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Originally Posted by tevake
Kauai has a disproportionate number of visitor water safety incedents.
Visitors just don't appreciate the difference between the waters in Hawaii and those back home.
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Amen to that.
I've always been a pool swimmer. Used to be able to do 50 yards underwater but only 25 now. Played full contact water polo with dad occasionally and did ok I guess, so I've had a little bit of experience in the water.
So a decade ago, I went out on a surf board at dusk on Kawaii east shore.
(Actually only trying since I've never stood up)
I was alone but it was ok because the waves were pretty small. And sharks? meh. At the time I thought it was a nothing incident, but that surf tends to pick you up and push you right to the bottom, and just when you almost make it back up to the surface, you are only a foot away, have already expelled your lungs and ready for a fresh gulp, the surf does it again. All in the timing.
I got beat up that evening and found a new respect for surfers.