This violent current can be responsible for drowning. The authorities warn of a “maximum risk for the currents of baïnes on the coast” on the days of Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes, Gironde and Charente-Maritime.
“Swimming is strongly discouraged. Swimmers and practitioners of a nautical activity who frequent the beaches are called upon to exercise the greatest caution”, warns the prefect of New Aquitaine and Gironde in a press release.
🌞 🌡 🏊 @Prefet17 , calls on people who frequent the Charente-Maritime beaches to be extremely vigilant. A maximum risk for baïnes is confirmed on July 28, 29 and 30, 2023 (5 on a scale of 5) on the New Aquitaine coast. pic.twitter.com/clsq3oSdxI
— Prefect of Charente-Maritime 🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@Prefet17) July 27, 2023
“Dangerous swimming, Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, in the Landes”, thus writes the prefecture of the department on Twitter. The prefecture of Charente-Maritime also calls “people who frequent the Charente-Maritime beaches to the greatest vigilance” in the face of “maximum risk”.
How to avoid the danger of baïnes?
A baïne “is a formation of water created by the movement of the tides. It forms at low tide. explains the prefecture of Gironde. “At rising tide, when the water level of the baïne becomes higher than that of the ocean, it suddenly empties creating a current, known as the baïne current, which attracts the swimmer towards the open sea”, which poses a risk of drowning.
If you are caught in a baïne, the first advanced advice is above all not to swim against the current to avoid exhaustion, panic, but rather to let yourself be carried away and swim parallel to the beach, so as to go around the bay and stay away from strong currents. “When you get carried away, keep your head above water, call for help and signal to be spotted by a swimmer,” advise lifeguards at sea.
For the next three days, the authorities are calling on swimmers to “permanently” monitor children, “not to swim if you feel a physical disorder”, not to overestimate your swimming level, swim in a supervised area or even to warn “a relative before bathing”.
2023-07-27 18:50:55
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