Health and Safety
Health and safety are important issues that are easily forgotten when the beach and other aquatic activities. Properly attended to, they often go unnoticed. Occasionally, neglecting them can cause problems later in life or can be tragically disastrous in only a minute.
Sun Sense
There is a line in a song that says " Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun." If that were true the explosion of sun related illnesses would be alost un-heard of. We have all heard the warnings about prolonged exposure to the sun and the admonishments to use sun screens and the like but which ones to use and do they really work? Let's use some sun sense.
Water Wise
Water, a good friend but a deadly enemy. The ocean waves can support you will you swim, surf or sail but can also crush with awesome force or sweep the unsuspecting swimmer away from safety. At the beach, pool or swimming hole apply a little water wisdom.