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The following presentation is brought to you by:
The Kauai Lifeguard Association
The Kapa'a Rotary Club
DuPont Pioneer
Wala'au Productions
and the Kauai Visitor Information Channel, KVIC-TV.
Aloha, I'm Jim Saylor
on behalf of the Rotary Club of Kapa'a, I'd like to welcome you to our fabulous
island of Kauai.
As spectacularly beautiful as our oceans and beaches are, they're equally dangerous.
Please take a moment to watch this video on ocean safety. Be safe and enjoy your visit.
Here's Kalani Vierra with the Ocean Safety Bureau, and Dickie Chang to tell you more.
Aloha.
Thank you Jim, we are with our Kauai Fire Department Ocean Safety Bureau Operations
Supervisor Kalani Vierra,
Kalani, let our viewing audience know some of the pointers, as far as water safety is
concerned, of the beaches surrounding Kauai.
Thank you Dickie, you can visit our ten lifeguarded beaches on the island
starting on the North shore with Ke'e beach, at the very end of the road.
We have a tower at Haena beach park, located right next to the dry cave.
Two lifeguard towers at Hanalei Bay; Pinetrees and the Hanalei Pavilion
and on our Eastern shores at Anahola Beach Park, Kealia Beach, and Lydgate Beach.
On the Southern shores, Poipu Beach Park
and we have two lifeguard towers on the West end of our island at Salt Pond Beach Park
and Kekaha Beach.
The equipment we have at our towers is top of the line.
We have wave runners or jet skis, we have all-terrain vehicles, and that really helps
with our response times.
Any beach, we need to continually stress, can change in a heartbeat.
That's correct. You want to educate yourself about the year-round conditions of our island.
There's big surf on the North shore that starts in September or October and goes all
the way to the month of March.
We have big surf on the Southern shores during May, June, July, and August.
It's very difficult to see the rip current if you don't know what to look for.
If you're not familiar with rip currents, as our island changes we have sand-bottom,
we have sand-bars, we have reef, we have jetties, we have harbors, we have river-mouths.
Those are all the areas where you'll find rip currents.
One rule of thumb is you can throw a piece of driftwood in the ocean, and see what happens
to the driftwood,
that'll give you a good indication if the waters taken out or going side to side.
When in doubt, don't go out.
Kalani, please recap to our viewing audience, some of the major points you want to get across
for a great, safe, memorable vacation on Kauai.
First of all, we want to thank our visitors for coming to Kauai and enjoying our beautiful
island.
As for myself and my staff, we really want to keep you safe so come to our lifeguarded
beaches.
We are open 365 days a year, our hours of operation are daily from 9AM to 5PM.
Take 20 minutes of your time, observe the conditions. Obey all warning signs, if possible.
Have an emergency plan, use the buddy system.
Waves can come and knock you off your feet.
If you're walking on the rocks you can get sucked back in the ocean and get into trouble.
The same goes with walking on the sand.
A wave can come, knock you off your feet and you can get sucked into the ocean and get
sucked into the rip current.
If you find yourself caught in a rip-current, first of all do not panic.
Relax. Wave your hands for help, go with the flow.
Even the strongest swimmers cannot fight the current.
Stay calm, you'll only get exhausted.
Ride the current out, and the current will eventually release you.
Make your way back to shore safely.
The bottom line is not to panic.
Be sure to pick up one of our beach safety guides here at our baggage claim area.
Thank you very much, enjoy yourself, be safe
when in doubt, don't go out. Mahalo.
Aloha, and welcome to Kauai. I'm here to talk with you about our rescue tube program
that we have for our unguarded beaches on Kauai.
First and foremost, our main recommendation is to please swim at lifeguarded beaches.
There are rip currents here and our lifeguards know exactly what to tell you about them and
how to deal with them.
Since 1990, over 200 people have drowned in our ocean
over 150 of these are visitors
and virtually all of these drownings take place at unguarded beaches.
I'm also a realist, and I know some of you will venture out to our unguarded beaches
and for that scenario we have put up rescue tube stations at over 200 places on Kauai.
If you go to an unguarded beach, take a look for one of those.
What they're for is if you see someone pulled out to sea,
you can run up to the rescue tube station,
grab the rescue tube, call 9-1-1,
and then you put the rescue tube strap around your shoulder like I have.
Put on your fins, if possible and then swim out to the near-victim.
Hand them the rescue tube and then you can gather yourself and wait for help to come.
A word of caution: do not attempt to rescue someone with this device
unless you yourself are a strong swimmer.
So that's my recommendation, to swim at lifeguarded beaches
and keep an eye open for our rescue tubes.
Have a happy and above-all safe stay on our garden island of Kauai.
Remember: when in doubt, don't go out.
For further information on ocean safety, visit KauaiExplorer.com
or download the Kauai Beach Guide app for your smartphone.
We would like to thank this opportunity to thank our sponsors:
The Kauai Lifeguard Association
The Kapa'a Rotary Club
DuPont Pioneer
Wala'au Productions
and the Kauai Visitor Information Channel, KVIC-TV.
Have a safe and memorable trip on our beautiful garden island of Kauai, and we hope to see
you soon.
Aloha.
We extend a special thank you to Lihue airport for the opportunity to show this very important
safety video.
Have a wonderful and safe stay on Kauai. Aloha.