South Africa: NSRI releases a full moon spring tide alert
South Africa's National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), a voluntary non-profit organization tasked with saving lives through drowning prevention in South Africa, has released a safety advisory for “higher-than-normal high tides and lower-than-normal low tides” caused by today’s (06 January 2023) peak of the full moon spring tide. Caution is advised for today, over this weekend and for the first few days of next week.
The concern is that coastal bathers and shoreline anglers who are not aware of the full moon (and new moon) spring tides may be caught off guard. Rip currents can be stronger in places during a spring tide.
The NSRI is appealing to coastal bathers and shoreline anglers in South Africa to be cautious and bathers should only swim at beaches protected by lifeguards, swim in between the safe swimming areas lifeguards post using their red and yellow flags.
