Clare Lifeboat Station Says "Sea In No Mood For Visitors" This Weekend

So look, I suppose we're heading into the Easter weekend.

It's one of the busier weekends of the year on the clear coast.

And this year, I suppose, we're very direct with people

because, I suppose, the forecast is reasonably serious.

So we're already looking at moderate refresh.

Westerly winds today and strengthening now,

particularly on Saturday as Storm Dave tracks close

to the west and northwest coast.

So it's going to be bringing gale force winds along the Irish coast

and the clear coast, in particular, with some more widespread rain.

So this really isn't the weekend for cliff edges and rock platforms.

So to see the sea really now is a no mood for visitors

in these locations.

So I think the forecast is pretty straightforward, to be honest.

So check the weather and rain forecast before you go anywhere near the water

this weekend, not just the general weather forecast,

but the wind swells, sea stays.

If it's rough, the coastal path is a wonderful walk.

But fishing will still be around next weekend.

So steer clear of that.

If you're going anywhere near the water is the edge at any point,

whether it's walking, fishing, kayaking,

where life jackets and tell someone your plan and when

and where and exactly you'll be coming back.

Would you discourage people from participating in those activities

like fishing or kayaking or something

that actually involves you getting into the water?

Well, look, I don't think we can brush past the recent tragedy

of the Safi family recently in the blue pool near Duneveg.

So this is really an absolutely devastating loss

over two brothers that built their life here

over the last decade and enjoying a day off.

This is the real human reality at the moment.

So like, for example, the blue pool is a very specific

and well-known hazard with certain unexpected swells,

rogue waves, et cetera.

So you can be standing on rocks and what

looks like to be very reasonable conditions

and a wave can come from nowhere and simply take you.

So this is the problem really.

So I suppose the conditions the past two weeks

have been particularly rough and as well

built out in the Atlantic.

And it doesn't necessarily show itself in the surface

in a way that might feel alarming.

So I think it's sort of something to know too.

At communication, always important.

I'm sure you degree here to make sure that people around you

know what you're doing, where you're going,

what time you'll be back.

Yeah, certainly.

And another point too, as well, the one thing people consistently

underestimate this time of year's water temperature.

The sea after clear coast right now could be 9 or 10 degrees,

if you unexpectedly go into the water called shark,

the cold water shark can take cold in seconds.

So it can bring on cardiac events very rapidly.

And most people's instinct is to swim hard,

but that's the wrong response.

It's actually the opposite.

We want people to float, lean back, spread their hands

and legs and let the shark pass.

Take about 60 to 90 seconds if you don't panic.

And that's why we call float to live.

And it's a message that we come back to again and again.

And it genuinely saves lives.

Is there a final message you want to get out to people

heading to the water with this weekend, Charlie?

So I suppose, look, if you see somebody in trouble,

call 999-112 immediately and ask for the co-scars.

Look, if the exact location do not enter the water

after somebody, it's completely an actual instinct.

But entering cold and rough water without training

without a life jacket almost always

results in two casualties instead of one.