Swimmix

[Fran]

@Spidey

Crowds on other side of the camera were huge. Jellyfish had a part to play

What make of jellyfish were there, compass?

[mick_jones]

Fuck the dirty Seine, the Broad Majestic Shannon for me every time.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

I’d a cousin over from Canada earlier in summer and her and her daughter had to make sure that they went to the 40ft as they’d seen it on that Bad Sisters show (couldn’t get past a few episodes myself; every character was incredibly irritating). Do people do much actual swimming in there? I’m just looking at your photo and can see two, maybe three people actively swimming with the rest kind of just floating about.

[Spidey]

Pretty much floating about and diving in is what 90% do. Main positive is that it’s accessible at both low and high tide

[Juhniallio]

The swim snobs are out this morning!

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

No, I’m not much of a swimmer at all. I wish I was better with the auld breathing/ technique, but I’ve had a few people recently tell me they’re into sea swimming now and I’ve got my doubts that they’re doing any actual swimming.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

@caulifloweredneanderthal

they’re into sea swimming

Teabags spend more time in the water.

[mick_jones]

But still spending more time in the water than most of us

[mick_jones]

Bad Sisters was a hoot

[TheUlteriorMotive]

A great baddie !

[Julio_Geordio]

@Spidey

Crowds on other side of the camera were huge. Jellyfish had a part to play

AI generated crowd pictures at the 40ft

[Mac]

@johnnysachs

Was down in Whitegate direction in East Cork over the weekend and we went to Inch beach. Very picturesque, loads of rock pools and plenty of shelter from high cliffs. The tide was fairly far out at about 3 O Clock and it was relatively calm. Some waves but fairly innocuous. I said I’d go in for a quick swim on west side of the beach close to the rock reefs before heading down to Cork for the match later that evening.
Anyway I made my way out, what I thought was a safe distance, up to my navel. Stuck my head under the water a few times and swam a few metres. I turned around towards the shore and all of a sudden the shore was a lot further away than I had thought. This I thought was different. I went to plant my feet and all of a sudden I was totally submerged. Panic mode started to set in now. It was like I was on a travelator going one direction. Best efforts to swim straight in were futile. I was caught in a rip current. I swam parallel to the shore to some rocks ripping my whole chest to shreds in the process. I eventually somehow made it to shore inch by inch. Perhaps dragging a sled around in training earlier on in the season wasnt such a futile exercise afterall, as I processed just what unfolded later. Family none the wiser of course happy out making sandcastles until they saw me covered in scrapes and cuts. Drowning really is the silent killer. No lifeguards on duty as apparently its not safe to swim there. No signs to that effect or signage indicating there are rip currents. This despite the fact they supposedly have to pull people out of there all the time and its one of most notorious beaches for rip tides in Ireland. Not good enough at this day and age.

Your post was the first thing I thought of when I saw this

Man dies trying to help young people at Cork beach

[johnnysachs]

Harrowing. It was only a matter of time before something happened on that beach as I was talking about early on in the summer. It looks benign but as I nearly found out to my own detriment it is in fact lethal. A simple sign saying where the rip currents are or indicating dangerous swimming conditions could have saved lives in this instance. Heart goes out to the family of this man who died in the most courageous of fashions but it pains me to say it in the most needless of ways.

[gilgamboa]

@johnnysachs

Was down in Whitegate direction in East Cork over the weekend and we went to Inch beach. Very picturesque, loads of rock pools and plenty of shelter from high cliffs. The tide was fairly far out at about 3 O Clock and it was relatively calm. Some waves but fairly innocuous. I said I’d go in for a quick swim on west side of the beach close to the rock reefs before heading down to Cork for the match later that evening.
Anyway I made my way out, what I thought was a safe distance, up to my navel. Stuck my head under the water a few times and swam a few metres. I turned around towards the shore and all of a sudden the shore was a lot further away than I had thought. This I thought was different. I went to plant my feet and all of a sudden I was totally submerged. Panic mode started to set in now. It was like I was on a travelator going one direction. Best efforts to swim straight in were futile. I was caught in a rip current. I swam parallel to the shore to some rocks ripping my whole chest to shreds in the process. I eventually somehow made it to shore inch by inch. Perhaps dragging a sled around in training earlier on in the season wasnt such a futile exercise afterall, as I processed just what unfolded later. Family none the wiser of course happy out making sandcastles until they saw me covered in scrapes and cuts. Drowning really is the silent killer. No lifeguards on duty as apparently its not safe to swim there. No signs to that effect or signage indicating there are rip currents. This despite the fact they supposedly have to pull people out of there all the time and its one of most notorious beaches for rip tides in Ireland. Not good enough at this day and age

May he RIP. Died saving others by the looks of it

RTE news : Man dies after getting into difficulty off Cork coast

http://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2024/0823/1466456-inch-beach-cork/

[Juhniallio]

Drop whatever the fuck you are doing lads…

[glasagusban]

@johnnysachs

A simple sign saying where the rip currents are or indicating dangerous swimming conditions could have saved lives in this instance.

Rip currents move so the first is impossible but a sign about dangerous conditions makes sense, I think most places that have rip currents do have warning signs.

[Juhniallio]

Plenty of beaches have signs about rip currents mate. You’ve just made that up.

[glasagusban]

Sigh. Yes mate. But it’s impossible to say where exactly they are as they move. I shouldn’t have to spoon-feed it to you.

[Juhniallio]

We were surfing up in achill there a few weeks ago and they had a sign say rip currents beyond this point.
I suppose it’s the smug and dismissive nature of your posts that makes me correct youbwhen you are flat out wrong.

[glasagusban]

@glasagusban

I think most places that have rip currents do have warning signs.

@Juhniallio

We were surfing up in achill there a few weeks ago and they had a sign say rip currents beyond this point.

You sure showed me.