点评:Had been visiting this beautiful beach many times as a tourist in the last 3 years. Always enjoyed it. My sentiment changed, however, when becoming witness of an absolutely life threatening incident on Saturday afternoon on Feb 8th, 2025. Thanks to the attention and help of some surfers three persons could be rescued and brought back to the beach. One of them more dead than alive …
All locals know about the current called “Diggers Express” at the south end which is appreciated by the surfers since it pulls them out into the open sea to enjoy the surf. Same happens quite likely to swimmers if they enter the water in that area - hardly no chance to return by themselves once they have surpassed a certain point. More than regrettable that except for holidays no life savers are on duty - even though this is the number 1 rated beach of Coffs Harbour and hence attracting many tourists!
And even simple measures like a big sign/map at the beach entrance pointing out the specific dangers of this beach are missing…
What needs to happen till the responsible people at Coffs Harbour will take some appropriate actions?!
翻译:在过去的 3 年里,我曾多次以游客的身份造访这个美丽的海滩。一直都很喜欢。然而,当我在 2025 年 2 月 8 日星期六下午目睹了一起绝对危及生命的事件时,我的想法发生了改变。多亏了一些冲浪者的关注和帮助,三人获救并被带回海滩。其中一人半死不活……
所有当地人都知道南端有一股名为“Diggers Express”的洋流,冲浪者很喜欢它,因为它会把他们拉到公海里享受冲浪。如果游泳者进入该地区的水中,很可能也会发生同样的情况——一旦他们超过某个点,几乎没有机会自己返回。更令人遗憾的是,除了假期外,没有救生员值班——尽管这是科夫斯港排名第一的海滩,因此吸引了许多游客!
甚至连在海滩入口处放置一个大标志/地图来指出该海滩的具体危险等简单措施都没有……
科夫斯港的负责人还需要做什么才能采取适当的行动?!