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Bodies of three women recovered from sea in Brighton, police say - BBC News https://share.google/YudcoReZ0EXFO2qcG
Dreadful thing.
Dreadful thing.
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Really sad. No information on why they were there.
People who go out to sea in boats wear layers of insulation, wetsuits or drysuits, lifejackets and other safety gear, together with lots of rules about how quickly people need to be pulled out if they do go in.
Meanwhile, I see people, often older women, swimming in very cold seas in nothing but a swimsuit regularly. If they were swimming then it should be a prompt for a serious discussion about whether this sort of thing is a good idea.
People who go out to sea in boats wear layers of insulation, wetsuits or drysuits, lifejackets and other safety gear, together with lots of rules about how quickly people need to be pulled out if they do go in.
Meanwhile, I see people, often older women, swimming in very cold seas in nothing but a swimsuit regularly. If they were swimming then it should be a prompt for a serious discussion about whether this sort of thing is a good idea.
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I used to spend a week in Brighton once a year for work and stayed in a B&B.
The landlady was in a club that started their day with a (very) early morning swim.
She always extended an invite to join for a swim that for some reason we never took up.
It sounds like the sort of thing that could happen to early morning swimmers. Few wear wet suits, it’s normally just swimming cozies.
The landlady was in a club that started their day with a (very) early morning swim.
She always extended an invite to join for a swim that for some reason we never took up.
It sounds like the sort of thing that could happen to early morning swimmers. Few wear wet suits, it’s normally just swimming cozies.
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The tide would have been on the turn at the time they were reported in the water.
My wife cold water swims all year round, sometimes I join her and friends, we always watch the weather and tides etc, you get used to the cold only in swim cozies, me speedos, where we swim it is quite shallow at first and sandy, unfortunately 2 local chaps drowned at Budleigh on NYday the beach there is pebbles and goes deep quickly so difficult to exit if large waves.
I thought those sea/cold water swimmers usually tow some kind of flotation device behind them, don't they?
That has their dry knickers in so they dont have to leave them on the beach for some old bloke from Essexshire to run off with
The ones I've seen don't. Their safety gear consists entirely of a bright swimming cap and a flask of tea after.
Sounds awful. For all three to perish, it must have been dangerous in the water.
Not really the thread for that, it it.That has their dry knickers in so they dont have to leave them on the beach for some old bloke from Essexshire to run off with
I'm currently learning the ropes of sea kayaking. Probably like yachting, there's a lot to learn about the tides. They don't go up and down, they go sideways and all over the place, at very varying rates.
I doubt that the swimming clubs do much of this sort of training. I guess they think they're staying in shallower water so it doesn't matter.
I got caught in a tide in the edge of a bay while swimming in Cornwall. I'm a strong swimmer, but did get a bit worried that I was heading in at max speed but the land was getting smaller. I went sideways, thankfully managed to get out of the stream into still water.
We did too, but in the waist/chest high shallows. In a rip. My son was aboard his bodyboard and loving it. Not a care. I could feel the water rushing between my legs back out to sea. The fella nearest me (and not as tall) was losing his footing and being swept out and panicking. I grabbed my son and tugged him as far as I could and he just merrily paddled toward safety. The fella nearest to me was in full panic at this stage and his feet had gone as well as most of his adrenaline. I was still on my feet so I grabbed him and pulled him to to shallower waters. He was going under. By the time he was able to walk, he asked another fella that was with us to help him to the shore, he was that knackered.
This was a sunny day in Bude. Frightening.
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Three pieces of information you need. The tidal streams for your area, the time of high water at your reference port (not necessarily high water where you are) and if its a Spring (big) or Neap (small) tide
For example the English Channel tidal streams are here:
Dover HW
ADMIRALTY EasyTide
Free UK tidal prediction service, providing tidal data and tide times for the current day and 6 days into the future.
easytide.admiralty.co.uk
So as an example 4 hours before HW dover the tides are for Brighton East Approx 100 degrees, at a rate of 0.8kts for a Neap and 1.3kts for a spring. So on Saturday we'd expect around 1.3kts East at 19:30 (HW 23:32). if you were going Sea Kayaking in Brighton on Saturday you'd be wanting to go between 10AM and 2PM (HW +- 1.5 to 2 hours) when the tide is weakest. If you happened to be in the Cherbourg kayaking at around 5PM local time, expect to end up in the Channel Islands. 4-5kts westerly
