The Northeast Beach

The Northeast Beach
We walked, jogged (or in the kids case, rode bikes) everywhere on the island as foot power and paddle power was our only mode of transportation. The island was about 30 Km long and about 4km wide. Almost every day we would leave for the beach around 11:30 after the dreaded school and walk to the Northeast surf beach. The beach was lifeguard patrolled in one area of about 200 meters wide where they put up flags. The swimmers and beach goers are expected to stay within the flags if they expect the lifeguard to attend to them in the event of an emergency. If the flags are not present then it means the beach is closed and there is present danger ( box jelly fish, medusa jellyfish, sharks or a massive undertow present).
The flags were up, the water was cold. Certainly cooler than what we used to in the north but the surf looked like too much fun and the kids bodysurfed in some pretty powerful shallow wave breaks.