This year’s swimming season will begin tomorrow when lifeguards and paramedics will be on duty at the city’s two beaches, Hac Sa (“Black Sand”) and Cheoc Van (“Bamboo Bay”), the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday.
The swimming season will run until October 31.
During the annual non-swimming season between November 1 and April 30, no lifeguards and paramedics are on duty at the two beaches.
Yesterday’s statement noted that the bureau will deploy lifeguards and paramedics to the two beaches during the upcoming swimming season. The lifeguards and paramedics will be on duty between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays, and between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.
The statement noted that buoys have been set up at both beaches to ensure the safety of swimmers.
The bureau reminded beachgoers and swimmers to pay attention to the latest notices, flags on site and their personal physical condition before swimming in the sea, avoid touching marine life, and not to enter the sea if feeling unwell or having any injury.
The statement also stressed that lighting fires, camping, riding bicycles, and driving motor vehicles on the beach are strictly prohibited.
The bureau estimates that the flow of beachgoers will increase during the Labour Day holiday period, and urges potential beachgoers to check real-time images, the warning flag arrangements at the two beaches and the flow of beachgoers through its official website or its mobile app “Macau Marine” before heading to the beach.
Meanwhile, with the start of the swimming season, the city’s four public outdoor swimming pools managed by the Sports Bureau (ID) will also open from tomorrow.
The four swimming pools will open until October 31, consisting of Dr. Sun Yat Sen Swimming Pool, Taipa Central Park Swimming Pool, Hac Sa Park Swimming Pool, and Cheoc Van Swimming Pool.
The four swimming pools are respectively located in the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park near the peninsula’s Barrier Gate checkpoint, in the Taipa Central Park, in the Hac Sa Park near Hac Sa Beach, and near Cheoc Van Beach.
This undated handout photo released by the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) yesterday shows workers setting up buoys at Hac Sa Beach.
