14 tourists and four Thai pulled out of Nai Harn surf

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS & VIDEO: Phuket Naiharn Surf Lifesaving Club

 

Ten Russian tourists, four Chinese and four Thais were dragged from the surf off Nai Harn beach after getting into difficulty in waves yesterday (July 25).

 

Nai Harn lifeguards rescued 18 swimmers in total yesterday afternoon.

 

Pictures and videos have been put on Nai Harn Lifeguard facebook page yesterday with a message read

 

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Aparantley now in knee deep water , getting pushed by a wave towards shore is considered cause for alarm...

Apparently they were swimming in the rip tide, 

 

Some other countries has 'swim between the flags' which could have caused confusion with the red do not swim here flag

9 hours ago, digbeth said:

Apparently they were swimming in the rip tide, 

 

Some other countries has 'swim between the flags' which could have caused confusion with the red do not swim here flag

Also here: some areas 'do not swim', others 'swim between the flags'.

 

Swimming in riptides at no swimming areas is not a good idea.

9 hours ago, digbeth said:

Apparently they were swimming in the rip tide, 

 

Some other countries has 'swim between the flags' which could have caused confusion with the red do not swim here flag

 

Yup, that looks super confusing !!!

 

I think anything, with a line through it, means probably not a good idea to do that "thing" ?

11 hours ago, digbeth said:

Apparently they were swimming in the rip tide, 

 

Some other countries has 'swim between the flags' which could have caused confusion with the red do not swim here flag

Most countries have swim between the flags but non of those flags are red with a circle and slash through a swimmer with the words "No swimming here" in 4 different languages. It's not at all confusing, just dumb people with the brains of a dead kangaroo.

I lost count a long while ago of the amount of times I've seen stupid people warned 2 or 3 times by the LGs to move to a safer area.

 

11 hours ago, mok199 said:

Aparantley now in knee deep water , getting pushed by a wave towards shore is considered cause for alarm...

If I only knew, what you want to say...

I call BS