NSRI Full moon spring tide warning

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GARDEN ROUTE NEWS & VIDEO'S - Bathers and shoreline anglers around the coast are advised to be cautious during today’s peak of the full moon Spring tide that will cause the higher-than-normal high tide and lower-than-normal low tide (and that will gradually retreat over the next few days).

High - and low tide times are:

Friday, 6 January:
Low tide: 09:30
High tide: 15:34
Saturday, 7 January:
Low tide: 10:02
High tide: 16:06

The peak of the full moon Spring tide is today, 6 January - a full moon micro moon. 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 will be caught off guard. Rip currents can be stronger in places during a Spring tide.

We are appealing to coastal bathers and shoreline anglers to be cautious and bathers should only swim at beaches protected by lifeguards and swim in between the safe swimming areas lifeguards post using their red and yellow flags.

SUPPLIED VIDEO - How to identify a rip current, and what to do if you get caught in one ( Video: NSRI).

SUPPLIED VIDEO - NSRI Releases Fluoresceine Dye to highlight the danger of rip currents ( Video: NSRI).

NSRI used a harmless green dye to highlight rip currents at Herolds Bay and Wilderness beach on the Garden Route.

We believe that Rip currents are the greatest danger that holidaymakers will face when they flock to the beaches during this holiday season and want to draw this danger to the attention of people holidaying at the coast.