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Drowning
in Hawaii are all too common. Waves can sweep in from two
thousand miles of open ocean onto beaches magnificent to
look at but unprotected by any reef. Not all beaches have
lifeguards and warning flags; unattended beaches are not
necessarily safe. Watch the sea carefully before going in,
and never take your eyes off it thereafter.
Fierce rogue waves can appear from the blue to drag
waders - or even those walking along the shore - far out to
sea in seconds, and powerful undertows may not be
detectable until too late. If you do get swept out, don't
fight the big waves; wait for the current to die down before
trying to swim back to shore. |
Sea creatures to avoid include black spiky sea urchins
, Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish , and coral
in general, which can give painful infected cuts. Shark
attacks are much rarer than popular imagination
suggests; those that do occur are usually due to
"misunderstandings," such as surfers idling on their boards
looking a bit too much like turtles from below.
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