Dangerous Situations
- Thread starter Hendre
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Marthin
Sealiner
I can only add this from personal experience. You might very well see the blue wall standing up in front of you and making a "bakkop" like a cobra. You have a split second to react. Don't start running. Look for a rock that might break some of the force of the water, act as a shield between you and the water and dive in behind it, no matter how smal, as long as it is lodged firmly. Most guys dont make it because that 1st wave picks them up and smacks them against the rocks, leaving them either dead/unconscious/dizzy or disorientated. Hendre's best advice is to not try and swim for the side as soon as you hit the water.
Guys
I have also heaps of life saving experience and one more thing that could be added is should you be getting washed over a shallow or near dry rock shelf, one can get over by totally relaxing your body and protecting your head as the wave washes you over and not not trying to fight the current. This is if you haven't been able to stand up and dive over. When you fight he current you tend to get smahed up on the rocks where as if you relax you can literally float in millimetres of water. I have had to do this many times surfing over shallow coral reefs in Indonesia and Fiji where the reef is so shallow that as the next wave of the set comes through it sucks the water off the reef leaving it dry. There is nothing else to do but try relax and let the wave pass over you.
ignoblis
I have also heaps of life saving experience and one more thing that could be added is should you be getting washed over a shallow or near dry rock shelf, one can get over by totally relaxing your body and protecting your head as the wave washes you over and not not trying to fight the current. This is if you haven't been able to stand up and dive over. When you fight he current you tend to get smahed up on the rocks where as if you relax you can literally float in millimetres of water. I have had to do this many times surfing over shallow coral reefs in Indonesia and Fiji where the reef is so shallow that as the next wave of the set comes through it sucks the water off the reef leaving it dry. There is nothing else to do but try relax and let the wave pass over you.
ignoblis
i agree with ignonlis, the less you fight the wave the better it is for you. i've been surfing for as long as i can remember and have some pretty serious wipeouts on some size waves, and like everyone has said never panic cos its only gonna make u do desperate things without thinking.
nice posts hendre
p.s try not to swim at koeel bay, people have died there and it has a serious rip and shallow closeouts
nice posts hendre
p.s try not to swim at koeel bay, people have died there and it has a serious rip and shallow closeouts
i agree with ignonlis, the less you fight the wave the better it is for you. i've been surfing for as long as i can remember and have some pretty serious wipeouts on some size waves, and like everyone has said never panic cos its only gonna make u do desperate things without thinking.
nice posts hendre
p.s try not to swim at koeel bay, people have died there and it has a serious rip and shallow closeouts
nice posts hendre
p.s try not to swim at koeel bay, people have died there and it has a serious rip and shallow closeouts
Hello Almal
Ek was Saterdag 13.12.08 by Rooiels besig om kreef te trek en daar was nog een boot saam met my wat ek onbewustelik dop gehou het om te sien waar hulle hul kreef nette laat sak. Toe ek weer opkyk om te sien waar hulle is, sien ek net hulle boot hoog bo op 'n brander wat oor 'n blinder spoel en daar is niemand in die boot nie.
Ons was gelukkig genoeg om drie lewens te red te danke aan 'n duiker wat ook in die omgewing besig was om kreef te duik. Die water was twaalf grade en hulle was heeltemal uitgeput toe ons hulle almal aan boord gekry het. Die moeilikste was om hulle in die boot te kry ten spyte van die feit dat my boot 'n trappie en 'n bankie tussen die twee enjins het.
Die oorsaak van die ongeluk was dat hulle die kreef net se tou in altwee propellers gekry het en nie gou genoeg die tou kon los sny nie. Ek het ook afgelei uit 'n later gesprek dat die behalwe die skipper, die res van die bemanning onervare was en ek glo dit het bygedra tot die ongeluk. Die wind was redelik sterk en dit het die boot vinniger op die blinder gedryf as wat hulle besef het. Hulle reddings baadjies is saam met die boot onder die water in nadat die branders die boot stukkend geslaan het op die rotse. Wat veronderstel was om 'n heerlike uitstappie te wees en my seun meer ervaring op die see te gee, het toe in 'n behoorlike see les ontaard.
Ek wil net aansluit by die vorige skrywer oor sy goeie raad vir veiligheid en sê dat ons moet eerste aan ons veligheid dink en vooraf dink wat gaan jy doen in soortgelyke situasies. Is ons regtig voorberei om in so 'n situasie die regte besluite te neem?
Groete
Ek was Saterdag 13.12.08 by Rooiels besig om kreef te trek en daar was nog een boot saam met my wat ek onbewustelik dop gehou het om te sien waar hulle hul kreef nette laat sak. Toe ek weer opkyk om te sien waar hulle is, sien ek net hulle boot hoog bo op 'n brander wat oor 'n blinder spoel en daar is niemand in die boot nie.
Ons was gelukkig genoeg om drie lewens te red te danke aan 'n duiker wat ook in die omgewing besig was om kreef te duik. Die water was twaalf grade en hulle was heeltemal uitgeput toe ons hulle almal aan boord gekry het. Die moeilikste was om hulle in die boot te kry ten spyte van die feit dat my boot 'n trappie en 'n bankie tussen die twee enjins het.
Die oorsaak van die ongeluk was dat hulle die kreef net se tou in altwee propellers gekry het en nie gou genoeg die tou kon los sny nie. Ek het ook afgelei uit 'n later gesprek dat die behalwe die skipper, die res van die bemanning onervare was en ek glo dit het bygedra tot die ongeluk. Die wind was redelik sterk en dit het die boot vinniger op die blinder gedryf as wat hulle besef het. Hulle reddings baadjies is saam met die boot onder die water in nadat die branders die boot stukkend geslaan het op die rotse. Wat veronderstel was om 'n heerlike uitstappie te wees en my seun meer ervaring op die see te gee, het toe in 'n behoorlike see les ontaard.
Ek wil net aansluit by die vorige skrywer oor sy goeie raad vir veiligheid en sê dat ons moet eerste aan ons veligheid dink en vooraf dink wat gaan jy doen in soortgelyke situasies. Is ons regtig voorberei om in so 'n situasie die regte besluite te neem?
Groete
Great post buddy..just one thing I know for a fact...once you hit these waters of the West Coast,you best do those actions above quick,this water down here is ice cold... I fish with a wetsuit no matter where just in case somthing ike this does happen to be and God alone I sure pray it dont... keep the posts coming...