular windsurfing beach. One would think they would provide more lifeguards there due to all the windsurfing.
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