It's safe it go back in the water.....or is it?

[snoop1130]

It's safe it go back in the water.....or is it?

 

 

Thai Rath reported in their headline on Wednesday that tourists were safe to go back in the water at Sai Noi beach in the Hua Hin area.

 

But as the authorities arrived to install what some thought was a net to protect against shark attack and jellyfish invasion the truth seemed to be something else. 

 

It was actually just a line of small buoys to mark off a "safe" swimming area.

 

Marine and Coastal Resources Department chiefs said that the promised net had not yet been installed.

 

Meetings were still being held with interested parties as to whether a net was a good idea and if so what kind. If they do install one it will be paid for by Hua Hin municipality budget.

 

For now the "swimming area" has been decided by creating a 200 meter long stretch that goes out 50 meters at a depth of about 3 to five meters.

 

All the action was prompted after a Norwegian man was bitten by one the leg by a shark last week. Werner Danielsen was hospitalized in the first shark attack in the area in memory. 

 

Tourists are advised to take advice before taking a dip.

 

Source: https://www.thairath.co.th/content/1265062

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-4-25

 

[RichardColeman]

5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

It was actually just a line of small buoys to mark off a "safe" swimming area.

course a shark would never swim under that !

[sammieuk1]

Not sure I would risk it look at the size of that rock in the photo.

[YetAnother]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

But as the authorities arrived to install what some thought was a net to protect against shark attack and jellyfish invasion the truth seemed to be something else.

it is a 'thai truth'; an insinuation, a half-truth, an almost truth

[Hummin]

Thai Beaches is as safe as always, but there can be a pitbull shark everywhere at anytime, that is hungry for a foot or two. So take care and for god sake do not swim outside the yellow line. 

[mlmcleod]

This is silly!  The swimming areas are as safe as they always were.  There is always a rare chance of a shark bite but you have a far better chance of drowning or injuring yourself on a rock.  I think the pollution is too bad to go in the water anyway.

Edited May 11, 2018 by metisdead
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[RotMahKid]

As usual Thai fools Thai, because most Thai people would think seeing the buoys it's safe to swim there.

[webfact]

Buoys erected around a beach in Hua Hin in preparation for the placing of anti-shark net

By Thai PBS

 

 

Buoys have placed around the beach at Haad Sai Noi in Hua Hin district where a Norwegian tourist was attacked by a bull shark last week.

 

On Wednesday, officials of the Marine Resources Conservation Unit, military personnel from Thanarath camp and fishermen helped erect buoys around Haad Sai Noi beach before Gilnets are placed to form a safe swimming zone to prevent shark attacks.

 

Officials said that the erection of buoys was just a preparation to determine the proper location of a swimming area before anti-shark net is to be placed under water.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/buoys-erected-around-beach-hua-hin-preparation-placing-anti-shark-net/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-04-26

[connda]

You're about a million times more likely to get injured in a traffic accident on you way to swim at the beach as opposed to getting bitten by a shark. 

Between 2016 to 2018 their was one shark attack in Thailand.  Between Jan 1 and March 31 2018, their were over a quarter of a million traffic related injuries.  Do the math! 

 

Stay Calm and enjoy your day at the beach.

Edited April 26, 2018 by connda

[bluesofa]

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Buoys erected around a beach"

I'm just so glad they spelt 'buoys' and 'erected' correctly.

For a moment I thought it might be a follow-up to the erecting a fence around the Viagra trees story.

 

[Ulic]

So...It doesn't matter if you are safe or not. It just needs to look like the authorities are doing

something so you will believe you are safe. 

[smedly]

1 hour ago, connda said:

You're about a million times more likely to get injured in a traffic accident on you way to swim at the beach as opposed to getting bitten by a shark. 

Between 2016 to 2018 their was one shark attack in Thailand.  Between Jan 1 and March 31 2018, their were over a quarter of a million traffic related injuries.  Do the math! 

 

Stay Calm and enjoy your day at the beach.

you can narrow those odds significantly by only including beaches were an attack has recently taken place and sharks have been sighted in numbers, also, Bull Sharks are not one to be ignored, they are aggressive - large and have a very powerful bite.

 

It was a grave error for certain people to feed them from shore, if there is no food they will not hang around too long.

 

 

 

 

[realfunster]

[wobalt]

The Gulf of Thailand is and was always a hotspot for bull sharks. They come here to breed in estuaries and rivers. This potential  accident with a baby bullshark means statistically nothing...no reason to overreact.

[Inepto Cracy]

If thw sharks have no fish to eat, the next food source ie: humans. Laws of nature poepals. Khao jai mai.

Meat is meat and sharks must eat. No more fishies, sharks must eat humans too.

[Inepto Cracy]

Further, why not consult the Natal Anti Shark Measures folk in Durban, South Africa to learn what nets do.

Yes I had the privalage of working with them in the 1981's while being an active member of the SA Navy. 

[tigermoth]

On ‎26‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 9:23 AM, mlmcleod said:

This is silly!  The swimming areas are as safe as they always were.  There is always a rare chance of a shark bite but you have a far better chance of drowning or injuring yourself on a rock.  I think the pollution is too bad to go in the water anyway.

A couple of sharks and the place is considered infested with them. Try Australian beaches where there are always numerous sharks and in WA and South Australia the feared great white is not uncommen. No nets there. In north Queensland they do have nets but they are not just for sharks but crocodiles as well which are not uncommon in the ocean north of Cairns.