3 Top Beach Dangers Every One Should Watch Out When Enjoying Sri Lankan Beaches.
Hey Guys... Watch out!!!!
Beach is Beautiful but Dangerous For most of us in Sri Lanka, “Sri Lanka is beach”...A beautiful island with beautiful beaches... But sadly there are lot of dangers hidden in these beaches which every traveler should watch out…
Beach is Dangerous! Watch Out ! In Sri Lanka, My Land... You will find golden sandy beaches, beaches with white soft sand, rocky beaches with hard wind and battle of waves, hidden jungle beaches which never felt the warmth of a human foot and lot more.
I must say this anyway... Beaches in Sri Lanka is truly gorgeous as you have heard! There are 3 major dangers you have to be careful when you traveling in Sri Lankan Beaches. Please keep in mind these facts when you travel Sri Lankan Beaches. They are the safest beaches in the world.. you have to watch out for only these 3 dangers.
Sea urchin! Watch out your legs!!
Sea urchin! Watch out your legs!! In Sri Lanka you will find Sea urchins (Muhudu ikili) in Hikkaduwa, Trincomalee, Thangalle, Galle beaches which are somewhat rocky beaches. You can very easily find them, black patches with sharp spines all over body and about 2-4 inches in diameter.
I found One!! Most of them are non-poisonous and some of them are poisonous, luckily in Sri Lanka they are not deadly… The poisonous type urchin is called flower urchin because they look like a flower. Non-Poisonous type is call long-spine sea urchins. They are not that much poisonous urchins in Sri Lanka… but pain is very high and unbearable...
Shorter the spine they are more poisonous! Use lukewarm clean water to wash the area as a first aid if you accidently foot on an urchins. To reduce the pain keep ice and use vinegar to wash the wound and make sure not to put any pressure on spines as they can break easily inside the body. You must go to hospital to have a surgeon clean the spines 100% from the foot.
Drowning
Somebody Help me Please !!! When considering the drowning records in Sri Lanka, it has highest drowning rates compared to most of the countries. It’s safer to stay out of the water if you don’t know whether the beach is safe for a sea bath. Consider the following tips if you going to have a sea bath in Sri Lanka
- Always swim with a buddy, No matter how great you are...
- Respect the information given by the locals, they know the beach well...
- Keep a good visual contact in between your team and specially children.
- Don’t use alcohol while swimming… very risky.
- And in any trouble raise your arm, get attention and remain clam. .. Save your energy. Float with water
Falling Coconuts
This is not a joke guys... Take it seriously. Coconut trees are a threat too... lol Coconut is heavy... And dropping from around 75-100 feet range can even take your life. So when taking a rest or when enjoying the sun... Make sure to keep away from coconut trees. And don’t park your vehicles under coconut trees. They can damage your vehicle and check out for brown colored dry coconuts and leafs in trees... They are the real threat with the heavy wind in beach side.
I’ve heard that there are a lot of sea urchins in Thalpe beach too. I mean, you may know that there are some natural pools and there are sea urchins. We should more careful when we at beaches.
Yes there are lot of them.. but luckily I have no bad experiences with them
Yeah this is true with urchins, spooky spiny little creatures. I have a trouble experience with them during one of our field visit to rocky shore area last year. Anyway, they look great on rocky substrates.
We should seek for medical support in such situations. Those will effect us in long term
Yeah, we cracked out with the visit and went to a medical center😢
If we all follow these instructions properly, we can reduce lots of innocent lives which we are losing unnecessary.
Yes .. agree with you completely. Must be careful always while enjoying the beach
If under the sea is considered as a forest filled with water, these sea urchins are the porcupines in that eco system.
One day when we went to galle fort beach, a small monk was dead by drowning. I never thought that beach is dangerous. Also attacks done by jelly fishes are a threat too.
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Yes that us very true.
I'm really sorry to hear this .. is it the beach near the light house ?
This is an interesting article as I’m a traveller. We should be more careful at beaches. Thanks for letting us to know about these dangers.
When I was at the Galle site several years back, I experienced such a situation where a guy from Kurunegala, who came on a trip with friends, drowned in the sea, and founded his dead body after 4 days. Yes, it is a good decision to be away , if you do not know the condition of the sea.
As Sri Lanka is an island, we are lucky to have a beautiful coastal line around the country.
Although beach is a wonderful eco system on planet earth, it has many dangers as you mentioned. We need to take care from sea urchins and sometimes from gelly fishes also.
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@besticofinder ,
The most dangerous threat of our life from environment "fire,wind and water".
I think better we should never go to unknown area of sea bath.
Thanks for shearing this post and first time I feel afraid for the coconut trees near by beach.
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@besticofinder, very important facts for natives and foreigners as well. Travelling is insane but always we have to think about our safety.. Thanks for sharing these valuable facts.