News Forum - Foreign women rescued from rip current in Patong

[Thaiger]

Jet ski operators and lifeguards have rescued three foreign women from a rip current off Patong Beach on Friday night. The women were seen in the water calling for help. Fortunately, some jet ski operators and lifeguards were still at the beach at the time, and the women were taken safely back to shore on a jet ski.  The Patong Surf Life Saving Education Center detailed the incident in a Facebook post. According to the post, the women didn’t know that it is strongly recommended to not swim after dark, and that lifeguards are not on duty. But luckily, some […]

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[TheDirtyDurian]

Thank God for those Patong jetski operators!

Many a tourist must be thankful for their help..

[Noble_Design]

6 hours ago, Thaiger said:

According to the post, the women didn’t know that it is strongly recommended to not swim after dark, and that lifeguards are not on duty.

The women's lack of sense is shocking

[Mandy]

On 9/25/2022 at 4:46 PM, Noble_Design said:

The women's lack of sense is shocking

Totally agree, I never swim at dawn or dusk either, it's feeding time for the big fishes!

[HiuMak]

Some say "do what the locals do" now makes sense.