National Sea Rescue Institute issues warning as spring tides expected

THE National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is appealing to bathers and shoreline anglers to exercise caution as the spring tides are anticipated to bring in higher and lower than usual tides.

According to the institute, bathers and shoreline anglers around the coast will notice the effects, where the high tide will gradually get higher than normal and the low tide will gradually retreat to lower than normal, leading up to the peak of the full-moon spring tide on January 6 – a full-moon micro moon.

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The concern is that coastal bathers and shoreline anglers who are not aware of the full moon, as well as new-moon spring tides, will be caught off guard.

Rip currents can be stronger in places during a spring tide, therefore the NSRI warns coastal bathers and shoreline anglers to be cautious.

Bathers should only swim at beaches protected by lifeguards and swim in between the safe swimming areas the lifeguards indicate using their red and yellow flags.

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